Mosaic Workshops
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens offers monthly workshops with the artist himself, Isaiah Zagar. Isaiah teaches two full days of breaking tile, cutting mirror, gluing tile and grouting. Over a weekend, students work on a mosaic mural from conception to completion.Cost for attending a Mosaic Mural workshop:
$300 for new students $50 for alumni. This includes all materials.
2010 Workshop Schedule: March 20-21, March 29-30 (special pre-NCECA workshop), April 24-25, May 29-30, June 26-27, July 24-25, August 28-29, September 25-26 and October 23-24.
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For workshop participants, comfortable work clothing and a bottle of water is recommended. Please bring an apron. There are many nearby places to buy lunch or you may bring one. |
PMG is always looking for blank public walls in the South Street neighborhood to become canvases for these workshops. If you've always dreamed of having a Zagar mosaic mural on one of your public walls, please email info@philadelphiasmagicgardens.org or call 215-733-0390.
Walls must be:
- Accessible to the public
- Not in danger of being destroyed
- Made of masonry (cinder blocks, bricks, stucco), not wood
- No further than a 1/2 mile from PMG
Quotes from Previous Workshop Participants
"Isaiah was just great - an enthusiastic teacher and wonderful storyteller. I have admired his murals for many years and was glad I could finally attend one of his workshops."
-Liz Helling, June 2006, Sartain St.
"As a non-artist, it was powerful to learn that the creation of a work of art can be organic. I learned that I don't have to conceptualize the entire piece before working on it, but can pull tile from buckets without intentionally choosing each piece to create something cohesive at the end."
-Kate Douglas, July 2008, 10th and Montrose St.
"My husband and I had such a great experience with Isaiah. We have both done murals at our schools since the workshop. I did a mural with my students and they loved it!"
-Merenda Woodward, July 2007, Medina St.






