A Workshop with Kelly Lahl

There is one spot left in this workshop. To register, please give us a call at 414-446-8794.

Fee: $85/ $75 members (all materials included)

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. If you prefer not to pay online, download a registration form here. You will receive additional information once you register.

This daylong workshop will explore easy and artful ways to apply dye to scarves. From simple techniques such as tie-dyeing, resist and salt, to interesting mark-making techniques, we will modernize this ancient art form. 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.

Each student will create three wearable and uniquely painted scarves. No experience required, and all materials supplied. Remember: using dyes can be messy. We'll supply you with 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. She has a deep love of printing types and lettering, so naturally enjoys teaching undergraduate typography classes in the graphic design program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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

In a world of digital messaging, surprise a friend with a handmade card in their mailbox. Armed with an array of mixed media tools and craft papers we’ll make snail-themed cards and envelopes. Bring an address for your artwork and we’ll provide the stamp. Drop by the art studio for this all-ages workshop that is sure to brighten someone’s day.

Meet our education staff and learn more about the upcoming spring class session.

   

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

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.

   

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

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.

   

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

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.

   

Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

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.

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Fee: $35/$30 members – includes an autographed copy of The Good House, refreshments and admission to the sculpture garden. Or sign up for our Winter Readings Package, which includes both the Cynthia Morris reading and the Ann Leary reading at the low price of $60/$50 members.

We are excited to welcome author Ann Leary to Lynden for one of the very first events supporting her novel The Good House (which will be available January 15, 2013). The Good House is the story of Hildy Good, businesswoman, mother, grandmother and lifelong New England townie, whose grown daughter is convinced she has a drinking problem and insists she check into rehab. The book is in part an account of a woman who feels lonely and unjustly persecuted by those who are dearest to her, but it’s also about the community in which she grew up – a craggy New England seacoast town that harbors many secrets from the past and the present.

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt says "Leary’s genius is to give us a true original: Hildy, a not-so-recovering alcoholic/realtor who crashlands among a colorful cast of New England neighbors, but Leary also says a great deal about the houses we choose to live, the people we’re compelled to love, and the addictions we don’t want to give up. So alive, I swear the pages of this wickedly funny and moving novel are breathing.”

Ann Leary is the author of the memoir An Innocent, A Broad and the novels Outtakes From a Marriage and The Good House. She has written fiction and nonfiction for various magazines and is a co-host of the NPR weekly radio show Hash Hags. Ann tries to compete in equestrian sports and is a volunteer EMT. She is married to actor/comedian/ice farmer Denis Leary. They live on a small farm in Connecticut with their two children and an assortment of pets. For more info, visit her website, http://annleary.com.

Co-sponsored by Boswell Books.

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

Make a drop spindle, a traditional tool we’ll adapt to create a spool of newspaper yarn. Newspaper yarn can be used to weave anything from rugs, to netting throws, to paper jewelry. We’ll help you make the yarn--what you make with it is up to your imagination. Email us pictures of your post-workshop projects and post them on our Facebook page.

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Fee: $15/$10 members (all materials included)

Registration: Space is limited, advance registration encouraged. If you prefer not to pay online, download a registration form here.

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 recyce spent candles. No previous experience needed. We'll supply you with an apron, but please wear clothes suitable for art making.

A Workshop with Unfettered Genius

Fee: $125/$110 for members (lunch included)

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Click here to register online now; if you prefer not to pay online, download a registration