with Amy Chien | 4 sessions
Description
**This class is fully booked. Please email info@powerhousearts.org to join the waitlist** In this hands-on four session class, students will explore the emerging field of biodesign, focusing on how creativity and innovation can address the urgent challenges of the waste economy, planetary health, and the social impact of design. By engaging with environmentally thoughtful, bio-based materials like bioplastics using living organisms like mycelium and algae, students will learn how to reimagine waste as a resource and design with nature to create healthier, environmentally-kind products. Students will discover how bioart and biodesign offer alternatives— learning from and building with nature's creatures to create closed-loop systems, reuse waste, and move towards healthier living environments. Students will fabricate simple biomaterials recipes using gelatin, algae, mycelium, and organic waste. Materials are provided. About the Instructor: Amy Chien (she/her) is a Taiwanese American architectural designer and materials researcher whose creative practice is rooted in deep empathy—for both human and non-human life. Deeply attuned to nature, she co-creates with plants, fungi, bacteria, and other living organisms, drawing from their wisdom and locality for a return to a symbiotic reality. She received the grand prize in Pratt’s Material Lab Competition and held a residency with Swale x Urban Soils Institute. Currently an artist-in-residence in Japan, she is integrating ancient craft into her creative practice while leading the Genspace Biomaterials Studio, where she guides learners of all ages in the intersection of material science, art, and design. @amy_art_architecture
Policies
Cancellation Policy: In the event that you need to cancel your registration of the class or workshop, we ask that you please inform us as soon as possible, allowing us to give your spot to another person. We agree to provide you with a full refund if your cancellation is no less than 7 calendar days prior to the first date of the program; if your cancellation is closer in time than 7 calendar days to the first date of the program, then, any deposits or payments you have made are non-returnable. In the event that PHA needs to cancel a class or workshop due to PHA’s own reasons (for e.g., teacher emergency) your payment for the program will be refunded in full. If you are unable to attend a class or workshop for your own reasons, you will not be refunded for that portion of the program. Full payment for the class or workshop is required before your registration is considered complete. Health and Wellness Policy: If you are sick, we ask that you please refrain from attending in consideration of the health and safety of your fellow classmates. Please note that all of our classes and workshops are designed to be hands-on, and make-up classes are not available. Masks will be available at the front desk and in the classroom for your use.
Contact Details
Powerhouse Arts, 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA
718.522.1400
info@powerhousearts.org