Our workshop will start with a three minute video https://rosemarieprins.com/they-had-
no-time-to-say-goodbye/#bwg35/1000 followed by a discussion on the crisis of #MMIW
during which I will show the artist’s book, They Had No Time to Say Goodbye, created
during a winter ’23/‘24 residency at an artists’ retreat in Guadalajara, Mexico. The book,
They Had No Time to Say Goodbye accompanies a multimedia installation of the same
title that features four long, hanging scrolls comprised of x-rays with Indigenous
women’s and girls’ faces etched onto them. The theme of the project is the crisis of
missing and murdered Indigenous women. The installation, along with the book, was
exhibited in Guadalajara in January, ’24.
We are inviting artists from the world over to participate in the project. So far, artists
from throughout the USA, Canada, Portugal and Germany as well as Seoul, London
and Guadalajara have contributed portraits on x-rays.During the workshops I invite
participants to draw portraits of Indigenous women to incorporate into the multimedia
installation They Had No Time to Say Goodbye. Some may choose to tape their
drawings onto the windows of the studio, tape an x-ray over it, and etch a portrait onto
the x-ray. This will be added to more scrolls of Indigenous women’s faces on x-rays.
Ideally, we would use light boxes to accomplish this. But daylight works well also. Those
who chose not to scratch their portraits onto x-rays will be invited, in the spirit of
collaboration, to donate their drawings of Indigenous women to the project for others, in
subsequent workshops, to etch onto x-rays.
Some participants are experts at portraiture, others need instruction. A basic lesson in
portraiture is included for those who need it.
What materials are provided? X-rays; sheets of 9” x 8” tracing paper; soft pencils
(4B); erasers, pencil sharpeners; rulers; masking, painters’ tape or cellophane tape;
scissors; black and white print(s) of Indigenous women’s faces.
Note: This workshop is free.
Our workshop will start with a three minute video https://rosemarieprins.com/they-had-
no-time-to-say-goodbye/#bwg35/1000 followed by a discussion on the crisis of #MMIW
during which I will show the artist’s book, They Had No Time to Say Goodbye, created
during a winter ’23/‘24 residency at an artists’ retreat in Guadalajara, Mexico. The book,
They Had No Time to Say Goodbye accompanies a multimedia installation of the same
title that features four long, hanging scrolls comprised of x-rays with Indigenous
women’s and girls’ faces etched onto them. The theme of the project is the crisis of
missing and murdered Indigenous women. The installation, along with the book, was
exhibited in Guadalajara in January, ’24.
We are inviting artists from the world over to participate in the project. So far, artists
from throughout the USA, Canada, Portugal and Germany as well as Seoul, London
and Guadalajara have contributed portraits on x-rays.During the workshops I invite
participants to draw portraits of Indigenous women to incorporate into the multimedia
installation They Had No Time to Say Goodbye. Some may choose to tape their
drawings onto the windows of the studio, tape an x-ray over it, and etch a portrait onto
the x-ray. This will be added to more scrolls of Indigenous women’s faces on x-rays.
Ideally, we would use light boxes to accomplish this. But daylight works well also. Those
who chose not to scratch their portraits onto x-rays will be invited, in the spirit of
collaboration, to donate their drawings of Indigenous women to the project for others, in
subsequent workshops, to etch onto x-rays.
Some participants are experts at portraiture, others need instruction. A basic lesson in
portraiture is included for those who need it.
What materials are provided? X-rays; sheets of 9” x 8” tracing paper; soft pencils
(4B); erasers, pencil sharpeners; rulers; masking, painters’ tape or cellophane tape;
scissors; black and white print(s) of Indigenous women’s faces.
Note: This workshop is free.
