Foraging and Bookmaking Series
Enchantment and Mixed Media Bookmaking with Kathleen Sweeney
Led by Kathleen Sweeney, Interdisciplinary Artist, Environmentalist and Educator
Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville, NY, 10-1pm, Saturday Aug 16, 2025
Headwaters Arts Center, Stamford, NY, 10-1pm, Saturday Sept 6, 2025
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.
Workshop One: Awe Walks and Creative Writing
Saturday August 17, 2024, 9am-noon
Forest bathing, sensory awareness, and creative writing. Open attentiveness to sounds, scents and light, experiences translate to poetic observation on the page. Guided meditation and writing prompts following a group experience of ‘wonder walking’ in the woods. Writing journals provided.
Workshop Two: Wonder Collections in Photography, Video and Audio
Saturday, August 31st, 2024, 9am-noon
Guided meditation, digital mindfulness and open awareness techniques, followed by a silent group photo/video/audio expedition. Light, shadow, and close-up observation in nature mindfully ‘foraged’ as photos, 10-second video and audio clips. Editing guidance using phone as artistic tool, with tips for reclaiming creative time in era of attention algorithms.
Workshop Three: Enchantment and Mixed Media Bookmaking
Saturday, September 14th, 2024, 9am-noon
Demonstration of bookmaking using bark, wildflower pigments, lichens and fungi followed by group forest walking meditation to forage for natural materials to create unique, handsewn accordion collage books. Rice papers, silk threads, botanical inks, and writing materials provided.
Pre-registration is required. Studio street address provided with registration.
Email kathleen@wordcitystudio.com to reserve a spot - $25 per workshop ($70 for the series).
