Wild Art-Making
With Rain Black
August 10, 2024
As artists, we can learn so much from the brilliant colors, textures, and patterns of the forest. Often though we don’t work directly with what the wild offers us. Follow forager and artist, Rain Black (fae/he) for a retreat on wild art-making to deepen your connection to the land and your creativity.
During this retreat, we will work through two different art-making techniques using plants and mushrooms from the surrounding woods and trails. Foraging is often food-based, but nature is also an excellent source for art making. You’ll learn practical skills and approaches you can take with you.
Mixing historical and modern protocols, together we will create unique and meaningful pieces of art to commemorate the retreat. The retreat will include plenty of time for reflection and connection with each other and the world around us.
Lunch will be provided.
Leader
Rain Black, M.P.H., CPH (Fae/He) is a trans autistic watercolor artist and forager who earned faers bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Public Health and Art from Cedar Crest College. He holds a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University of South Florida and is Certified in Public Health. He is a community educator with 7 years of experience focusing on topics around domestic and intimate partner abuse, queer and transgender justice, foraged art making, life skills, and public health. Fae also teaches about native plants, forest conservation, and foraging on social media and in person. He is a…
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