Art After Work: Upcycled Mosaics with Izzi Vasquez at Happy Gallery

Join Intuit at Happy Gallery for a mosaic workshop facilitated by Izzi Vasquez.

Workshop Description

Using broken tiles, plates, and other found objects, interdisciplinary artist Izzi Vasquez will guide you through the process of creating your own mosaic mirror.

Art After Work is pay what you choose. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.

Materials Provided at Happy Gallery

Broken plates and tiles
Seashells
Glass
Grout
Tile glue
Mirrors
Found objects

Meet Izzi Vasquez

Izzi Vasquez (they/them) is a Chicago-based multimedia artist, designer, and animator from El Paso, TX. As a kid, their Abuela taught them how to create art and mosaics from found and broken objects. Their mosaic work was part of their solo exhibition, “I’ll Plant You A Garden,” in 2023 and featured in the Chicago Reader.

Since relocating to Chicago, they have collaborated with many Chicago area musicians to create album artwork, visuals, and animations and currently co-run Happy Gallery, a community art space in Humboldt Park.

About Happy Gallery

Happy Gallery is a queer, artist-run gallery and studio space in a repurposed storefront located in Humboldt Park, Chicago. The gallery focuses on exhibiting emerging artists from its community and beyond, as well as hosting music and community events.

- --

Art After Work is a series of hands-on artmaking workshops facilitated by Chicago-based artists. Every month, explore new inventive ways to use common, inexpensive, and salvaged materials to create your own unique work of art. Each workshop is designed for you to connect with your creativity, and each other!

Please contact Accessibility Coordinator, Dani Wieder, at dani@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.

Your participation in an Intuit program constitutes implied consent to be photographed, and for those images to be utilized by Intuit for educational, fundraising, and marketing purposes. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a staff member know and we’ll be happy to respect your wishes.

---

Art After Work is funded in part by the Alphawood Foundation, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trust, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations from Intuit members and supporters.