Join us for a collaborative art project, using wildfire ash as a painting material to explore our thoughts and emotions related to climate anxiety, ecological grief, and our continued love and care for the world around us.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 5th, 4-6 pm
WHERE: Woodhaven EcoCulture Centre, 969 Raymer Rd. Kelowna, BC.
WHAT:
“Throughout history, communities have turned to the collective intimacies of quilting in moments of need. The absorbent qualities of quilts enable them to hold trauma and joy– sometimes simultaneously. The nature of a quilt as a useful heirloom promises that intergenerational care derived from the past will continue to exist in the future.” –from Jess Bailey “Many Hands Make a Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting”
Visiting artist/scholar Liz Toohey-Wiese will be leading an art workshop for participants to explore ecological grief and connection to nature. Designed for artists and non-artists alike, participants will be shown how to make paint from natural materials, and we will be processing pigment made from wildfire ash collected from burns across so-called British Columbia. Participants will be led through a variety of prompts, using our homemade wildfire ash paint, to explore our thoughts and ideas around our connection to the natural world, as well as feelings that come up in face of the ongoing changes we are seeing across the landscapes we know and love. Finally, we will be using our painted explorations to make a collaborative art project together, piecing together a paper quilt to be on display at the Woodhaven EcoCultural Center.
Liz Toohey-Wiese is a settler artist from the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. She will be the visiting artist/scholar at the FEELed Lab in February and March 2025, exploring ideas around art making as a method to process ecological grief and build emotional resilience in the face of a changing climate.
Please pre-register for this workshop! We will be limited to 15 participants, and please let us know if you are unable to make the workshop so we can open space up for other folks. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffmwnge5KRt2nXFxiRlrMsf7YMX8QAeAuwonFoo7UODhp7mQ/viewform?usp=header Consider your sign up confirmed unless you are contacted that you are on the waiting list!
WHAT TO BRING: just yourself!
WE WILL SUPPLY: art supplies, snacks and hot drinks, and a convivial atmosphere!
HOW TO GET HERE: Directions and instructions for parking can be found here.
*NOTE: If you are driving from campus or downtown and have room in your car, please add your details to our carpool page! If you need a ride, let us know on the carpool page!
** Roads and paths at the FEELed Lab in winter can be snowy and icy; please take good care. **
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