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Enchantment and Mixed Media Bookmaking with Kathleen Sweeney

  • Mountain Top Arboretum 4 Maude Adams Road Tannersville, NY, 12485 United States (map)

Cost of Admission: Members FREE; Non-Members $10 suggested donation

This is an in-person event. Registration is required.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Join us for a group guided walk, forest foraging expedition and creative writing workshop. Natural materials gathered will be used to create unique, hand-sewn accordion collage books. Birch bark, wildflower pigments, lichens and fungi, will be woven into one-of-a-kind art objects. Rice papers, silk threads, botanical inks, flower petals and writing materials provided. Bring a journal, water bottle and a light lunch.

Kathleen Sweeney is a multimedia artist, storyteller, educator and curator who relocated to the Catskills in 2021. Her work has been included in exhibitions at 1053 Gallery, ArtUp! and AMR Open Studios. She recently published The Book of Awe: Wandering and Rewilding with funding from Delaware County Arts Council/Roxbury Arts Group. An Assistant Professor of Media Studies at The New School/Parsons, her projects have been funded by NEA, NYSCA and Ford Foundation. Recent curatorial projects include The Symbiocene Era (Bushel Collective).

www.kathleensweeney.com

Registration is free for members and a $10 donation for non-members. Registration is required, as space is limited.