This Friday we continue with the Crochet workshop taught by our talented Lourdes Telleria.

We will also have an Open Studio for anyone who wants to come and create art they've learned in our workshop, including painting, drawing, watercolor, and all kinds of art. Everyone is welcomehe Open Studio will be from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.

We are waiting for you!

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Este viernes continuamos con el taller de crochet impartido por nuestra talentosa Lourdes Telleria. También tendremos un Estudio Abierto para quienes deseen venir a crear las obras de arte que han aprendido en nuestro taller, incluyendo pintura, dibujo, acuarela y todo tipo de arte. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

El Estudio Abierto será de 10:30 a. m. a 12:30 p. m.

¡Los esperamos!

Special Crochet Sessions with Lourdes Teleria 🧶✨

On October 24 and 31, we will host two very special sessions with Lourdes Telleria - a true crochet master with whom we have already carried out beautiful projects in the past. The group is always very excited when she leads, and many ladies look forward to coming just for these crochet mornings.

This time, we will be creating crochet hats inspired by the Copenhagen Fashion Week. Lourdes has already tested the design, and the result was stunning!

The idea is not only to learn and enjoy making these fashionable crochet hats, but also to create pieces to be offered at the Holiday Bazaar, supporting our Association’s fundraising tradition.

🌸 Join us for these joyful sessions — let’s crochet together, create beauty, and support a good cause! 🌸

Open Studio Sessions – All Are Welcome! 🎨✨

During our Open Studio sessions, artists are welcome to come and practice the techniques we have already shared together — such as charcoal drawing, acrylic painting, watercolor, or printmaking.

The Open Studio is a space for everyone to work on the technique that interests them most. You may also bring your own ideas and create freely — all forms of artistic expression are welcome!

🖌 Fridays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Association.

Come join us, create, and share in a friendly and inspiring atmosphereFree techniques.

OpenStudio Sessions – All Are Welcome! 🎨✨

During our OpenStudio sessions, artists are welcome to come and practice the techniques we have already shared together — such as charcoal drawing, acrylic painting, watercolor, or printmaking.

The OpenStudio is a space for everyone to work on the technique that interests them most. You may also bring your own ideas and create freely — all forms of artistic expression are welcome!

🖌 Fridays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Association.

Come join us, create, and share in a friendly and inspiring atmosphere

OPEN STUDIO:

Drawing: Charcoal Portraits

In this Open Studio, we will continue developing the charcoal portrait drawing technique Irene Pantelis taught us.

Sing up HERE

We look forward to seeing you!

ESTUDIO ABIERTO:

Retratos al Carboncillo

En este Estudio Abierto, continuaremos perfeccionando la técnica de dibujo de retratos al carboncillo que Irene Pantelis nos enseñó.

Por favor, regístrese AQUI

¡Los esperamos!

🎨 Drawing Workshop: Portraits in Charcoal with Irene Pantelis.

Are you passionate about art and eager to improve your portrait skills?

Join us for our special charcoal portrait workshop — a unique opportunity to explore the essence of human portraiture.

In this masterclass, renowned artist Irene Pantelis will share her strategies and secrets for creating lifelike, expressive portraits. You can discover more of her work HERE

All you need to bring is a photograph of the person you’d like to draw — it could be a family member, a friend, or even your favorite artist.

✨ All other materials will be provided by the ASSOCIATION ✨

Come learn, practice, and be inspired in a warm, creative environment.

Don’t miss it.

🎨Taller de Dibujo: Retratos al Carboncillo con Irene Pantelis.

¿Te apasiona el arte y quieres mejorar tus habilidades de retrato?

Únete a nuestro taller especial de retrato al carboncillo: una oportunidad única para explorar la esencia del retrato humano.

En esta clase magistral, la reconocida artista Irene Pantelis compartirá sus estrategias y secretos para crear retratos realistas y expresivos. Puedes descubrir más de su obra aquí.

Solo necesitas traer una fotografía de la persona que quieres dibujar: puede ser un familiar, un amigo o incluso tu artista favorito.

✨ El resto de los materiales serán proporcionados por la ASOCIACIÓN ✨

Ven a aprender, practicar e inspirarte en un ambiente cálido y creativo.

¡No te lo pierdas!!

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OPEN STUDIO:

Color Theory Workshop: How to Combine Colors with Purpose

In this OpenStudio, we will continue exploring color theory, as we began last week on the 12th with Julio Navone.

We will also take advantage of this space to further practice the techniques already taught, giving participants more freedom to work with acrylics.

We look forward to having you with us!

IN SPANISH:

OPEN STUDIO:

Taller de Teoría del Color: Cómo Combinar Colores con Propósito

En este OpenStudio continuaremos explorando la teoría del color, como ya comenzamos la semana pasada el día 12 con Julio Navone.

