The Joy of Gesture: An Abstract Art Making Workshop

The Joy of Gesture workshop connects contemporary viewers to the midcentury abstractionists who used energetic mark-making to process upheaval after World War II. Draw on the Art Institute exhibitions of Willem de Kooning and the global survey *Beyond Form* — then get your hands moving in a session that treats spontaneous gesture as personal liberation, not polished technique. Thursday evening, September 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at Jeffery Manor in South Deering. Registration is required; call ahead for accessibility accommodations.