Where’s Your Head At? Wig Making Workshop with Petra Floyd
February 20, 2026 12:00 PM–2:00 PM
4919 Frew Street
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Art
Room 111
Pittsburgh PA 15213
Workshop Info
Wigs are powerful aesthetic tools used by both marginalized and powerful people to transform themselves and influence public perception. In this sculptural wig workshop, you will learn how to design, construct, and style a custom hairpiece to embody a fantastical persona. We will practice storytelling, design, and material exploration with hair, hot glue, and found objects. Who do you need to become to make it through tomorrow?
Petra Floyd Bio
Petra Floyd is a Liberian-American post-disciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Pittsburgh, who embraces an improvisational approach to art and design, often collaborating with others and using readily available materials. Their work is informed by their upbringing in a working-class immigrant family in Philadelphia, and they are committed to creating art that is both socially engaged and accessible.
Petra lives in Pittsburgh, and is an MFA graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art. They have been recognized for their work with awards from The Heinz Endowment and The Pittsburgh Foundation, and are members of Monmade’s Green Leap and Pittsburgh Creative Corps.
Where’s Your Head At? is inspired by Petra’s wig design work on Jenn Kidwell’s we come to collect: a flirtation with capitalism at The Flea.