This is an archived event from Culture Days 2023.
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Foraging for Natural Art Making Materials & Open Studio
In-person
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Location
Willow Springs Creative Centre
10160 Mapleward Road
Lappe, ON
Directions: Turn west onto Kam-Current Road from Dog Lake Road and travel 2km to the intersection of Mapleward Road. Willow Springs will be on your left.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
About
The Foraging for Natural Art Making Materials & Open Studio event is an outdoor workshop facilitated by Julia Tribe, the lead artist in Willow Springs' 'Donning Nature" art project. Participants will venture out into the woods and fields to find potential art making materials, learning to forage ethically. Participants will then have the opportunity to move from station to station to try working with the different materials (twigs, moss, grasses, bull rushes, clay, birch bark, etc) and learn techniques for working with the materials. Participants can also share their knowledge and skills re working with these materials. People will be encouraged to collaborate with each other to try to create wearable eco art work.
All tools and supplies will be provided. This is an intergenerational workshop. Individuals and families are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Organizer
Willow Springs Creative Centre
Willow Springs Creative Centre is a dynamic not-for-profit with a mission 'to promote growth through creative expression and community development'. We do this through art, therapeutic gardening and food programming, services and training. The Foraging for Art Making Material & Open Studio workshop is part of our 2 year long 'Donning Nature' art project that is bringing together local makers to forage for and create wearable eco art using local, natural materials.