Indigo Lab
Open Studio - Textiles | Available
The Indigo Lab is a guided, open studio environment designed for working on personal dyeing projects. The first portion of each lab features an optional, hands-on tutorial covering a specific surface design technique; the remainder of the time is conducted as an "open studio" / each participant working independently. The studio instructor will be available to assist in developing a project idea, troubleshoot an issue, or review a technique. Please bring your own fabric. Come and enjoy the luxury of a communal work space and an already prepared, deep blue indigo vat. Ages 16 and up.
Maria Ogedengbe
Maria Ogedengbe is best known for Missouri GOURDen, a.k.a. the “GOURDzebo,” a public artwork and cross-community shekere garden. Her “object-based painting” projects for the cities of Kansas City, Missouri and Olathe, Kansas include a hammock wrought from painted canvas and boats with painted sails. Photo-based imagery that makes use of props she creates has been shown on billboards in Kansas City and Chicago. Her work has been awarded First Place cash prizes twice in the Missouri Top 50 at the State Fair Fine Arts gallery. Solo exhibits of Ms. Ogedengbe’s work have been held at the Centro Fotográfico in Oaxaca, Mexico and at the University of Lagos art gallery. Her installation at the Lied Art Center, r-r-ruban vivi, was the subject of a 2023 interview on Spokane Public Radio. Her works, our wife and Calabash Buoys, and artist’s talk were presented at Casa Artom in Venice in May 2024 through Wake Forest University where she recently served as a visiting professor of painting. Ms. Ogedengbe holds an MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale School of Art.