Tender Paths Workshop Series

Join Stelo for a series of paper and print workshops devoted to the theme of their current exhibition, Tender Paths.

As the world burns and floods all around us, and we emerge from a state of pandemic lock-down, we continue to process the lessons and continue to course-correct. How do we make space for the illegible process of becoming? How can we be soft with each other as we all meander through the tender paths of learning how to be better versions of ourselves? Themes of paths run throughout the exhibition, sharing the stories of eight artists' experiences exploring new ones - some literally go for miles through moss and ferns.

This workshop series opens up learners to the possibilities of hand papermaking, artist books, and letterpress printing as artistic mediums, and demonstrates the need for artists to have access to learning opportunities beyond higher education. We also explore the immaterial and myriad ways of making and following paths. Students will create works through experimentation, guided by material and conceptual learning.

Tender Paths presents work from eight artists who participated in Stelo’s 2022–’23 Technical Residencies. This group exhibition celebrates alternative models and spaces for material exploration in art making from our paper and print residents. Exhibiting artists include Kristi Chan, Conner Darling, Satpreet Kahlon, V. Maldonado, Jenene Nagy, sadé powell, Vivian Sming, and Anie Toole.

Our sliding scale workshop rates are determined by the following self identified needs.

Subsidized: for individuals experiencing economic hardship

Actual Cost: for individuals who are able to cover the costs of paying instructors

Pay it Forward: for individuals who can help pay it forward to other learners who are experiencing economic hardships

Stelo provides all supplies and materials for free to everyone.

We welcome everyone. If you need support with payment, please contact info@steloarts.org.

Equity Statement

We are committed to growing our organization in order to share power and co-create an environment that is not only accessible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive but is also actively anti-racist anti-oppressive, and working to recognize bias. In 2021 we began using an equity lens to more effectively guide decision making away from known systems of harm and towards a culture of repair. To us, equity means that everyone is cared for. Embedded in that care is an acknowledgment of the different experiences of privilege and oppression in our culture and our community. We also acknowledge the foundational and systemic biases in our organization and throughout society.