Collage Workshop by Yooyeon Nam
Collage Workshop
Join artist Yooyeon Nam for Assemble Your Alien, a hands-on collage and painting workshop inspired by her original oil paintings.
Participants will create their own unique characters using printed character elements from Yooyeon's artwork and then paint custom backgrounds to bring their creations to life. Through collage, painting, and storytelling, participants will explore themes of identity, otherness, resilience, and imagination.
This workshop is open to all ages and skill levels. No prior art experience is needed, and all materials will be provided.
Each participant will leave with a one-of-a-kind artwork and a new perspective on how personal stories can be expressed through art.
About the Artist in Residence
Yooyeon Nam is an oil painter whose original characters, round-faced, expressive, and unsettling, explore the psychological landscape of migration, displacement, and outsider experience. Her work draws on Korean artistic traditions while engaging with the surreal and the absurd to capture what it feels like to navigate a new world. At Governors Island, she is developing The Alien Multitude, a monumental multi-figure painting exploring immigrant solidarity and collective resilience. instagram.com/yooyeon_nam
How to get to Governors Island?
Ferry Location:
Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6), or Red Hook/Atlantic Basin
The ferry runs every 30 minutes. You can check the ferry schedule here.
Our House
NWNY's house is located at: 410A, Colonels Row
Once you get off the ferry, walk toward the QC Spa and continue following the street. Our house is the first house on the left.
A Day on Governors Island
There will be many other artist residency spaces and events happening throughout the island, and we encourage you to explore and visit other spaces as part of your day.
We also recommend bringing a reusable water bottle, as there are water refill stations throughout the island.
There are several restaurants and food vendors on Governors Island, as well as beautiful green areas perfect for walking, relaxing, or having a picnic. You are also welcome to bring your own food or snacks if you prefer.