Cloud Painting with Jihan Thomas


This cloud painting workshop is being offered in conjunction with Jihan Thomas' solo exhibition on view at Atria Center City.

 

Come learn to paint clouds inspired by the work of Jihan Thomas.

Jihan Thomas is a Black woman, daughter, Mother, sister, aunt, visual artist, artivist, abolitionist, afrofuturist and community and museum arts educator located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

​Jihan's art and creativity has taken her into many spaces and topics within aspects of reformative justice, reproductive justice, art therapy, education reform, reparations, cannabis education, community sovereignty, food justice, public health, disability justice, art education, language justice, museums and within traditional K-12 classrooms.

Jihan has worked with many arts and cultural institutions in Philadelphia such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Fleisher Art Memorial, Frator Heru Institute and the Museum Education Division Director with as the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA)

 

DVAA uses art to connect people and build collective resilience in spaces across Greater Philadelphia. Help support this sliding-scale event—and many more like it—with a donation of $10–$25! All DVAA programming is NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds). If cost is a barrier, email [email protected] to request a free ticket.

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