Events Calendar

February 5, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

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Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration encouraged. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to control woody invasive species in our natural areas. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Land Stewardship at Lynden
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight their natural beauty. Our goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

You may also like:
The Ecology and Management of Invasive Species

February 5, 2025 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Free
Asmaa Walton, founder of the Black Art Library, will be present for library hours. Drop in to learn more about her project and the books in the library.

For more information on Asmaa Walton and the Black Art Library click here.

February 6, 2025 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

A+N Lab

Winter 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, January 16-February 27, 2025 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Registration is closed.

Spring 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, March 6-April 24, 2025 (no class 3/27) | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Register here.

Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab engages participants aged 7-11 in inquiry-based art and nature learning, problem solving, and creative making. Over the course of two seven-week sessions, art educator Jeremy Stepien will take you on a series of art challenges and studio projects. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.

To view our Safety Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration required. Register online now.

February 8, 2025 - 10:30am - 11:30am

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FREE
More information: HOME Multilingual Story Time

In 2025, HOME Multilingual Story Time transitions from a monthly, virtual series to an episodic in-person event at Lynden. HOME STORY TIME features children’s books written or illustrated by artists who have faced forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, or immigrants, and come from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Designed for children aged 4 and up, we believe that reading picture books is a way to share and discuss big ideas with young children. Sessions include a simple art activity.

Schedule

Saturday, February 8, 2025- 10:30-11:30 am: Join guest Asmaa Walton and Lynden’s Claudia Orjuela in the Black Art Library to hear some of the many books by and about Black artists gathered there. You will be able to fill out your own Black Art Library card to take home. This iteration of Walton’s project features an extensive selection of children’s books for children of all ages. Come early or stay late to browse and read.

Watch for more dates.

Archive

Access prior HOME Story Time videos and art activities here.

February 9, 2025 - 12:30pm - 2:30pm

From January through March, we will be offering monthly drop-in workshops for families. Stop by for engaging, hands-on activities that bring art and nature to life. Whether you make a quick visit or stay the entire two hours, count on spending some quality creative time with family and friends.

Fee: $15/$10 members per session per family (all materials included). All ages are welcome; children younger than 12 should attend with an adult.
Registration: Click here to register online.

CreativeTime

Sunday, January 19, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm
Polymer Clay Creations: Craft Your Own Charms
Design and sculpt your own colorful charms using polymer clay. Learn simple techniques for shaping, texturing, and blending colors to craft unique pieces that can be used for jewelry, keychains and more.

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm
Upcycled Wind Chimes
Repurpose and assemble a variety of materials and found objects into a wind chime that will give your outdoor space its own voice. Consider bringing an object from home to add to your piece.

Sunday, March 9, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm
Celebrate Spring: Seed Paper Workshop
In this eco-friendly workshop, participants will make seed paper using recycled materials and native flower seeds. Learn how to shape and press paper pulp into beautiful, plantable creations that will bloom when placed in soil.

Sunday, April 6, 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm
Stamp Carving
Turn your designs into functional stamps using carving tools and soft rubber blocks. During this session you will design your own stamp, learn stamp-carving and safety tips, carve and print with your stamp—and take your stamp home with you for future use.

February 10, 2025 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm

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Free
Asmaa Walton, founder of the Black Art Library, will be present for library hours. Drop in to learn more about her project and the books in the library.

For more information on Asmaa Walton and the Black Art Library click here.

February 12, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

WednesdayWorkDays
Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration encouraged. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to control woody invasive species in our natural areas. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Land Stewardship at Lynden
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight their natural beauty. Our goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

You may also like:
The Ecology and Management of Invasive Species

February 12, 2025 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Fee: $30/$25 members

Registration: This session is closed.

WinterSoundBaths

Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and sound facilitator Sevan Arabajian-Ries as they continue their collaborative events indoors for the winter. This sound bath will take place in the gallery, where participants will be surrounded by Asmaa Walton's Black Art Library.

Inspired by the winding path of the labyrinth, Jenna will begin the evening with a short guided meditation inviting us to turn inward and attune to the frequency of our heart before Sevan begins the sound bath. We’ll wrap up the evening with an astro talk, writing prompts, and time for group reflection and sharing. Throughout the evening we will explore themes present under the Leo Full Moon including; listening to our heart’s truth, celebrating the courage it takes to self-reflect, and tending to who we are at our very core.

Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds and frequencies playing in a space where you can hear and experience their vibrations moving through you. Everyone’s experience will be different, unique as you are, and according to what is needed most at the time. Your sound facilitator for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian-Ries, musician, ritualist, spiritual guide, and relational counselor.

The sound bath will last approximately 30 to 40 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to give yourself time to set up and settle in. Please dress comfortably and bring something to lie on, as well as a cover for yourself if you think you might want one during the session. Instead of the labyrinth walk, we will think more metaphorically, going inward with the opportunity to write a letter to our future selves. You are welcome to arrive earlier if you would like to walk the labyrinth before the indoor sound bath begins.

Jenna will provide paper, pens, and envelopes as part of her "Dear Self With Love" project. If you prefer, you are welcome to bring your own materials as well. When you're finished sealing up your letter, you are invited to drop it into the mailbox with the promise that Jenna will mail it back to you one year from now, in January 2026.

February 13, 2025 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

A+N Lab

Winter 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, January 16-February 27, 2025 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Registration is closed.

Spring 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, March 6-April 24, 2025 (no class 3/27) | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Register here.

Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab engages participants aged 7-11 in inquiry-based art and nature learning, problem solving, and creative making. Over the course of two seven-week sessions, art educator Jeremy Stepien will take you on a series of art challenges and studio projects. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.

To view our Safety Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration required. Register online now.

February 15, 2025 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Photo: Molly Rosenblum/Sam LaStrapes/Kodah

Visitors must adhere to our visitor guidelines.

Bring your canine friends for an afternoon of romping in the garden.

February 15, 2025 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm

black art library w rainbow
Free
Asmaa Walton, founder of the Black Art Library, will be present for library hours. Drop in to learn more about her project and the books in the library.

For more information on Asmaa Walton and the Black Art Library click here.

February 15, 2025 - 6:00pm

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A Walk with Claudia Orjuela

Sessions:
Snow Moon, Saturday, February 15, 2025, 6 pm
Worm Moon, Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7 pm
Pink Moon, Saturday, April 12, 2025, 7:30 pm

Fee: $10 per session/$5 per session for Lynden members. Children under 6 are free.
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794. We will make a final decision about running each moon walk after checking the forecast on the morning of the walk. High winds, extreme temperatures, and precipitation beyond a light drizzle will lead to the cancellation of a walk. If we cancel a walk due to weather conditions, you will receive a full refund.

Come walk Lynden's grounds with art educator and naturalist Claudia Orjuela, who will introduce you to the mysteries and unique features of outdoor life after dark. Discover the sights and sounds of the night in Lynden’s back acres and observe our monumental sculptures beneath the light of the moon. A bonfire and treats await at the end.

February 18, 2025 - 10:30am - 11:30am

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2025 Winter/Spring Session (January 28-May 27) No class February 4th & 11th: Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Register online now. In the event of inclement weather, sessions move indoors.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

February 19, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

WednesdayWorkDays
Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration encouraged. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to control woody invasive species in our natural areas. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Land Stewardship at Lynden
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight their natural beauty. Our goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

You may also like:
The Ecology and Management of Invasive Species

February 20, 2025 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

A+N Lab

Winter 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, January 16-February 27, 2025 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Registration is closed.

Spring 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, March 6-April 24, 2025 (no class 3/27) | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Register here.

Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab engages participants aged 7-11 in inquiry-based art and nature learning, problem solving, and creative making. Over the course of two seven-week sessions, art educator Jeremy Stepien will take you on a series of art challenges and studio projects. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.

To view our Safety Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration required. Register online now.

February 20, 2025 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Fee: Free.
Registration: This discussion takes place via Zoom; advance registration required. Click here to register. Click here to see all individual dates.

The Lynden/HOME Refugee Steering Committee book discussion group, moderated by Lynden’s Kim Khaira, is for those interested in firsthand accounts of displacement. We consider works of non-fiction and fiction, including autobiographical and semi-autobiographical works, by writers who have faced or are facing forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants. Where stories of persecution, historical trauma, and loss of livelihood are effortlessly conveyed by storytellers, journalists, and humanitarians who search out or stumble upon the lives of refugees, we seek out the words of those to whom these stories belong: the narrators who are the closest to their own stories, and the stories of their people, friends, family and, of course, refugees. Newcomers always welcome!

October 2024-January 2025: My American Dream: A Journey from Fascism to Freedom by Barbara Sommer Feigin. Through the posthumous discovery of her father's secret journal, Feigin is able to begin her chronological story with her parents’ escape from Nazi Germany. Only a toddler at the time of their departure, Feigin pieces together her family’s early history. She then shifts to her own story, a tale of growing up in America and her subsequent struggles as she embarked on a corporate career in New York City in the 1960s, rising to become a top executive in the advertising field.

February 2025-April 2025: Aednan: An Epic, by Linnea Axelsson. This novel-in-verse by a Sámi-Swedish writer was originally published in Swedish and Northern Sámi in 2018, with the English translation following in 2024. Axelsson's “stories within stories” discuss the loss of land of Indigenous Sàmi people from northern Scandinavia and the cultural displacement that crosses generations and borders.

February 25, 2025 - 10:30am - 11:30am

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2025 Winter/Spring Session (January 28-May 27) No class February 4th & 11th: Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Register online now. In the event of inclement weather, sessions move indoors.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

February 26, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

WednesdayWorkDays
Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration encouraged. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent. If you have registered in advance, we will contact you if we are cancelling due to inclement weather.

The Lynden land team is kicking off 2025 by launching a new series of Wednesday Work Days, a weekly volunteer opportunity on the grounds. Whether you are looking for a few hours of volunteer work or want a weekly activity that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. Projects vary from season to season; for the next few months, you will work alongside land staff to control woody invasive species in our natural areas. No experience is necessary, though you are encouraged to bring your favorite gardening gloves and digging tools if you have them. Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Land Stewardship at Lynden
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight their natural beauty. Our goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

You may also like:
The Ecology and Management of Invasive Species

February 27, 2025 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

A+N Lab

Winter 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, January 16-February 27, 2025 | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Registration is closed.

Spring 2025 Session: (7 weeks) Thursdays, March 6-April 24, 2025 (no class 3/27) | 3:30pm – 5:30pm | $154/$112 members per 7-week session. Register here.

Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab engages participants aged 7-11 in inquiry-based art and nature learning, problem solving, and creative making. Over the course of two seven-week sessions, art educator Jeremy Stepien will take you on a series of art challenges and studio projects. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.

To view our Safety Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration required. Register online now.


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