Saturday, April 26, 2025, 1 – 3 PM EDT

Join Atlanta-based visual artist Tori Tinsley for an artmaking workshop that explores the profound emotional landscapes of care, love, and human connection. Throughout the workshop Tinsley will provide a step-by-step approach to building a cardboard “hug vase,” sharing her methods for developing and cultivating symbolism that examines the intricate experiences of motherhood, caregiving, and human connection within her own artwork, and guiding each participant to develop their own deeply personal language of visual storytelling imagery through three-dimensional paintings. 

This workshop is designed for adult audiences. Space is limited and registration is required.
Fee: $18 for members, $25 for nonmembers, free for Emory students.


This program is part of "Art for Our Sake: Creative Wellbeing at the Carlos," a day of workshops and pop-up programs throughout the galleries and across the museum that incorporates dance, visual art, writing, music, and more. Participants are encouraged to engage in art forms that they feel drawn to, led by practicing artists, and utilize the arts as a tool to support mental wellbeing, process grief, and healing.

Image: Tori Tinsley, "Hug Vase", Acrylic on cardboard, 5 x 6 x 9 in, 2025, image courtesy of the artist