Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden, but space is limited. Please pre-register by contacting Jeremy Stepien at jstepien@lyndensculpturegarden.org or 414.446.8481.

Design a cast-plaster windowsill nursery for your spring greens. Make a mold from recycled juice boxes, foam core and duct tape, then fill it with Plaster of Paris to form a unique seedbed. Further embellish your planter by sanding or carving the plaster after it sets.

No experience required; this workshop is for ages 12 and up.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
Younger children should be accompanied by an adult.

Kite makers of all ages are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring with a drop-in workshop with our Summer Art Camp staff. We will be making and decorating simple, earth-friendly kites from recyclable materials beginning at noon, which will leave plenty of time for kite flying on the grounds (wind permitting). Meet our staff and learn about our camps at this informal workshop.

Horizon by Sally Duback

August 18-21, 2012
Saturday-Tuesday, 9 am-4 pm

Fees:
Four-day Option: $400/$360 members
Two-day Option: $210/$189 members

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

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

What better way to experience Lynden in the winter than by lantern light? Drop into the art studio beginning at 3 pm to make a lantern (or bring your own), and then join us for a lantern-lit walk, hot cider and cookies.

Visitors of all ages can enjoy designing and decorating lanterns made from recycled jars and tea light candles. Embellishments include tissue paper collage, punched-tin lids, and reeds and wires (for handles). Make your own or work together to create a lantern for your group.

The garden will open at noon as usual; the walk will begin around 4:42 pm (sunset).

Fees: Drop in for a single workshop or take the entire series.
Drop-in fee (pay at the admission desk): $15/general; $13/students & seniors (includes admission to the sculpture garden); $6/members

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden, but space is limited. Please pre-register by contacting Jeremy Stepien at jstepien@lyndensculpturegarden.org or 414.446.8481.

Celebrate autumn by learning a traditional twining weave to make a garlic basket for your home. We will use a combination of willow from the sculpture garden and basket weaving reed and raffia to add color and texture to the basic weave.

No experience required; this workshop is for ages 12 and up.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. 
Younger children should be accompanied by an adult. One project per person, please.

Give the gift of the sculpture garden--or at least a tiny bit of it. Holiday season is upon us and we will be making terrariums—miniature environments—that can be worn on a string, ribbon or chain. Choose among small glass bottles and vials and an assortment of natural materials to create your own unique, hand-made gift. Select dried materials that require no attention or construct a living pendant that will grow with your care. (Note that living pendants require water 3-5 times a week and at least 8 hours of indirect sunlight.) At 2 pm we’ll learn to fold an origami box to wrap the gift. Package your pendant with a Lynden membership for a gift that lasts all year long.

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
 Younger children should be accompanied by an adult.

Aquatic-biologist-in-residence Christine Kozik will introduce you to food webs, lake ecology and the key players in aquatic ecosystems. From there, you’ll hike to Mud Lake and Big Lake to collect organisms that will be used to create individual aquatic ecosystems back in the studio. We provide the flasks for your ecosystems, and you get to take them home.

This is a family-friendly workshop; prepare to get a little messy. You are welcome to bring aquatic plants and specimens from your own favorite lakes and ponds to use in your project. And, if you’ve been wondering about that water plant or aquatic insect in your backyard, neighborhood or local park, bring it along (or bring a photo), and we’ll try to identify it.

A Workshop with Thea Kovac

Fee: $75/ $65 members

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

What does an artist experience before and after completing a work of art?

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.
 Younger children should be accompanied by an adult.

Begin your own refrigerator art gallery by making coin-sized sculptural magnets. Choose from a selection of materials and methods: sculpt air-dry clay, design tiny mosaic tiles, make a bottle cap collage, or construct wooden mini-stick sculptures. Meet our education staff and learn about our new fall studio classes at this informal workshop.