Self-Portrait with Monkey (Autorretrato con mono), 1938
Frida Kahlo. Buffalo AKG Art Museum; bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966. © 2025 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Join fellow teen creatives for an immersive exploration of texture, color, nature, and storytelling through paper making inspired by the paintings and books on view Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds.
This workshop invites you to draw on Kahlo’s connection to nature and experimental paintings as well as Mary Reynolds’s avant-garde books to craft your own handmade paper using natural materials like flower petals, seeds, and leaves.
Les derniers jours (The Last Days), published 1936, bound 1936–1942 or 1945–1950
Mary Reynolds, written by Raymond Queneau. The Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.
La science de Dieu ou la création de l’homme (The Science of God or the Creation of Man), published 1900, bound 1930–1942
Mary Reynolds, written by Jean-Pierre Brisset. The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Frank B. Hubachek, 1963.757.
This program is hosted in collaboration with artist Mayra Palafox. All materials will be provided, and no prior experience is necessary.
about the teaching artist
Mayra Cecilia Palafox is an artist, museum administrator, and cultural worker. She currently is the senior manager of Public Programs & Interpretation at the Edith Farnsworth House. She has worked in museums for over a decade in New York, Berkeley, and Chicago. Her art practice is primarily printmaking and mixed media. She explores with found materials, collage, and textures. She is the DE&I commissioner for the museum division for the National Arts Education Association.
