Attend a guided art workshop led by sculptor Christina Lihan. In celebration of our Library's 40th anniversay you can assemble your own miniature paper model of the Main Library's brutalist building.
Workshop materials are provided. Please register to attend the event. This workshop is open to teens and adults.
Interested in knowing about Broward County Main Library's significance in Florida and architectural history? Join us Friday, April 19, 6:30pm with Anthony Abbate in Why Brutalism?
This program is a Broward County Libraries 50th Anniversary and Main Library 40th Anniversary event. Broward County Main Library programs are made possible by Friends of the Fort Lauderdale Libraries.
Image credit: London Sculpture by Christina Lihan, installation in New York City (c. 2020s)
Biography:
Using paper as her medium, Florida-based sculptor Christina Lihan creates intricate artworks by hand-cutting, folding, scoring and carving layers of paper. All white, shadow and light become characters in the pieces: whether it is light filtering through suspended compositions or lit from below to enhance shadow and form in a recent installation. Labor intensive, her process is meditative and one of discovery for herself as well as the viewer. Her work employs the language and metaphors of architecture. An aesthetic and conceptual discussion is carried on through a subtle and rigorous understanding of these elements, as well as introducing questions from an environmental justice perspective.
She is educated with a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University. This education, and practicing as an architect inspire her forms, composition, technique and illusion of depth. Utilizing perspective and scale, she creates a sense of place in her pieces. Her work is influenced by living and working in Italy, Paris, London, San Francisco and New York City.
Ms. Lihan was recently awarded a commission for eight large sculptures for a new hotel in central London. Solo exhibitions include the Citicorp Center in NYC, the Palm Beach Preservation Foundation and several locations in South Florida. She was awarded site specific installations at the Flatiron building in NYC and a showroom in downtown Chicago. She has been part of group exhibitions internationally in Shanghai, Tel Aviv and Moscow, and Atlanta, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Chicago stateside.
EVENT TYPE: | Workshop | Crafting/Makers | Arts & Cultural |
TAGS: | Library Anniversary |
Mon, Apr 22 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | Closed |