Events Calendar

Saturday, August 10 2024

August 10, 2024 - 10:30am - 12:30pm

Arianne King Comer, photo: Portia Cobb

FREE. Pre-registration required. Click here to register online.

Available sessions:
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 1:30-3:30 pm
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 1:30-3:30 pm

You are not required to attend the entire session.

Join Arianne King Comer at the dyeing vat as she relates the history of indigo and teaches different resist-dyeing methods, particularly traditional batik, adire (Yoruba), and shibori (Japanese) techniques of designing on cloth.

We began working with artist and indigo advocate King Comer in 2017. Her annual residency, IBILE! Ancestral Call in Cloth, went virtual during the pandemic, but in 2022 she returned and her outdoor, all-ages studio is, once again, under the big tent.

Participants are welcome to use our muslin yardage or to bring garments from home to dye, with a limit of two items (pieces of yardage or garments) per person. Silk scarves, T-shirts, and other items will be available for purchase if you want to undertake a more advanced project.

Pre-registration is required. Dress for dyeing and consider bringing your own rubber gloves (dishwashing variety).

August 10, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:30pm

planetary elegies 8.10.2024

Fee: $45/$38 members
Registration: Registration is closed. You may be interested in Planetary Elegies: A Poetry Workshop, Saturday, September 14, 2024, 1-3:30 pm.

In this workshop, we will read and write elegies – the poetic form for reflection and lamentation of the dead and the dying. These elegies will often focus on our planet and will just as often celebrate and grieve our brief lives on our planet. Part climate grief circle, part creative development, this workshop is a container to feel deeply and to find language for what might be difficult to express.

Our workshop will begin in Artist-in-Residence Jenna Knapp’s labyrinth. We begin with gentle movement through the path of the labyrinth made in the prairie on Lynden Sculpture Garden’s property. Then, the participants will be welcomed into the second floor art studio for the remaining time.

Workshop guide KP Kaszubowski will lead participants in welcoming, playful, and contemplative writing prompts. Participants will be encouraged to share what they write and affirming feedback and discussion will be woven throughout.

About KP Kaszubowski
KP Kaszubowski (she/her) is a poet and filmmaker. Her debut poetry collection “somnieeee” was published in 2019 by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, and her debut feature film “Ringolevio” premiered in 2020 at Dances With Films in Los Angeles. As narrative designer and producer, her first feature length documentary “My First and Last Film” (director: Tracey Thomas) premiered in 2019. Her previous poetry has been published (as Kristin Peterson) by pitymilk press, Great Lakes Review, dancing girl press, Juked, Flag + Void, ICHNOS, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing through Eastern Washington University in 2023. KP Kaszubowski is also a practicing archetypal and ancient astrologer. In her practice, she seeks the patterns in her clients’ charts for affirming and life-enriching pathways. She lives close enough to the Lake to pretend she can hear it. When she lived in Spokane, she could hear Lake Michigan there too.

Upcoming KP Kaszubowski Workshops at Lynden
Planetary Elegies: A Poetry Workshop, Saturday, September 14, 2024, 1-3:30 pm

August 10, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Arianne King Comer, photo: Portia Cobb

FREE. Pre-registration required. Click here to register online.

Available sessions:
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 1:30-3:30 pm
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 1:30-3:30 pm

You are not required to attend the entire session.

Join Arianne King Comer at the dyeing vat as she relates the history of indigo and teaches different resist-dyeing methods, particularly traditional batik, adire (Yoruba), and shibori (Japanese) techniques of designing on cloth.

We began working with artist and indigo advocate King Comer in 2017. Her annual residency, IBILE! Ancestral Call in Cloth, went virtual during the pandemic, but in 2022 she returned and her outdoor, all-ages studio is, once again, under the big tent.

Participants are welcome to use our muslin yardage or to bring garments from home to dye, with a limit of two items (pieces of yardage or garments) per person. Silk scarves, T-shirts, and other items will be available for purchase if you want to undertake a more advanced project.

Pre-registration is required. Dress for dyeing and consider bringing your own rubber gloves (dishwashing variety).


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