Frida Kahlo Self Portrait Virtual Workshop

About Workshop

Participants can create their self-portrait in a variety of ways. The formal way of creating a self-portrait is to use a mirror as a reference when drawing oneself or they can also work from a picture when drawing. Younger students can draw themselves as they imagine in their self-portrait. Participants will be encouraged to draw their self-portrait interacting with their symbolic imagery. Once they have drawn their composition, they can color it in using materials of their own choosing.

About Artist Karma Leigh

Karma is a self-taught painter, muralist, curator and creator of jewelry  and tangible goods. Her talents are not limited to the paint and  palette; she has helped organize successful vendor markets for FemFest,  taught for the EPIC Arts program out of Redline Gallery, and was the  former Education Coordinator for Museo de las Americas and has been a  teacher there for seven years.

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was a self-taught painter, best known for her self-portraits. At eighteen years old, Kahlo was seriously injured in a bus accident. She had to recover in bed for more than a year. During this time, Frida began to pass the time by painting still life and self-portraits. Frida was Inspired by her country's popular culture. Her paintings are in a native folk art style and often had strong autobiographical elements, mixed with realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Frida Kahlo's paintings have been described as a Surrealist or Magical Realism.