También aprovecharemos este espacio para seguir practicando las técnicas ya enseñadas, dando a los participantes mayor libertad para trabajar con acrílicos.

 ¡Los esperamos!

Color Theory Workshop: How to Combine Colors with Purpose

A theoretical and practical encounter where we explore the world of color through painting, dialogue, and observation.

You will learn how to combine colors with harmony and meaning, applying it to everyday life: how we dress, how we decorate, and how we perceive our surroundings.

During the workshop, we will carry out a hands-on painting exercise, discuss color, and apply what we have learned. Topics include complementary colors, analogous schemes, and values.

We will start with a quick introduction to color theory, followed by practical exercises using brushes and acrylic paint.

Details:

• Maximum of 15 participants per class.

• Materials are provided, ensuring consistency and practicality.

These include: heavy paper for testing colors, a canvas board for the final painting, brushes, acrylic paints, masking tape, cleaning supplies (paper towels, cloths, cups), and a palette.

📌 Please note: The workshops will be conducted in Spanish and spaces are limited.

• Examples of final results from previous workshops will be shared for inspiration.

IN SPANISH:

Taller de Teoría del Color: Cómo Combinar Colores con Propósito

Una cita teórico-práctica donde exploramos el mundo del color a través de la pintura, el diálogo y la observación.

Aprenderemos a combinar colores con armonía y sentido, aplicándolo a lo cotidiano: cómo vestimos, cómo decoramos y cómo percibimos el entorno.

Durante el taller realizaremos ejercicio práctico de pintura, hablaremos del color así como también aplicaremos lo aprendido.

Colores complementarios, continuos y valores. Rápida explicación de la teoría del color.

En la práctica usaremos pinceles y pintura acrílica.

Personas por clase máximo de 15.

Materiales, pintaremos sobre papel grueso para tela, para probar colores y utilizaremos cartón entelado para la pintura final, pinceles, pintura acrílica, cinta, utensilios de limpieza (papel, paños, vasos), paleta.

Los materiales serán proporcionados por el professor y por la Asociacion, ya que es mejor contar con materiales similares y también por cuestiones de uso práctico.

🌸 BLOOMING FLOWERS – Virtual Collective Exhibition

Blooming Flowers is a virtual exhibition that blossomed from the power of connection: women from diverse cultural backgrounds, age groups, and life paths, united by the gesture of art and the desire to create in community.

Born in springtime this exhibit began as an experiment inspired by the workshop 3D Flower in Watercolor, led by artist Martina Sestakova.

Our collaborative panel was created for the Mother’s Day celebration, which was a huge success at our association!

Now, we are excited to present this virtual exhibition!

On this day June 6th at 12 pm we will be launching it here on our website!

Stay tuned!! CLICK HERE TO SEE: 🌸 BLOOMING FLOWERS

Feel free to enjoy and share it with your family and friends - it’s a beautiful way to show that, here at the association, we also learn about art therapy, how to express ourselves creatively, and do it all in a spirit of friendship, joy, and togetherness.

• Participating Artists:

1. Ana Britto

2. Cintia Lima

3. Eliane Dias Boechat

4. Eugenia Espinosa

5. Fany Wong

6. Jane Pilla

7. Janice Kruze

8. Leidy Chica

9. Lourdes Telleria

10. Maria Alejandra Valencia

11. Mabel de la llana

12. Selene Oliva

This Friday will be our last Open Studio session of the semester with the Art Club, and we’d love to see you there.

It will be a relaxed, open-format gathering. If you have any projects you’d like to finish or continue, feel free to bring them along.

We’ll also be celebrating our virtual exhibition, Blooming Flowers. To mark the occasion, we can take some photos at our photo corner, and we’re planning to have lunch together at Emilie’s Kitchen, right across from the Association - a simple celebration to wrap up a wonderful semester.

We will also bring some leftover needle felting materials, and Ana, Fany, and Jane will be happy to show and share with you new possibilities and techniques if you’d like to explore more.

Date: June 6th - Friday

From: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Location: IDB Family Association

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

After years of waiting, we are thrilled to finally host an exclusive workshop with South Korean fiber designer and an experienced member of IDB Family Association, Sarah Rho.

She will guide us through the art of needle felting, teaching us how to create the most adorable animal key chains.

Stay tuned for the email announcing it - spots are limited. Click HERE

Let’s Keep Creating with Crochet! ✨🧶

This Friday, we will continue adding the finishing touches to the art pieces we have learned to make with Lourdes Telleria in Crochet Project.

📌 Don’t miss the opportunity to perfect your work and share this creative moment with us.

