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Schedule Details
2025-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 to 2025-07-19T13:00:00-04:00
Price Details
28.52 USD - 28.52 USD
Age Restrictions
Not available
Ticket Website
Location Details
Chicago
1754 North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States
About the Event
Create Soda can mosaics with Norma Rios- Sierra! Learn to upcycle old soda cans into beautiful mosaics.
Workshop Description
Participants will repurpose aluminum cans to create colorful mosaics. Bring your own cans and incorporate a personal touch!
Accessibility Note
This workshop involves hammering, and there will be loud noise in the space.
Materials Provided:
- Hammers
- Finishing nails
- Aluminum cans
- Scissors
- Xacto knives
- Scrap wood
- Protective gloves
- Ear plugs
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Meet Norma Rios-Sierra
Norma Rios-Sierra grew up in Logan Square, Chicago. Norma's work consists of stained glass and mosaics and is often inspired by her experience as a Mexican immigrant. Norma's most recent work embodies community, unity and the idea that we all belong and deserve to feel welcome and safe.
About the WasteShed
The WasteShed provides Chicago with an organized, affordable, and reliable resource for repurposed art, craft, and school materials, and with a dynamic center for activities related to sustainability, art, craft, education, and material culture.
Getting there
Free street parking is available outside the WasteShed, but spots may be limited so please plan accordingly
Documentation
Your participation in a WasteShed program constitutes implied consent to be photographed, and for those images to be utilized by The WasteShed for educational, fundraising, and marketing purposes. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a staff member know and we'll be happy to respect your wishes.
This workshop is supported in part by a Neighborhood Access Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and is part of The WasteShed's Art in Action workshop series.
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