Workshops
Forever Flowers Workshop
Let’s bloom into the new year together! Learn to make a Forever Flower while setting your intentions for the new year with artist and sculptor Murjoni Merriweather.
Flowers carry meaning, whether we offer them to someone we love or keep them for ourselves. In this drop-in workshop Merriweather will teach you how to create pipe-cleaner Forever Flowers that hold color, care, and intention long after they’re made.
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Tickets
$15 BMA Members | $25 Non-Members
The price of admission includes one free cocktail or mocktail and lite snacks. Additional drinks including non-alcoholic options, will be available for purchase from the pop-up bar.
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About the Artist
Murjoni Merriweather
Sculptor Murjoni Merriweather grew up in Temple Hills, Maryland. During her time there, she fell in love with art at the age of 8, learning how to draw from trial and error and art kits her parents would give her. After dabbling in photography, drawing, painting and graphic design, Murjoni tried out ceramics by the time she was in 8th grade, where her heart grew whole. While feeling so connected to clay, she started making work that reflected the black experience. In 2018 Murjoni graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with her BFA in Ceramics and concentration in Film/Video. During this time, she explored celebrating blackness through figurative forms. Murjoni has been able to expand her knowledge and experiment at places like Creative Alliance (Baltimore, 2019-2022), Fountainhead Residency (Miami, 2021) and The Alma | Lewis Residency (PA, 2022) in ways that talk about emotion through the clay itself. She has shown in institutions like Rubell Museum DC (2023), Baltimore Museum of Art (2023), St. Louis Art Museum (2023), The Walters Museum (2023), Jeffery Deitch LA (2021), and many more.
Murjoni currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with her cat, Kiva, where she continues to aim towards inspiring and celebrating black culture in ways that make us feel seen.