At these drop-in workshops designed and led by educators from SCRAP, ordinary materials transform into extraordinary make-and-take art projects. The workshops make use of supplies from SCRAP’s creative reuse center and are inspired by SFMOMA exhibitions including New Work: Sheila Hicks, SFAI: People Make This Place, Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, and KAWS: FAMILY.
November 16: Character Design
November 23: Watercolor Muslins
December 7: Alejandro Cartagena Transportation Drawings
December 14: Watercolor Muslins + Second Sunday
December 21: Character Design
Make a totally new and unique character using your creativity and an arsenal of supplies from SCRAP. Use the style of KAWS as a guide in creating your character.
Create a fiber mandala with artist Diane DallasKidd inspired by the exhibition New Work: Sheila Hicks. This hands-on workshop invites exploration and merging of rhythm and color using thread as a tactile line and then working within a circular form to create a fiber mandala.
Join a drawing workshop that explores how we move through the city each day. Reflect on your personal commute and the role transportation plays in your life. Through art, we’ll capture the rhythms, challenges, and stories of urban travel inspired by Alejandro Cartagena.
Join a unique watercolor workshop where you’ll paint on muslin suspended from handmade stick-and-found-object frames. The session draws creative inspiration from Suzanne Jackson’s evocative hanging pieces. Explore texture, movement, and unconventional surfaces in a playful, immersive setting.
Record your own history — and share it — through zine making inspired by SFAI: People Make This Place. We’ll have all the materials you could need on hand and educators to guide your experimentation. Let your zine celebrate YOU — what you did this morning, how much you enjoyed the museum, your favorite person, and anything else that comes to mind!
Founded in 1976 by Anne Marie Theilen and based in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood, SCRAP works at the intersection of the arts, arts education, and the environment. SCRAP’s mission is to make the materials and methods of art making accessible to everyone, helping people transform everyday objects into creative projects that fuel the human spirit, support community vibrancy, and reinforce environmental awareness. At the time of its founding, Theilen oversaw a program that placed professional artists in schools. Unfortunately, there was no budget for materials, so the artists struggled to find supplies. Meanwhile, many local businesses were filling landfills with perfectly usable materials like paper with incorrect logos, fabric samples, industrial discards, and product overruns. Recognizing an opportunity to solve two problems with one solution, Theilen founded SCRAP in 1976. She teamed up with Ruth Asawa, who became the organization’s first board president. Each year, SCRAP’s programs serve over 33,000 people — all while diverting over 200 tons of waste from landfills.
This program is made possible with support from Google.org
