Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Younger children should work with an adult.

Collect natural materials on the grounds at Lynden and bring them into the studio to create nature mosaic drawings in this all ages workshop.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Younger children should work with an adult.

We provide a smorgasbord of materials and you bring the inspiration. Assemble your own miniature sculpture while looking out on Lynden's collection of monumental sculptures.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Younger children should work with an adult.

Drop into the studio to make beads from recycled paper to string into necklaces, chains, and ornaments. Once you learn, you'll be able to make your own beads at home.

Fee: $85 / $75 members (all materials included).
Registration: Registration is closed.

Learn how to grind pulp and create beautiful handmade paper using a variety of textures and colors. We will be making stationery-sized sheets and one large piece that can incorporate collaged elements. You are welcome to bring cotton cloth from your old clothes and linens--no T-shirts, please--cut into half-inch squares to beat into pulp, as well as scraps of lace, ribbons, yarn, string, plant material and anything else you might like to work into your paper.

No experience required. Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress appropriately for outdoor papermaking (we have aprons, but please wear clothes suitable for artmaking).

A Workshop with Jamie Lea Bertsch

Fee: $85/$75 members (all materials included)
Registration: Registration is closed. For information on future sessions, sign up for our e-list.

Shibori is an ancient Japanese resist-dye technique that involves creasing, folding, binding, and knotting to create beautiful patterns. In this workshop, you'll begin by making the dyes (some of them sourced from your own kitchen or garden), and will then learn the basics of Shibori to make a scarf or set of striking tea towels.

Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress for the outdoors. We’ll be making use of Lynden’s 40 beautiful acres during our breaks, and dyeing fabric outside, weather permitting. We have aprons, but please wear clothes suitable for artmaking.

About Jamie Lea Bertsch

Jamie Lea Bertsch is a maker. Whether itʼs creating pattern, knitting, arranging flowers, or experimenting with natural dyes—making by hand is her favorite thing to do. She swoons over combinations of color, texture and pattern. Bertsch received her MFA in Fibers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BFA in Graphic Design and Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She has traveled abroad, teaching art in Mae Sai, Thailand. Her design work has been featured in Domino Magazine and Wisconsin Bride, and she has shown her work at Lillstreet Gallery in Chicago and the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

The Lynden Sculpture Garden remains open until 7:30 pm on Wednesdays during the summer months. It's a beautiful time to see the garden, to enjoy a picnic on the grounds, and to take a stroll. We would like more people to enjoy these evenings at Lynden, so on July 22 we're hosting our 2nd annual Midsummer Saturnalia which includes some inducements- an astronomy talk, planet gazing, plus some treats (Transit of Venus cookies anyone?)--to lure you out on a Wednesday night. We'll be looking at our Moon, Saturn, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, and the Ring Nebula in Lyra.

Bring picnics (we'll provide dessert), telescopes, and your eyes and ears (and don't worry if you don't have a telescope, Rob will provide a 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain, like the one pictured below).

Here's the schedule:
6-8 pm: Picnic
Pack a picnic and pick a spot on the grass, or a place at one of our picnic tables. Stroll the grounds, relax by the Big Lake, get to know a sculpture.

8-9 pm: Orientation to the Night Sky: What You'll Be Seeing with Robert Powell

9-10:30 pm: Planet Gazing

About Robert Powell

Robert Powell is an amateur astronomer and member of the Northern Cross Science Foundation, an astronomy outreach organization in Milwaukee's North Shore. In 2003, he was one of six people in Wisconsin to be appointed to NASA's Saturn Observation Campaign. The international outreach program of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was designed to engage youth in the excitement of astronomy.

A Workshop with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society

Ages: Entering grades 6-9 in fall 2015.
Fee: $60/ $55 members of Lynden or the Milwaukee Bonsai Society. This price includes one tree to take home.
Registration: Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

At Lynden, we think of bonsai as one of the most intriguing intersections of art and nature. This is why we have previously joined with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society to host some of their exhibitions and informal showings of bonsai. We are delighted to be able to offer a series of hands-on workshops that will introduce parents and children and teens and to the art of bonsai.

A bonsai is a living sculpture, changing from day to day, season to season, and year to year. Because it is never finished, it celebrates all of nature: its cycles, its harshness, its resilience, its balance. Creating and caring for a bonsai combines the principles of design with the science of horticulture; it develops an appreciation for the world of trees and the world of three-dimensional artmaking.

In this hands-on workshop, you will work one-on-one with an experienced bonsai teacher to learn the basic principals and techniques of bonsai design, creating your own bonsai from tropical material and transplanting it into a ceramic bonsai container to take home.

The Milwaukee Bonsai Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals in their efforts to increase their knowledge and skills in the art of bonsai.

A Workshop with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society

Fee: $60/ $55 members of Lynden or the Milwaukee Bonsai Society. This is the price for an adult/child pair, and includes one tree to take home. Children should be in grades 1-5.
Registration: Space is limited, advance registration required. Online registration is closed. To register by phone, call 414-446-8794.

At Lynden, we think of bonsai as one of the most intriguing intersections of art and nature. This is why we have previously joined with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society to host some of their exhibitions and informal showings of bonsai. We are delighted to be able to offer a series of hands-on workshops that will introduce children and teens to the art of bonsai.

A bonsai is a living sculpture, changing from day to day, season to season, and year to year. Creating and caring for a bonsai combines the principles of design with the science of horticulture; it develops an appreciation for the world of trees and the world of three-dimensional artmaking. In this hands-on workshop, you and your child will learn the basic principals and techniques of bonsai design, creating your very own bonsai from tropical material and transplanting it into a ceramic bonsai container.

The Milwaukee Bonsai Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals in their efforts to increase their knowledge and skills in the art of bonsai.

A Workshop with Corey Smith

Fee: $45/$40 members (all materials included)
Registration: Registration is closed. For information on future sessions, sign up for our e-list.

Handmade boxes are not only a joy to build, they also add a wonderful layer to any project. From a custom box for your jewelry, to a themed place for your ticket stubs and memorabilia, to a heartfelt container for a gift, the handmade box is a great tool to have in your box. We will work with bookbinder's board and decorative papers to create our own special boxes.

About the Artist

Corey Smith is an emerging Milwaukee artist in his final semester in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he studies sculpture, and printmaking and narrative forms. He has travelled to Mexico and South Korea to study lithography, book arts, and paper craft.

Register online now.

Fee: $110/ $99 members (all materials included)
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration is required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794.

Enameling is a timeless art form that involves sifting colored glass onto a copper base and fusing it in a kiln to create shiny, colorful works of art. In this workshop, Leslie Perrino teaches the basics of enameling, covering a variety of techniques including stencils, sgraffito, threads, silver foil, screens, and decals. You will complete sample pieces for practice, and can then choose from a variety of projects ranging from wearable items to small bowls. No experience required, and all materials supplied. Please dress for art-making (including footwear -- no open toed shoes!) and bring a bag lunch and beverages.

About Leslie Perrino

Leslie Perrino is an artist and "art evangelist" who loves to share the power of art and creativity with people, particularly in her beloved areas of metals and enameling. Her artwork is a quirky mix of traditional and found objects, most recently combining computer/electrical components with enamels. She is a charismatic and effective teacher who encourages skill building and exploration of the medium.