📌 Sign up here: LINK

We look forward to crocheting together!

Create a Unique Gift for Mom! ✨🎁

If you’re looking for a special and original Mother’s Day gift, join us for a special class with Lourdes Telleria, who will teach us how to make crochet projects.

📅 Date: Friday, May 2nd

⏰ Time: 10:30 AM 12:30 PM

Come and craft a beautiful and unique gift for Mom with love. Don’t miss it!

Materials to use:

Buy the complete kit for making a crochet bag for beginners in advance on Amazon.

LINK AMAZON

📌 Sign up here for the class: LINK

This Friday, April 11th, we'll be at our art club again with the experienced Eugenia Espinosa, who, under her guidance, will be making eyeglass cases out of ties—yes, ties! Believe us, you'll be amazed at how beautiful and creative they turn out.

If you have ties at home that you no longer use, bring them and recycle them into a beautiful case for the summer.

You can also bring a beautiful button to decorate your case.

RSVP by signing up at the following LINK.

Learn to Create with Your Hands! ✨🧵

We invite you to join a special class to learn how to create hand-sewn projects, taught by the talented Eugenia Espinosa.

📅 Date: Friday, April 4th

⏰ Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Come and join us in designing and crafting artistic pieces that will be useful in your daily life.

📌 Materials you can bring:

• Fabric scissors

• Needle

• Thimble

Don’t miss it! We look forward to seeing you. ✂️🪡

Please register in this LINK

This will be our final session exploring 3D flowers in watercolor!

Our own Cherry Blossom Festival on paper!

We’ve already tested the contemporary vibe in our last session, and now it’s time to work freely again.

Let’s bring all the knowledge we have gained so far into play.

This time, let’s go all out and embrace a more overwhelmed, maximalist approach.

We’re going to load up on texture, apply everything we’ve learned over the past two months, and truly unleash the power of creativity.

It’s about pushing boundaries and creating something as contemporary and avant-garde as possible!

Let’s get bold, experimental, and make our art shine with everything we’ve got!

Materials:

• Bring any material related to the medias you want to explore.

• Watercolor paper and painting set will be provided

  Please register in this LINK

At this time, let’s take things up a notch!

You can dive deeper into the work you started in the previous session, wrap it up, or even start something new by adding elements we learned last month – like collages!

Why not experiment with different materials to give your art even more life?

And here’s the challenge: how can we make your floral collage feel more contemporary?

Even though it’s already 3D (amazing!), let’s try mixing in some mixed media to really make it pop!

A touch of watercolor here, a little texture there, and voilà – you’ve got yourself some modern art!

The idea is simple: take the concept we started and push it a little bit further.

Let’s explore, get creative, and have fun!

Please register in this LINK

After immersing in a wonderful workshop led by Martina Sestakova we will practice by our own.

Open Studio hour is a time for us to freely experiment with the latest media we have learned with experts and share our experiences.

Needing an inspiration? Check out our article about the Art Club’s first practice with this media 3 years ago.

To register click on this LINK

She is back! We are thrilled to announce that Martina Sestakova, a talented textile designer, once again will be our first guest teacher of the semester!

In this session, we will explore the art of creating 3D collages using watercolor paint—it’s like sculpting with paper!

Materials needed:

• Watercolor paper: 3–4 sheets (9’’x 12”)

• Water: 1 cup

• Watercolor paints: Tray or tubes

• Watercolor brushes

• Glue stick

• Pencil

• Sketch paper or notebook

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Martina and bring your creativity to life!

At this session we will be practicing more exercises, such as:

1. Tell a Story Through Surrealism

• Replace heads in portraits with animal or object, creating new perspectives.

• Use surreal elements to evoke humor or even deeper meaning.

2. Embrace Free Creativity

• Create spontaneously, letting intuition guide the process.

• Experiment with random designs and patterns.

3. Incorporate Personal Items

• Add tickets, notes, or small mementos to your work.

• Use these elements to tell a personal or collective story.

4. Experiment with a Variety of Materials

• Use inks, pens, markers

• Combine mixed media for rich textures and dynamic compositions.

Materials:

• Modpodge or Glue

• Brush

• Watercolor Paper to be used as base

• Magazines

• Personal items, such as tickets, pictures any memento

• Newspaper

• Markers, Pens, Inks

• Scissors

• Or anything you want to bring for these projects

Let your creativity fly!

To help us organize the room, please: register here LINK

At this session we will be practicing some other creative approaches to collages.

Some ideas we will be exploring:

1. Repurpose Existing Artwork

• Revisit old pieces with fresh ideas.

• Layer and combine previous works into new creations.

2. Invent Hybrid Creatures

• Combine organic elements with animals (e.g., mushrooms with flowers, sea life with legs or hands).

• Create surreal beings by merging unexpected forms.

3. Incorporate Stitching

• Add texture and detail with thread and needle.

• Use stitching as both an embellishment and a structural element.

4. Explore Digital and Physical Hybrids

• Include digital prints in your collages.

• Combine printed imagery with traditional materials like watercolor and thread.

Materials:

• Modpodge or Glue

• Brush

• Watercolor Paper

• An Old Picture in glossy paper (for example)

• Images of Animals

• Magazines

• Needles

• Thread

• Scissors

• Or anything else that you want to bring for this project.

Please register yourself here to help us! LINK

Special Invitation to the First Art Club Gathering - 2025

Dear IDB Family members:

We are excited to kick off a new year filled with creativity and learning! For this first gathering of 2025, we have prepared a very special class on creating Valentine’s Day cards.

Event Details:

• Class led by: Ana Britto.

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

Time: 10:30 AM 12:30 PM

• Materials: Selected by Ana and the Association.

We look forward to your participation as we start the year!

Kick-Off Event 2025: Collage practice with Jane Pilla

Start the year creatively with an engaging Collage Workshop led by Jane Pilla.

Collage was the Art Club’s creative outlet during the pandemic, bringing members together and inspiring our first virtual exhibition, Art in Confinement, which was a resounding success.

In this special session, Jane will share new techniques she has learned over the past 5 years, drawing inspiration from Alana Moore’s - The Collage Ideas Book. 

Collage is a medium without limits—where old and new, digital and handmade, can merge into something beautiful, ironic, or entirely unique.

Materials to Bring:

• Magazines

• Images

• Old pictures

• Natural Dried Leaves and/or Flowers

• Scissors

What to Expect:

• Learn contemporary collage techniques.

• Experiment with mixed media approaches.

• Unlock your creativity and think outside the box.

Registration required. LINK

Click in this link for virtual assistance

https://meet.google.com/atr-qryv-emo

Let’s create, connect, and start 2025 with inspiration!

Art Club Workshop "How to make chain without solder "

• Instructor: Gina Coppanzi

• Location: IDBFA

For the last activity of the Art Club of 2024, we invited the talented Jewelry teacher Gina Coppanzi to be sharing her knowledge with us.

The ideia is to have a beautiful hand made chain in copper at the end of this workshop.

This workshop is limited to ONLY 10 participants, so please register HERE

Join us for a fun and joyful hands-on workshop where we are going to make holiday cards.

Ana Britto makes the cutest cards in the world! Check it out her instagram account: @justbecause_cards

Come to learn with the best and make your own special cards for you family and friends.

Materials you can bring (not required)

- Decorated Christmas paper

- ⁠Embellishments like: buttons, stickers, ribbons…

- ⁠Scissors

- ⁠Glue

How to join:

• In person attend at the IDB Family Association.

• Virtual Joint us online (link to be provided).

Register HERE

Art Club Open Studio - Fan Lace Scarf Crochet

• Volunteer: Lourdes Telleria

• Location: IDBFA

In this session we will continue with the work we have started on October 18th.

Fan Lace Scarf Crochet Workshop

• Volunteer: Lourdes Telleria

• Location: IDBFA

Lourdes will be sharing with us her knowledge on this technique of crochet.

Our intention is to have some pieces made to sell at the Holiday Bazaar of IDBFA in November 12 and 13.

Material will be provided by IDBFA only to in-person attendees!

SPACE IS LIMITED

How to join:

• In person attend at the IDB Family Association.

• Virtual Joint us online (link to be provided).

Register HERE

Join us for a Gel Printing Demonstration presented by our volunteer, Jane Pilla. 

Jane will show how she has been exploring innovative gel printing techniques using leaves, magazines, and acrylic materials.

This demonstration will showcase how to create stunning, organic forms that highlight the beauty of nature and offer unique ideas for home decor. 

If you just want experimenting it - you will have the chance after the demo.

If you are interested to making your own and have your own materials here are a LIST ON AMAZON with suggested materials:

 What to Expect: 

 • Technique Overview: Learn the gel printing process and its artistic potential. 

 • Creative Inspiration: Discover how to use everyday materials to make beautiful prints for your home. 

Event Type: • Hybrid Event: Participate either in-person at the IDB Family Association or virtually. Use this link: meet.google.com/knn-gwdo-hen

Additional Information: This is an internal Art Club event, providing an excellent opportunity to dive into new techniques and ideas. 

 How to Join: 

 • In-Person: Attend at the IDB Family Association. 

 • Virtual: Join us online (link to be provided).

Register HERE