On November 16th, 2024, Hilma's Ghost created a magic circle inside the American Folk Art Museum, to correspond with the exhibition Anything But Simple: Spirit Drawings and the Shaker Vision. Participants created drawings and divination exercises using automatism, tarot, and other magic techniques that took them across the threshold of the seen to the unseen realm. Drawing inspiration from the Shaker works and techniques on view as well as Spiritualists, Dadaists and Surrealists, participants learned about the rich artistic tradition of feminism and spirituality including our namesake, Hilma af Klint, as well as many artists like Emma Kunz, Leonara Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun, and Ana Mendieta. The workshop ended with an ancestral closing.

 

The Dialogue + Studio Workshop series offers participants opportunities to gain insight into and engage with self-taught art, past and present, at a deep level. Focused discussions about select themes, techniques, and materials featured in current exhibitions are paired with related expert-led hands-on workshops.