Artist Series: Jaune Quick-To-See Smith This month, join Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta for a creative and inspiring session exploring the powerful art and life of Jaune Quick-To-See Smith. A celebrated American Indigenous artist and activist, her work tells stories...
Join Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta as we learn a new drawing technique: Stippling. We will make a basic still life drawing and shade it using a technique called “stippling” which consists of making lots of tiny dots. As always you can follow along or work on your own...
Join Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta for a midsummer meditative drawing class! Together, we will learn to draw meditative art, a practice that uses repetitive art and symbols, that help to calm our nervous system. As always you can follow along or work on your own art...
In honor of Pride Month, Valerie will hold a study on the life and work of Andy Warhol. A defining figure of the Pop Art movement, he used a variety of artistic methods to make art that highlighted social issues. One of the most famous LGBTQ contemporary artists, he...
On Wednesday, April 23rd, Community Building Art Works was honored to participate in the The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program‘s Volunteer Appreciation Night. Veterans Consortium is an incredible organization dedicated to assisting unrepresented veterans and their...
