Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

Dioramas are three-dimensional scenes constructed within a small space. We’ll explore the wonder of these miniatures by creating our own tiny winter scenes inspired by the frosty landscape of Lynden. We will have many different materials on hand to help you build and enhance your diorama.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

   

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

April 24 is International Sculpture Day! Celebrate with an afternoon of sculpture making.

Yevgeniya Kaganovich and her student assistants will take up residence in the studio all afternoon to make the next “planting” of grow, Kaganovich’s durational installation. grow is a system of interconnected plant-like forms simulating a self-propagating organism in multiple stages of development. Created from a singular material, recycled plastic bags, the system grows over time, its growth rate determined by the number of bags accumulated in our official recycling bin. Drop in to watch or participate as Kaganovich fuses the layers of plastic to create a surface similar to leather or skin, molds the skin into plant-like volumes, stuffs the volumes with more bags, and connects the forms with plastic bag “thread.” Tasks include cutting sheets and strips; fusing sheets and tubes; sewing bulb forms and connecting them to bases; crocheting tubes and necks; stuffing stalks; and assembling the plants.

A Workshop with Jeremy Stepien

Fee: $25/$20 members (all materials included)
Registration: Registration is closed. For information on upcoming workshops, sign up for our email newsletter.

Cure your cabin fever by designing a candle mold that can be used to transform candle stubs and wax drippings into an attractive new candle. Using simple slab-building techniques, we will design a low-relief pillar candle in clay, make plaster candle molds from these forms, and cast new candles using recycled wax. Take home a candle of your own design and a mold that can be reused to recycle spent candles. No previous experience needed. We'll supply you with an apron, but please wear clothes suitable for art making.

Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress for the outdoors. We’ll be taking a lunch break while the plaster dries and making use of Lynden’s 40 beautiful acres during our breaks, weather permitting.

Fee: Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
Registration: Registration for the lantern making workshop is now closed. You are welcome to bring your own lantern and join us for the walk at 5 pm. Advance registration required; email us at staff@lyndensculpturegarden.org to let us know you're attending and how many there will be in your party.

Fee: $25/$20 members - includes an autographed copy of Moonlight Over Paris, refreshments by MKELocalicious and admission to the sculpture garden. Bronze Optical invites you to arrive early to browse a diverse, vibrant selection of frames--mirror provided, of course!--while they clean and tighten the screws in your current eyewear. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

Margy Stratton, founder and executive producer of Milwaukee Reads continues her series of events featuring writers of particular interest to women.

Lynden Sculpture Garden's Women's Speaker Series, Bronze Optical, and Boswell Books welcome Jennifer Hobson, author of Moonlight Over Paris, to the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Thursday, January 21, 7-9 pm.

An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story from the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over.

Spring, 1924

Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris, meet people who know nothing of her past—and pursue her dream of becoming an artist.

A few years after the Great War’s end, the City of Light is a bohemian paradise teeming with actors, painters, writers, and a lively coterie of American expatriates who welcome Helena into their romantic and exciting circle. Among them is Sam Howard, an irascible and infuriatingly honest correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Dangerously attractive and deeply scarred by the horror and carnage of the war, Sam is unlike any man she has ever encountered. He calls her Ellie, sees her as no one has before, and offers her a glimpse of a future that is both irresistible and impossible.

As Paris rises phoenix-like from the ashes of the Great War, so too does Helena. Though she’s shed her old self, she’s still uncertain of what she will become and where she belongs. But is she strong enough to completely let go of the past and follow her heart, no matter where it leads her?

Artfully capturing the Lost Generation and their enchanting city, Moonlight Over Paris is the spellbinding story of one young woman’s journey to find herself, and claim the life—and love—she truly wants.

About the Author

"I first learned about the Great War from my father, acclaimed historian Stuart Robson, and later served as an official guide at the Canadian National War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France. I studied French literature and modern history as an undergraduate at King’s College at the University of Western Ontario, then attended Saint Antony’s College at the University of Oxford, where I obtained my doctorate in British economic and social history. For a number of years I worked as an editor but am now fortunate enough to consider myself a full-time writer. I am represented by Kevan Marsal of the Marsal Lyon Agency.

I live in Toronto, Canada, with my husband and young children, and share my home office with Ellie the sheepdog and Sam the cat."
from jennifer-robson.com

   

Fee: $6/$5 members (one bag per registrant)
Registration: Space is limited, advanced registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

Lynden is offering a series of holiday giftmaking workshops between November 22 and December 12. They range from simple activities suitable for families with smaller children to more advanced workshops for adults. To enhance the celebratory spirit, we will have light refreshments available for participants. Whether you are making a gift for yourself or another, these workshops should provide a cheerful atmosphere for art making as we head into winter. To see a complete list of holiday giftmaking workshops, visit our Workshops page.

Drop in and decorate a cloth gift bag using a leaf printing process in this all ages workshop. These home made bags can be used instead of gift wrapping paper for smaller items, or make a large bag as an attractive way to package your tree blocks (see November 22) or other puzzle toys.

Fee: $25/$20 members (all materials included). Price is per set of blocks.
Registration: Space is limited, advanced registration required. Online registration is closed; register by phone at 414-446-8794. Suitable for children ages 6 and up accompanied by an adult. Some tools only suitable for children ages 10 and up under adult supervision.

Lynden is offering a series of holiday giftmaking workshops between November 22 and December 12. They range from simple activities suitable for families with smaller children to more advanced workshops for adults. To enhance the celebratory spirit, we will have light refreshments available for participants. Whether you are making a gift for yourself or another, these workshops should provide a cheerful atmosphere for art making as we head into winter. To see a complete list of holiday giftmaking workshops, visit our Workshops page.

Make a set of tree building blocks for your young children. These blocks, made from locally harvested wood, provide a sensory activity for your children and enable them to practice balance and engineering skills. Andy Yencha, our land manager and wood artisan, and naturalist Naomi Cobb will guide you through the process from raw wood to finished block, and will help you create a container for your set.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

Buckminster Fuller was an innovative architect who wanted to create sustainable design solutions for global problems from housing and transportation to education and poverty. His artifact–the geodesic dome–was constructed with short struts (like toothpicks) to form an open framework of triangles or polygons. In this workshop we will use marshmallows and toothpicks to learn about 3D shapes and forces as we build our own artifacts--and we'll save a few marshmallows to drop in our hot chocolate!

About Aparna Datey

Aparna Datey has a bachelor's degree in architecture from Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India and a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Datey has taught design studios to architecture, building construction, and industrial design students at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her passion lies in teaching and fostering creativity and critical thinking amongst children and youth so they may succeed in any career they desire.

A Mindfulness Workshop with Aparna Datey

Fee: $42/$38 members
Registration: Registration is closed. Sign up for our e-list for information on upcoming programs.

We are creatures of habit and follow patterns when faced with solving problems. More often than not, we use the same methods or avenues despite the results. Creative solutions happen when we are free to make mistakes and the mind is ready to learn from them, so that we are ready to move on and try something else. To do that the mind has to be present in the moment and aware of its surroundings – in other words receptive. It takes practice to bring the wandering mind back to the task and to think creatively.

The workshop will begin with a walk through the grounds and an art exercise to that will help us discover ways to be present in the moment. We will use the fantastical text of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities to create poems, drawings and collages, and utilize skills learned by architects to modify patterns that hinder our creativity.

About Aparna Datey

Aparna Datey has a bachelor's degree in architecture from Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India and a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Datey has taught design studios to architecture, building construction, and industrial design students at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.