A Workshop with Jane Moore

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Fee: $48/$42 members (all materials included)

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. You will receive additional information once you register.

Wet felting is a magical and hands-on fiber art process. We'll lay out soft, fluffy wool fibers in layers to create a composition and then apply soap and water and pressure from our hands to transform them into stunning 2D form. Wet felting is an excellent medium for exploring texture, color and freeform design. This class will begin with an outdoor stroll with naturalist Naomi Cobb to observe the subtle colors and textures of the winter landscape at Lynden. Back in the studio, we'll combine silk with wool fibers to create a 10-inch-square winterscape.

No experience required. Dress appropriately for outdoor walking. We have aprons, but please wear clothes suitable for artmaking.

About Jane Moore

Jane Moore is a lifelong fiber artist. In 2004 she discovered the beauty and mystery of the wet felting process, and has passionately pursued felting in her own 2-D and 3-D work. Moore's work has been featured in many galleries in the Milwaukee area. She is an active teacher in the community and has taught wet felting to students of all ages and abilities.

A Workshop with Sally Duback

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Fee: $60/$54 members (all materials included)

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. You will receive additional information once you register.

Learn how to grind pulp and create beautiful handmade paper using a variety of textures and colors. A walk through the back acres of the Lynden Sculpture Garden with naturalist Naomi Cobb will allow students to gather natural materials from the winter landscape for their work. As your papers dry, use pre-made sheets to make book forms and experiment with painting images.

No experience required. Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress appropriately for outdoor walking. We have aprons, but please wear clothes suitable for artmaking.

About Sally Duback

Sally Duback has been experimenting with papermaking for 30 years, and has taught the process to children and adults for a quarter of a century. Duback's paper sculptures and prints on handmade paper can be found in private and corporate collections all over the United States.

A Workshop with Linda Wervey Vitamvas

Fee: $85/$75 members (all materials included). Register online now. We're offering another session of this workshop on March 8. For information and registration for that session, click here.

Working in clay is deeply satisfying, and making pottery allows one to explore aesthetics and function simultaneously. In this workshop we will make two vases from start to finish, using porcelain as our clay material. We will use the handbuilding technique of slabs, piecing them together to form our vases. We may even add a handle to transform a vase into a mug or small pitcher! To finish, we will embellish our work with surface decoration using texturing techniques and brushwork. The vessels will then be fired with a clear glaze to protect the surface and make them functional.

Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress for studio work as well as the outdoors. We’ll be making use of Lynden’s 40 beautiful acres during our breaks, weather permitting.

You will need to return at a later date to pick up your pieces.

About Linda Wervey Vitamvas

Linda Wervey Vitamvas earned her B.S. in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and practiced psychiatric, obstetrical and surgical nursing before returning to UWM for her M.F.A. Vitamvas has won awards in the 2009 Wisconsin Biennial, Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, and the 2005 and 2010 Kohler Eight Counties exhibitions. Her work has been featured in the 2010 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend and at the Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery in Madison. She has also exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum as well as in ceramic arts exhibitions nationally. Linda Wervey Vitamvas is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden; you may read more about her residency here.

Handbuilding I: Bowls from Lynden Sculpture Garden on Vimeo.

A Workshop with Linda Wervey Vitamvas

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Fee: $85/$75 members (all materials included). If you prefer to pay by phone, give us a call at 414-446-8794.

Working in clay is deeply satisfying, and making pottery allows one to explore aesthetics and function simultaneously. In this workshop we will make two vases from start to finish, using porcelain as our clay material. We will use the handbuilding technique of slabs, piecing them together to form our vases. We may even add a handle to transform a vase into a mug or small pitcher! To finish, we will embellish our work with surface decoration using texturing techniques and brushwork. The vessels will then be fired with a clear glaze to protect the surface and make them functional.

Bring a bag lunch and beverages and dress for studio work as well as the outdoors. We’ll be making use of Lynden’s 40 beautiful acres during our breaks, weather permitting.

You will need to return at a later date to pick up your pieces.

About Linda Wervey Vitamvas

Linda Wervey Vitamvas earned her B.S. in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and practiced psychiatric, obstetrical and surgical nursing before returning to UWM for her M.F.A. Vitamvas has won awards in the 2009 Wisconsin Biennial, Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, and the 2005 and 2010 Kohler Eight Counties exhibitions. Her work has been featured in the 2010 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend and at the Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery in Madison. She has also exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum as well as in ceramic arts exhibitions nationally. Linda Wervey Vitamvas is currently an artist-in-residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden; you may read more about her residency here.

Handbuilding I: Bowls from Lynden Sculpture Garden on Vimeo.

A Workshop with Kelly Lahl

Fee: $100/$90 members (all materials included)

Registration: Registration for this workshop is now closed. You may also be interested in Basic Silk Scarf Painting with Kelly Lahl, February 22.

This daylong workshop will explore easy and artful ways to apply dye to scarves, with a special focus on a 35"-square silk/wool blend scarf. From simple techniques such as tie-dyeing, resist and salt, to interesting mark-making techniques, we will modernize the ancient art form of applying surface decoration to fabric. We will look at examples of mid-century textile designers and we’ll also be inspired by the wonderful art and nature surrounding us at Lynden.

Whether you've attended previous silk scarf workshops or this is your first, the opportunity to work with the 63% silk/37% wool blend fabric presents new challenges. The blend is less itchy than pure wool, drapes beautifully, and is perfect for winter. In addition to the large silk/wool scarf, each student will create two wearable and uniquely painted silk scarves. No experience required, and all materials supplied. Remember: using dyes can be messy. We'll provide an apron, but please wear clothes that you don't mind getting stained.

