Cats, Cats, Cats! The Feline Path: Art, Myth and Symbol, with Artist Teté Montero, Begins October 17
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Fridays, October 17 - November 7, 2025
6:00 - 7:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$125 Paid Patreon Members / $130 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
From sacred temple guardians to internet icons, cats have captivated us as muses, companions, and enigmas for millennia. In this four-week journey, alternative artist and art educator Teté Montero invites you to explore the many lives of the cat—not just as a domesticated animal, but as a powerful cultural symbol, artistic subject, and source of emotional healing.
Through illustrated lectures, discussion, and creative prompts, we’ll trace the feline form through history, myth, art, and personal memory. From ancient Egypt and medieval manuscripts to Japanese folklore (even a cat island!) and modern internet fame, cats have walked beside humanity—sometimes independently—as both mirror and mystery. We’ll examine their roles as temple protectors, witches’ familiars, divine figures, urban survivors, omens, and mysterious muses, and consider why they continue to enchant. We’ll also reflect on the cats we’ve known, admired, imagined, and the ways they’ve shaped our inner worlds.
We’ll blend visual inspiration, writing prompts, storytelling, and creative exercises. An optional final project invites participants to create a cat-inspired artwork, zine, written piece, or tribute that expresses their connection to these layered and beloved creatures.
Expect a class that weaves whimsy with wisdom, reflection with humor, and playfulness with depth—all in the spirit of cat.
Teté Montero (she/her) is a Mexican alternative textile artist and art educator. Disabled, neurodivergent, and BIPOC, she explores alternative art and history topics through a quirky, playful, and unconventional approach. Her work blends mindfulness, storytelling, and experimentation—both in the classroom and in the textile pieces she creates in her art studio.
Images: The Black Cat Aubrey Beardsley, 1894; Cats Suggested as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850.
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Fridays, October 17 - November 7, 2025
6:00 - 7:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$125 Paid Patreon Members / $130 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
From sacred temple guardians to internet icons, cats have captivated us as muses, companions, and enigmas for millennia. In this four-week journey, alternative artist and art educator Teté Montero invites you to explore the many lives of the cat—not just as a domesticated animal, but as a powerful cultural symbol, artistic subject, and source of emotional healing.
Through illustrated lectures, discussion, and creative prompts, we’ll trace the feline form through history, myth, art, and personal memory. From ancient Egypt and medieval manuscripts to Japanese folklore (even a cat island!) and modern internet fame, cats have walked beside humanity—sometimes independently—as both mirror and mystery. We’ll examine their roles as temple protectors, witches’ familiars, divine figures, urban survivors, omens, and mysterious muses, and consider why they continue to enchant. We’ll also reflect on the cats we’ve known, admired, imagined, and the ways they’ve shaped our inner worlds.
We’ll blend visual inspiration, writing prompts, storytelling, and creative exercises. An optional final project invites participants to create a cat-inspired artwork, zine, written piece, or tribute that expresses their connection to these layered and beloved creatures.
Expect a class that weaves whimsy with wisdom, reflection with humor, and playfulness with depth—all in the spirit of cat.
Teté Montero (she/her) is a Mexican alternative textile artist and art educator. Disabled, neurodivergent, and BIPOC, she explores alternative art and history topics through a quirky, playful, and unconventional approach. Her work blends mindfulness, storytelling, and experimentation—both in the classroom and in the textile pieces she creates in her art studio.
Images: The Black Cat Aubrey Beardsley, 1894; Cats Suggested as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850.
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Fridays, October 17 - November 7, 2025
6:00 - 7:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$125 Paid Patreon Members / $130 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
From sacred temple guardians to internet icons, cats have captivated us as muses, companions, and enigmas for millennia. In this four-week journey, alternative artist and art educator Teté Montero invites you to explore the many lives of the cat—not just as a domesticated animal, but as a powerful cultural symbol, artistic subject, and source of emotional healing.
Through illustrated lectures, discussion, and creative prompts, we’ll trace the feline form through history, myth, art, and personal memory. From ancient Egypt and medieval manuscripts to Japanese folklore (even a cat island!) and modern internet fame, cats have walked beside humanity—sometimes independently—as both mirror and mystery. We’ll examine their roles as temple protectors, witches’ familiars, divine figures, urban survivors, omens, and mysterious muses, and consider why they continue to enchant. We’ll also reflect on the cats we’ve known, admired, imagined, and the ways they’ve shaped our inner worlds.
We’ll blend visual inspiration, writing prompts, storytelling, and creative exercises. An optional final project invites participants to create a cat-inspired artwork, zine, written piece, or tribute that expresses their connection to these layered and beloved creatures.
Expect a class that weaves whimsy with wisdom, reflection with humor, and playfulness with depth—all in the spirit of cat.
Teté Montero (she/her) is a Mexican alternative textile artist and art educator. Disabled, neurodivergent, and BIPOC, she explores alternative art and history topics through a quirky, playful, and unconventional approach. Her work blends mindfulness, storytelling, and experimentation—both in the classroom and in the textile pieces she creates in her art studio.
Images: The Black Cat Aubrey Beardsley, 1894; Cats Suggested as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850.