Stronger Together: Collage Workshop with Edwin G. Cadiz & Dr. Sharon M. Cadiz
Stronger Together – Special Workshop
Collage Workshop with artist Edwin G Cadiz
Open to All Ages
Children must be accompanied with an adult (Child drop-off not allowed)
Date: Saturday, July 19th
Time: 1-3 pm
Registration is required: Save your spot today!
Suggested $5-10 donation appreciated, or pay-what-you-can
Master collage artist Edwin Cadiz will cover the basics as well as more complicated compositional collaging with an assortment of beautiful and colorful materials. Fun for all ages and and levels.
About The Artists:
Edwin G. Cadiz holds a Masters in Science of Education and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine
Arts. His colorful canvases, collage and provocative designs grace many community spaces,
libraries, offices and private homes. Cadiz has exhibited his work here in New York City and
Latin America; bridging the gap of cultural experiences that is not only his birthright, as a Puerto
Rican, but also the inspiration for his work. His well organized collage work and bright images
capture not only his cultural heritage, but his unique vision that, like a prism, creates a spectrum
of colors. Thematic aspects of his work promote the tension created between historic reference
points and imagery that guides the viewer to his use of hands and faces integrating the resolve
of humanity’s struggle for peace and harmony. He has produced over 50 collage pieces on
Black History as one of his more popular subjects. As a multimedia visual artist he has
undertaken many different ways to explore methods and materials including his pioneering
work in the 1970’s with the creation of pieces using photoceramics that were exhibited in Latin
America. He also was part of a team of students teaching silkscreen technique in the Dutch
Antilles. Closer to home, in 2000, Cadiz designed one of the cows, called “Tropicow” for the
New York City CowParade exhibition. He also designed a “Tropidog” for the Art Unleashed in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Cadiz received his early art training at Henry Street Settlement House where he was taught
photography, community mural making and ceramics. Most notably there are mosaic
sculptures, he was a part of designing as a youth at Henry Street Settlement, that can still be
viewed in the Lower East Side and at Grant’s Tomb. Years later, he produced many murals with
students of Louis Armstrong Middle School, and worked with youth to create a mural at the
People’s Headstart Program in Long Island City. He also taught art at the Children’s Art
Carnival; the Greek American Institute and the College for Children Program at both Queens
College and Laguardia Community College. Over the years, he has continued to reemerge with
his art through special commissions to produce art for public spaces, residential treatment
settings and new housing developments.
Dr. Sharon M. Cadiz is an educator, writer and national speaker with a record of professional engagement that spans four decades. She is a fierce advocate for social justice and human rights, as well a recognized authority on interpersonal trauma and its impact as a root cause of many issues such as substance use disorder; mental illness; suicidality; intimate partner violence and child abuse. Dr. Cadiz is a published author and former Director of Best Practice Implementation for Reality House; a community based treatment program for individuals struggling with issues of addiction, mental health and interpersonal trauma. She is also the CEO of 747 Seminars which focuses on promoting projects and initiatives devoted to personal development, wellness and holistic life management. Her poetry, informed by her work and life experience, embodies a sense of transcendent connection that honors the nobility of the human spirit and its capacity to endure and prevail.