The Mother Line: A Collage Party Celebrating Women and Ancestry
March 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$45.00A Special Exhibition Workshop Event!
Saturday, March 7, 2-4pm
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About this Workshop:
Join artists Hadiya Williams and Jamila Felton as they guide participants through a collage process that celebrates the matrilineal line of one’s ancestry amidst the backdrop of Williams’ exhibition at Pyramid: Offline: Tracing the Source.
Level: All levels welcome—no previous experience with collage is required.
Registration closes March 3, 2026 and all includes all materials. Guests are welcome to bring additional personal items to include in their collage work (see materials list below for ideas).
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes all materials—just come ready to have fun! In addition, you may want to bring the following optional items for class:
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) and/or wear clothes that can get messy
- (optional) Any materials from your personal collection you’d like to collage with – decorative papers, magazines, pictures and photographs, newspapers, old books, sheet music, maps, etc.
- (optional) Inks, stamps, and stencils from your personal stash
- (optional) Notepad and pen for taking notes
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS:
Hadiya Williams is a native Washingtonian and D.C.-based multidisciplinary artist working in the decorative and applied arts. Her practice centers on ceramic objects, surface design, and generative art. She is a proud graduate of Bowie State University (BS) and Columbia College Chicago (BFA), with 20 years of experience in visual communications and print design.
As Founder and Creative Director of Black Pepper Paperie Co., Hadiya has collaborated with brands including BLK MKT Vintage, Lulu & Georgia, and F. Schumacher & Co. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Domino, Business of Home, and Design Milk, and she has received recognition from the American In-House Design Awards, the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, and the American Craft Council. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Trust for Historic Preservation and was featured in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s 2024–25 Triennial.
Through her craft, Hadiya explores cultural memory, ancestry, and identity, drawing inspiration from the dialogue between West African art, early-20th-century modernism, and mid-century design.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
The Beat of Blossoms is the creative work of Jamila Zahra Felton. Through book arts, mixed-media collage, printmaking, handmade paper, and creative writing, Jamila explores memory, identity, love, self-care, power, and Black futures. Jamila’s artist books and zines are in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). Her artist book The Deep End: Or, Some of Us Learned How to Swim was part of NMWA’s DMV Color Exhibition, which may be viewed online. Jamila is a member of Pyramid Atlantic and was its first ever Gregory Vita Paper Arts Resident. Jamila also blossoms as a librarian and educator with her family in the Washington, DC metro.