Them That Do!, a visual arts and activism project that centers conversations and artmaking on community building and mutual aid, is inviting all interested folks, age 18 and older, to be a part of a new, free workshop series. Two library branches, the Kingsessing Library and the Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library, will each host four 90-minute workshops led by a visual artist and a mutual aid activist.

Participants will receive an introduction to digital photography or lessons in drawing and illustration. Mutual aid activists will join the artmaking while sharing information about their projects in Philadelphia and information about how to get involved, and the value of building grassroots support networks.

The project will culminate with a pop-up exhibition of the work created in the courses that will be shown at each participating library branch.

The drawing and illustration class, led by artist Martha O’Connell, will be held at the Kingsessing Library on Mondays, beginning May 16. For more details and to sign up, please email: themthatdo2022@gmail.com or RemsenB@freelibrary.org

The digital photography class, led by artist Lori Waselchuk, will be held at the Cobbs Creek Library on Wednesdays, starting May 18. To sign up, email: themthatdo2022@gmail.com or WalkerJA@freelibrary.org

Here are the workshops’ flyers with more info: