Capturing the Scent of Time: Culminating Event

This series will be taking place on the following Saturdays: October 24, October 31, November 7, November 14, November 21, December 5, and December 12. There will also be a culminating event to close out the series taking place on Tuesday, December 15 at 6:00pm. Registration encouraged. While attendance for every session is not required, patrons are encouraged to attend as many weeks as possible and to RSVP for each week you will be there. Capturing the Scent of Time is a series of bilingual bookmaking workshops inspired by Byung-Chul Han’s philosophy of “the art of lingering.” Led by artists Patricia Cazorla and Nancy Saleme, with guest artist and Pulitzer Prize winner Medar de la Cruz, the program invites participants to slow down, observe, reflect, and create through drawing, photography, watercolor, creative writing, and bookbinding. Participants will explore the relationship between visual art, writing, nature, and contemplation, including guided observation and creative activities connected to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Throughout the program, they will create personal artist books and contribute to a collective book. Materials + snacks are included. About the Artists Cazorla + Saleme are an aunt-and-niece LatAm artist duo—a painter and a sculptor—whose work reflects on migration, displacement, and the search for belonging and connection through color, form, and poetic symbolism. Community engagement is central to their public art practice and includes collaborations with the Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Brooklyn Public Library, and Newark Public Library. Their work has been recognized by NALAC, the Puffin Foundation, UNIQLO/NYC Parks, El Museo del Barrio, NYC DOT, the Garment District Alliance, NYC Health + Hospitals, the City of Newark, Project for Empty Space, Brooklyn Arts Council, LMCC, and The Newark Museum of Art. Internationally, they participated in the 19th Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh. Cazorla + Saleme have held residencies at Vermont…