Make a playful mask to cultivate mystery and intrigue inspired by masquerade traditions, and the contemporary artist Magnhild Kennedy, known as Damselfau. Explore identity, revealing/concealing, and creating a wearable action object.
Join award-winning teaching artist and specialist in mindfulness education, Lark Keeler, for Creativity Matters, an adult art-making workshop. Discover new ways to expand creativity, build critical thinking skills, and explore how art can be used as an effective tool for learning and communication.
Creativity Matters is made possible by the Conni Gordon Arts Foundation. Preregistration Required. Spaces Limited.
Date of event: 10/26/2025
Time: Noon – 1:30 pm
Pricing: $15 for members; $25 for non-members
Location: NSU Art Museum
Conni Gordon
A resident of South Florida, Conni Gordon was an innovator in the field of art education and creativity who received her formal training in the visual arts and philosophy at Columbia University, NY, and Ecole des Beaux Arts, France. Gordon was renowned for her unique 4-Step patented art method, in which anyone could create a picture in minutes, a method she developed following World War II when she taught 50,000 Marines in a show called “Draw Your Own Conclusions.” The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Gordon, who has empowered over 17 million people through art in 80 countries, as the world’s most prolific art teacher. Gordon is the author of 41 art instruction books, which have sold over 15 million copies. A star of her own television show, she has been featured on national and international networks and programs over the past 60 years, including multiple appearances on both The Tonight Show and Late Night with David Letterman, where she taught art to show hosts Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and David Letterman. Through her philanthropy, she was an active supporter of charitable causes.
Major support for NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is provided by the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Endowment, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Foundation, Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, Community Foundation of Broward, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, the Wege Foundation, Beaux Arts of Fort Lauderdale, The Hudson Family Foundation, Delia Moog, Charles and Laura Palmer, Dr. Barry and Judy Silverman, and Friends of NSU Art Museum. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