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, weather permitting.

About Kelly Lahl

Kelly Lahl is a multi-faceted print and surface designer working from her studio in Milwaukee, WI. She has recently taken to putting pigment down on silk, and has been experimenting with alternative approaches to surface design. She's a colorist and draws inspiration from the likes of Vera Neumann and various mid-century modernist designers and painters.

Tuesdays in the Garden takes place two Tuesdays, May through November, and one Tuesday, December through April, from 10:30-11:30 am. Each month has a different theme, but the activities for both sessions within a month are the same.

New (lower) Fee for 2014!

Member: $8/one adult and one child. Additional children are $4.
Non-member: $10/one adult and one child. Additional children are $4.

We limit the size of the group for Tuesdays in the Garden therefore payments are non-refundable. We understand that naps and illness can interfere with attendance, so if you contact us prior to 10 am on the morning of your scheduled session (you can leave a message at 414-446-8794), we will transfer your payment to another session, enrollment permitting.

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About Tuesdays in the Garden

The 40 acres that house the Lynden collection of monumental outdoor sculpture are also home to many birds, insects, frogs, mammals and plants. Join naturalist Naomi Cobb on Tuesdays each month for hands-on, all-senses-engaged exploration of the natural world at Lynden. We’ll consider a new theme each month, taking into account the changing seasons. This group is designed for parents and children from birth through age 4. Please dress for outdoor play; even in the winter we will spend part of our time out in the garden.

Schedule of Tuesdays in the Garden

June 10 - Shapes in Art & Nature - Registration closed.
June 17 - Shapes in Art & Nature
July 1 - Flying
July 15 - Flying - Registration closed.
August 5 - World of Color - Registration closed.
August 19 - World of Color - Registration closed.
September 9 - Insects
September 23 - Insects
October 7 - Harvest
October 14 - Harvest
November 4 - Cozy Places
December 9 - Winter Fun

Chuck Stebelton, left, with fellow poet and birdwatcher Nathaniel Tarn

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

Watch for late fall migrants and early wintering birds at the sculpture garden. Please wear appropriate footwear and bring your binoculars if you have them; no previous birding experience required. Chuck Stebelton will lead the bird walk. He is a birder, poet, and works as Program Director at Woodland Pattern Book Center.

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Fee: $25/$20 members – includes an autographed copy of The Aviator's Wife, refreshments and admission to the sculpture garden.

Margy Stratton, founder and executive producer of Milwaukee Reads continues year three of her series featuring writers of particular interest to women. We are joined this year by series sponsor Bronze Optical and treats sponsor MKELocalicious.

Lynden Sculpture Garden's Women's Speaker Series, Boswell Books, and Bronze Optical welcome bestselling author Melanie Benjamin to the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Wednesday, December 4 to read from her latest book, The Aviator's Wife, a beautifully drawn, fictional portrait of Anne Spencer Morrow.

Many remember her as the shy, pretty bride of the most heroic man of his time. Some are aware of her child’s kidnapping and murder. Others recall her as an early feminist writer. But few know the entire story of Anne Spencer Morrow—an ambassador’s daughter and wife to Charles Lindbergh—including her major accomplishments as an aviator in her own right, charting and pioneering new air routes that still hold today. The Aviator's Wife is Benjamin’s intimate and arresting look at this determined woman and her grit to live her life, all while in the shadow of her legendary husband and the public’s unrelenting eyes, through every soaring high and deep low—ones read about in the daily headlines and heard over the radio waves and the quiet private ones held closest to her heart.

With stunning prose and rich historical detail, Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtains on one of the country’s most fascinating couples and reveals the heart of a marriage—complicated, passionate, and dynamic—and what made it endure.

Kate Alcott, author of The Dressmaker, says "Vivid and mesmerizing, The Aviator's Wife takes us behind the scenes and into the heart of the woman who loved and married Charles Lindbergh. That was her destiny - a life that took her soaring into the skies and then plunged her to earth, a story of both triumph and pain that will take your breath away."

About the Author

Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, who has written two contemporary novels. Her first work of historical fiction as Melanie Benjamin was Alice I Have Been, followed by The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. Benjamin lives in Chicago where she is at work on her next historical novel. Visit her website at www.melaniebenjamin.com.

   

A Workshop with Kelly Lahl

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. To register, please call 414-446-8794.

Make an artful table runner with photographic effects.

In this workshop we'll experiment with Inkodye, a light sensitive dye used to create photographic prints on cloth, using the sun for exposure. This dye binds into the fibers, creating a permanent—and washable—bond. Participants may choose among photographic negatives or found objects gathered during a walk through the garden for contact printing to create their surface design. You will take home a 19 x 56-inch cotton table runner, ready to adorn your seasonal table.

You may also be interested in Kelly Lahl's Silk Scarf Painting and Japanese Earth Pigment Dyeing workshops.

A Workshop with Kelly Lahl

Image shown is organic cotton gauze; upgrade no longer available.

Fee: $50/ $45 members (all materials included).
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register online now.

Hand-dye your own beautiful cotton gauze scarf employing simple Japanese shibori techniques to create designs. Perfect for those who have been taking Kelly Lahl’s Silk Scarf Painting workshops or for those interested in exploring different hand-dyeing processes. (You may also be interested in our Sun Printing on Fabric workshop.)

In this workshop we'll experiment with Japanese dyes made from iron oxide derived from the soil. The iron oxide is baked to create a range of different colored "mud" dyeing pigments. The dyes create beautifully subdued, earthy colors. This simple and fun hands-on process is very gentle on the environment and humans, so it's a great way to begin dyeing your own fabric at home. It's child-friendly, too. Please note: these dyes contain latex.