Fall for mixed-media art while playing, experimenting and creating a mystery project! Explore a variety of materials with artist, Steph Joy Hogan, as she walks you through her favorite mixed-media techniques used to create whimsical worlds and the creatures that inhabit them. In this workshop, you’ll learn to create hand-painted art papers for use in a variety of projects and you'll explore how size and scale in your artistic elements can enhance your visual storytelling. Plan to laugh a lot, get a little messy, and unleash the creativity and silliness of your uninhibited inner child. Absolutely no experience is necessary as this workshop is all about loosening up, letting go of perfectionism, and having fun with the artistic process. You’ll leave with a fueled imagination and a one-of-a-kind mixed-media artwork ready to frame! This is a stand-alone workshop that will leave you eager for more! If you’d like to keep playing, register for Steph’s upcoming workshops in November and December where you will build on the techniques learned in this class (and can re-use the art papers you create). Steph Joy Hogan is an award-winning mixed-media painter from Lansing, Michigan. She was voted Top Artist in the 2021 Lansing City Pulse Top of the Town contest (Top 3 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022) and her recognizably vibrant and whimsical artwork can be found in galleries and exhibitions throughout Mid-Michigan. Her work has been featured on two billboards and a bus stop, and her commissioned mixed-media paintings can be found permanently installed in Impression 5 Science Center, the Susan and Jack Davis Nature Pavilion and Gallery at Fenner Nature Center, and the beautiful new headquarters of The Davies Project.