Cyanotype Workshop:
Creating a solar blueprint

with Mara Bureau
April 26, 2023, 1–3pm
Free + in-person program

Learn how to print using the sun! This 2 hour workshop is an introduction to one of the first photographic processes ever developed. The cyanotype process, also known as a blueprint or sunprint utilizes photosensitive solutions. Led by student artist Mara Bureau, participants will be given the opportunity to design, experiment with the sun (or UV lights weather permitting), and develop their own cyanotypes.

All levels welcome!




Image: Close-up of quilt by Elaine Foreman | Photo: Charlotte Beyries






Mara Bureau


Mara Bureau is a 21-year-old emerging Canadian artist who grew up in a small town just outside of the GTA called Ashburn. She is currently graduating from the Honours BFA Program with a minor in Art History from Queens University. Mara specializes in drawing and intaglio, cyanotyping, as well as oil painting. She has recently expanded her practice to include working with textiles and unconventional materials.

Mara puts emphasis on subverting the austerity and expectations of fine art by focusing on a more intuitive way of handling traditional mediums that feel authentic and natural. She has worked as a fabrication assistant with numerous accomplished artists, has exhibited her work in many galleries, and come summer will be a published illustrator. Her current work depicts themes of decay, residual substances, and traces of former life. She is interested in thinking about our relationships with each other as well as our relationships with the natural environment.





ALIGNING PROGRAMS + EXHIBITIONS


Creating Desire Lines: Pathways to a Counter Education
Curated by ARTH 490/868
Project Room
April 11 – May 20, 2023

Creating Desire Lines: Pathways to a Counter Education is funded by the Faculty of Arts and Science Experiential Learning Activity Fund.