With love in the air this February, this Queer Makers workshop will include a lively powerpoint and discussion on the visual history of queer expressions of love. Then, participants will learn to fold and decorate their own "puzzle purse," inspired by elaborate 19th-century valentines, to write their own love letter to a loved one, a secret-admiree, themselves, or whoever else they might choose!

Queer Makers is a space for queer and ally artists to come together, learn, discuss, and create! In this series of workshops, join teaching artist Kieran Becker for a fun presentation on artists– historical and contemporary– who have used art to express their queer identity or highlight queer issues, followed by group discussion and responsive artmaking activity. Each session will focus on a new topic and new prompt for artmaking.