01/31-02/03 Pattern Making with Powders, with Anthony Amoako-Attah

January 31 through February 3, 10am-5pm.  Skill Level: Intermediate Milkweed Arts is excited to bring Anthony Amoako-Attah from Sunderland, UK for this exciting workshop! Anthony will instruct students on how to design their own textile pattern and brain storm on collective patterns in relation to their own cultural traditions, both freehand and through the use of Adobe Illustrator. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to program the kiln and fire their own work. Topics include: basic and experimental screen developing techniques, printing of powders and enamels. Students will also study the significance of Kente cloth and Adinkra symbology in history. Students should plan to bring a laptop or tablet with Adobe Illustrator installed. (You can get a free 7-day trial HERE if you do not already use Adobe Illustrator.) Anthony will instruct students step-by-step on using the software during class. ABOUT THE ARTIST Anthony Amoako-Attah is a current PhD student at the Unive