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VICTORY TOWNSHIP — West Shore Community College will host a free community art workshop Thursday, Nov. 12, as part of its HumanKind Series, featuring Turkish-American artist Hale Ekinci.
The workshop, “ACT II: The Transferred Image,” will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Room 128 of the Arts and Sciences Building on WSCC’s main campus.
The event is the second in a series of workshops and exhibitions titled “Inherited Intelligence: The Memory, the Machine, and the Hand,” taking place throughout the 2026-2027 academic year.
During the workshop, participants will learn how to transfer family photographs that have been manipulated using artificial intelligence onto fabric, creating new artwork that will become part of a collaborative exhibition. Participants are encouraged to bring fabric to use during the workshop.
Ekinci, a Chicago-based artist, was born and raised in Türkiye. Her artistic work draws on her experiences as an immigrant woman and naturalized American citizen.
The final workshop in the series will focus on embroidery and is tentatively scheduled for Friday, Feb. 5, at the Mason County Public Library, 217 E. Ludington Ave., Ludington. Participants will use embroidery techniques to further transform and embellish the collaborative artwork. The workshop will also serve as the opening event for the exhibition.
WSCC’s HumanKind Series is an arts and culture program offering lectures, workshops, film screenings, art exhibitions and performing arts events throughout the year.
The Nov. 12 workshop is free and open to the public.
For more information about the HumanKind Series, visit westshore.edu or email humankind@westshore.edu. For updates about upcoming workshops and exhibition activities, contact curator Ünlüata-Foley at nfoley@westshore.edu.
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