Virtual Studio Tour: Paula Gasparini-Santos

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Thursday, Mar 11, 2021  12pm - 12:30pm

Location

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Details

Virtual Studio Tours are 30 min interactive programs that explore local contemporary artist studios. Artists take viewers behind the scenes of their studio practice with insights into their processes, inspirations, and artwork. Moderated by BMoCA’s Community Engagement & Media Manager, this Instagram Live series is an initiative to support local artists and give viewers the opportunity to take a closer look at art practices and ask questions to contemporary artists.

Paula Gasparini-Santos is an immigrant artist born in Brazil. She earned her MA in clinical mental health and art therapy from Naropa University. Her artwork brings together creativity, poetry, and psychological research and acts as a tool for social justice, personal development, and community engagement. In her paintings, words blend into colorful backgrounds evoking universal messages about humanity and self-awareness as well as philosophies about life, love, and faith. Santos believes art is a platform for dialogue and invites us to look deeper, ask questions, and find comfort within the narrated experiences of life. Her bright and visually satisfying palettes stand out on walls and draw attention, as the words ask viewers to consider their experiences and how they resonate with what is displayed. If she wants her creativity to achieve anything, it is to invite curiosity—to make us avidly curious about the workings of life, from the global to the intimately personal.

Image: Paula Gasparini-Santos’ art in the FROM THIS DAY FORWARD exhibition.

How to access
To access the Virtual Studio Tours live, log in to your Instagram account on the phone app or from a web browser, then navigate to BMoCA’s profile and click on the circular icon with BMoCA’s logo.

To access the Virtual Studio Tours after they air, log into your Instagram account on the phone app or from a web browser, then navigate to BMoCA’s profile. Click on the tab for BMoCA’s IGTV and select the Virtual Studio Tour you wish to view.