Continuing the Art of Play
October 1 + 8, 2025
Artist: Agnes Waruguru
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Agnes Waruguru’s work ranges from painting, drawing, printmaking, needlework and installation. The materiality of objects in space is at the core of her explorations, which are intimately rooted in personal identity politics, often referencing women’s practices and traditional cultural identifiers. Her work often appears abstract but they are a mix of memory and place. She draws from personal experience to create new landscapes which can often be memory or emotion scapes.
“I would say my practice is centered around me trying to understand myself, the world I'm living in, where I've come from and how my identity is affected by all the places that I navigate and move through.”
Agnes Waruguru
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This will be a 2-week project.
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We are all involved in our creative practice and artmaking as unique individuals, because there is no one who is exactly like us! Our creative expression is informed by our experiences, both past and present, internal and external.
Warm-up
This week, we will warm up by playing with water-based marking and painting tools as we imitate some of Waruguru's images and create our own markings.
Materials:
All will work for this warm-up.
water-based markers (Crayola and others)
watercolor pan paintswatercolor inks
any water-based materials that will be moved by water application
watercolor paper
tissue paper
bristol board
watercolor brushes or a sponge to wet the paper
cloth
We will be experimenting with laying down water. Adding pigment and seeing how we can create some light, delicate images.
Project
As we continue into our projects consider adding materials to your process such as:
previous artwork
beads
threads
cloth
Build on what you learned from your warm-up and begin to create your final piece.
A Dream of Wholeness in Parts - 2023 (View 1)
A Dream of Wholeness in Parts - 2023 (View 2)
Water Memories And Blooms II - 2022
Natural pigment, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, soft pastels, oil pastels charcoal and sequins on cotton
Kairetu (girl), 2019
Acrylic paint, glass beads and embroidery on cotton
11.5x12 in.
I am the sun, I am the sky, I am the wind - 2022
acrylic paint, acrylic ink, colored pencil, soft pastel and collage on paper
2025
Rose Window, 2024
Natural pigment, soft pastels on cotton paper
12 3/5 × 10 1/5 in
Amu Courtyard, Acrylic and Indian ink on cotton, 2019.
Incomprehensible Weather in the Head - 2024
acrylic paint, ink, natural pigments, saffron, salt, embroidery floss, glass beads, charcoal and soft pastels on cotton
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