Jewell House NYC: Discover Your Inner Artist-DYI Dream Lab with KAI BARRY – Guest Artists Ava Slatkin and Maya Jacqueline

Jewell House
46 E21st Street, 3FL New York, NY, 10010

Discover Your Inner Artist-DYI Dream Lab with KAI BARRY – Guest Artists Ava Slatkin and Maya Jacqueline

*Complementary wine to experience “Sip and ART” to celebrate this SUMMER.

Join us for a special collaboration with our featured artists.

Date: Thursday, July 31st

Time: 7pm-8:30pm

Price: $80 (not including tax) per person (includes all materials)

Duration: 1.5hr/ session

Location:
Jewell House
46 E. 21st Street, 3FL, New York, NY, 10010
(646) 932-1227 / info@jewellhouse.nyc

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Join us to Discover Your Inner Artist with DYI Dream Lab with with KAI BARRY – guest artists Ava Slatkin and Maya Jacqueline.

This workshop includes:

1.5hr sessions to experience 3 ART booth to discover your inner artist

All materials will be provided.

BOOTH 1: Drawing & Painting Station (on Paper + Cloth Swatches)

Goal: Mark-making, expressive imagery, creative warm-up on paper and fabric

Core Materials:

– Mixed media paper or sketch pads (9×12 or 11×14)
– Cloth swatches (for attaching to shirts/hats at later station) – Acrylic paint (fast-drying)
– Paint pens (e.g., Posca, Sharpie paint markers)
– Markers (permanent + washable)
– Charcoal sticks or compressed charcoal
– Graphite pencils (HB6B range)
– Erasers (kneaded + rubber)

Tools:

– Brushes (variety of sizes) – Water cups
– Palettes or paper plates
– Rags or paper towels

– Sponges (for texture/prints)
– Stencils (shapes, letters, icons)

BOOTH 2: Drying/Finishing:

– Hair dryers (for quick drying)
– Spray fixative or hairspray (optional)

Clay Station (Sculpture Only No Jewelry Assembly)

Goal: Grounded tactile creation using symbols, forms, and textures

Core Materials:

– Air-dry clay or polymer clay
– Boards or trays for drying/display

Tools:

– Toothpicks or skewers (to poke holes or add detail) – Mini sculpting tools or plastic cutlery

– Texture tools (shells, leaves, mesh, stamps) – Rolling pins or cylindrical tools (optional)
– Sponges or wet cloths for cleanup
– Spray bottles (to keep clay moist)

BOOTH 3: Clothing & Jewelry Customization Station

Goal: Transform blank clothing and accessories into personalized wearable art

Clothing Materials:

– Blank t-shirts (variety of sizes, cotton preferred) – Blank hats (e.g., caps, bucket hats, beanies)
– Fabric markers and paint pens
– Fabric paint (squeeze bottles or sponge on)

Cutting & Design:

– Fabric scissors and shears
– Chalk or fabric pencils (for outlining cuts)
– Rulers
– Stencils (for fabric/garments letters, shapes, symbols) – Safety pins and straight pins

Embellishment Supplies:

– Beads, buttons, sequins
– Embroidery thread or colorful yarn – Sewing needles

About the artist:

Kai Barry is a New York City–based artist whose work explores abstraction, interconnection, and consciousness. With Japanese and Irish roots, he approaches art as a form of love—a shared frequency anyone can access to create beyond what we imagine possible. A year teaching in Japan deepened his interest in identity and storytelling, themes central to his practice. Currently studying at SUNY New Paltz, he continues to explore art as a path to deeper connection and discovery.

Ava Slatkin is a multimedia artist from Brooklyn, working primarily in oil paint and clay, alongside jewelry, textiles, and drawing. Influenced by the fairy tale books her grandmother collected, her work explores where memory and dream intersect. Blending personal narratives with shifting perspectives, she creates otherworldly yet grounded imagery. Ava currently studies at SUNY New Paltz, where she continues to build on the visual storytelling that first inspired her.

Maya Jacqueline is a New York-based artist whose practice bridges fashion and visual art. Often beginning with drawing, she uses it as a foundation for creating wearable forms that explore identity, transformation, and emotional texture. Her work includes self-styled garments, sculptural pieces, and mixed media installations—each blurring the boundary between clothing and art. Maya’s visual art has been exhibited in gallery settings, and she is currently finishing her studies at Hunter College in NYC. Her process is rooted in the belief that fashion can be both personal ritual and public expression.