AGUSTIN CRUZ PRUDENCIO – CHRISTMAS IN JULY

From: $592.50

If you’d like to have an option to have a payment plan, please contact Multiplicity for more details, at  (832) 437-2442.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

Paint your own hand-carved Nativity Scene! Learn colorful and festive painting with the distinctive Oaxacan style, from internationally known Mexican folk artist, Agustin Cruz Prudencio. This two-day workshop is designed for all levels. Even if you’ve never held a paint brush, you will be amazed at your hidden art talent! Plus, you’ll leave with a fabulous heirloom 4-piece Nativity that can be passed down to loved ones.

ALL supplies included. Just show up! Register today and join us for two days of fun!

Space is limited.

PREREQUISITE:  Beginners welcome! No experience necessary.

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Master of Oaxacan Alebrijes, AGUSTIN CRUZ PRUDENCIO, is an extraordinary artist and wood carver. Since childhood, master wood carver Cruz has been surrounded by art. He recalls watching Day of the Dead processions, Christmas parades, and other community events in his hometown of Oxaca de Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico – and being inspired by the pageantry and color inherent in traditional festivals of this kind. As a child, Prudencio’s parents, both artists themselves, assigned him simple tasks in the creation of their painted sculptures. His formal apprenticeship in carving came at 11 years old. Prudencio is now a master.

Master Artist Cruz is also known for a variety of whimsical figures he creates like bicycling rabbits, skeletal Catarinas driving cars, and nativity figures flying away in a helicopter! There is no limit to our imaginations!

Today, Cruz helps oversee a workshop where young members of his community are taught to make these colorful carvings, Oxacan Alebrijes. It is the hope of Cruz that new generations of artisans will be able to express themselves creatively and earn a livelihood for themselves and their families like he has. Most of all, Cruz hopes that the conservation of techniques used to carve and paint wooden artworks will continue for generations.

DATES & TIMES
Saturday, July 22. 2023, 10am to 5pm
Sunday, July 23. 2023, 10am to 5pm
*IMPORTANT: Please scroll to July > then select the class date to book*

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LOCATION: Multiplicity Studio (please see below for address and contact info)

WORKSHOP FEE: $592.50 (includes $216.50 Kit Fee)

KIT FEE & WHAT IT INCLUDES: $200 (+$16.50 tax) = $216.50

4 Hand-carved wood Nativity Pieces (7” tall/7” wide), which includes the Crèche (9” tall x 8.5” long x 6” wide)
Shared acrylic paint & specialty brushes.

TOOLS/MATERIALS STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE: None

TOOLS/MATERIALS MULTIPLICITY PROVIDE:

  • Acrylic Paints – black, blue, red, green, yellow, white
  • Paint Brushes – #10, #6/0, #0/9 fine
  • Two Pencils — #2 medium, #3/0 fine
  • Table Space/Chair (for each student)
  • Paper protection for tables
  • Water Container to clean brushes (for each student)
  • Styrofoam Plate (for each student to mix paints)
  • Paper Towels

SHARED USE TOOLS/MATERIALS PROVIDED BY INSTRUCTOR:

  • Agustin will provide use of his favorite acrylic paint and specialty brushes, used in his home studio.

OPTIONAL TOOLS/MATERIALS STUDENTS MAY PROVIDE, IF ANY:

  • Students are welcome to bring their own favorite colors of acrylic paints and/or paint brushes. No craft paint please.

Additional Information:

  • Bring a sack lunch or be prepared to make an order for delivery. A refrigerator and water cooler are available for student use.
  • Studio Rules: Closed-toe shoes are required. Do not wear loose clothing that could get caught in rotary tools. Wear long hair tied back.
  • Lodging information: KATY AREA HOTELS

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP CANCELLATION POLICY If minimum enrollment is not met at least 30 days prior to the start date, the Visiting Artist may cancel the workshop. In this instance, all paid students will be fully refunded. If students cancel their enrollment 60 or more days from the start date of a paid Visiting Artist workshop, they will receive a full refund minus $75 cancellation fees. Cancellations within 59 or fewer days from the start date of a paid Visiting Artist workshop will not be refunded.

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