About this Event
Bookmark Making with Invasive Plants
Join us to transform regionally invasive plants, harvested from local restoration sites, into unique bookmarks! Using a base of recycled paper, participants will learn papermaking techniques while also delving into discussions about local ecology and the significance of plants like English Ivy, Red Deadnettle, Reed Canary Grass, