Get creative on select Free Thursday nights with art-making activities designed by local artists. Plus, visit the galleries, grab a drink from the ICA Wine + Coffee Bar,* and connect over creativity. No experience necessary.
Art-making is free and meets in the State Street Corporation Lobby. While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adult audiences. Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. *Refreshments available for purchase.
Art-Making After Dark: Bead Boldly | March 12
Learn about the Indigenous history and fundamentals of beading with a contemporary twist with artist and designer Sebastian Ebarb and beaders from the North American Indian Center of Boston. Get ready to explore, experiment, and express yourself through art!
About Sebastian Ebarb:
Sebastian Ellington Flying Eagle Ebarb is a designer, artist, writer, educator, and enrolled member of the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb. Based in Boston, he is the former Design Director for the City of Boston; a Teaching Professor of Design at Northeastern University; and the founder of Nahi, a design studio focused on accessible, community-rooted work. His creative practice is grounded in Native identity, care, and cultural connection—especially for those living in urban settings.
About the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB):
NAICOB was originally established in 1969 as the Boston Indian Council when it served as the hub of social and civil rights activities for the American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations urban Indian community in Boston. The Boston Indian Council was first headquartered in Dorchester and moved to Jamaica Plain in 1974. The center was reorganized as the North American Indian Center of Boston in 1991. Since then, NAICOB have provided a wide range of cultural, social, educational, and professional services to Native peoples in the Commonwealth. As the oldest urban Indian center in Massachusetts, NAICOB’s mission is to empower the Native American community with the goal of improving the quality of life of Indigenous peoples.
This program is inspired by Caroline Monnet: Man-made Land.
Art-Making After Dark: April 16
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Art Making After Dark: Layers of Memory | May 7
Get introspective with an evening of memory and color!
Boston-based painter Raquel Philippe reflects on the fragmented nature of early memories depicting them through vividly colorful, layered images that both hide and reveal their detail. Guided by Philippe, learn how to use watercolor to create your own patterned paper. Then use this paper to create a mixed media collage inspired by a treasured memory.
About Raquel Philippe
Raquel Philippe (she/her/hers) is a Boston-based painter, originally from New York. Her practice currently investigates early lived experiences as fragmented, layered impressions. Through vivid colors and transparency, she buries and traces over her memories that then reemerge in altered States. In her paintings, organic, leaf-like silhouettes move across the surface as both markers and camouflage, echoing the way memory hides details as much as it reveals them. Philippe’s current work continues to refine her inquiry into memory, perception, and the visual structures through which formative experience is reconstructed. She holds a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing her MFA in painting at Boston University.
This program is inspired by Derrick Adams: View Master.