Body & Clay – A Workshop on Care and Connection

with Mariposa Divina

June 21, 2025

11:00am – 1:00pm

This hands-on workshop will explore care, healing, and connection through the tactile process of ceramic tile-making. Held in the historic nursing classroom at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, the session invites reflection on how we care for ourselves, for others, and for the communities we’re part of. 

Surrounded by the legacy of nursing and the human body, students will illustrate and glaze a ceramic tile that holds personal meaning—a piece to keep or gift as an expression of care.

No prior ceramics experience is needed. Just bring your hands, your curiosity, and a willingness to engage. Feel free to bring any references and images you would like to render into clay.

Please Note:
You will not be able to take your work home the same day as the workshop. Since it needs to be fired twice, Pieces will be ready for pick up at IMSS two weeks after the workshop. If you are unable to pick it up, it can be shipped to you, there is a cost of $10 (an option to pre-select shipping is available at check-out).

About the Instructor:
Mariposa is an interdisciplinary artist and tradesperson who grew up in Tijuana B.C. Mexico and now lives and works in Chicago. Growing up in a borderland where multiple identities and realities converge, they are naturally drawn to art as a medium for self-expression, storytelling, and resistance. Their path to art has been non-linear and rooted in the act of creating for survival, liberation, and empowerment. They studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed the Welding Program at Chicago Women in Trades.