Join us for a special edition of MOCA Makers, inspired by Art on the Plaza artist Magnus Sodamin’s lush explorations of color and nature. This hands-on still life painting workshop will be led by Miami-based painter and educator Patricia Monclus, whose multicultural upbringing between Los Angeles, Colombia, and Spain often shapes the narratives in her work.
Participants will draw inspiration from a custom floral arrangement created by Calma Floral, a Miami studio known for its bold, modern, and tropical sensibility. Working with seasonally available blooms, Calma blends tradition with experimentation to create one-of-a-kind designs—no two arrangements alike. Using this living installation as a focal point, participants will experiment with composition, observation, and painterly techniques to create their own vibrant, floral-inspired work.
This workshop is open to all skill levels.
Materials will be provided.
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Patricia Monclús is a Miami‑based visual artist whose practice moves between painting, animation, and installation to explore how signs and symbols shape meaning. Raised between small towns and cosmopolitan cities, her multicultural upbringing informs the layered imagery and narratives in her work.
Her first solo exhibition, Pico Radial (Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, 2025), transformed the gallery into a fictional cockfighting arena where AI‑driven animations and digital artifacts reimagined idioms and proverbs about chickens. Monclús has also exhibited with CIFO, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Coral Contemporary, FARxWIDE, and Homework Gallery.
A resident artist at Bakehouse Art Complex since 2018, she is deeply engaged with community and arts education, having collaborated with organizations such as The Bass Museum and PACE Center for Girls. Through both her studio and teaching practice, she investigates the intersections of cultural memory, collective imagination, and play.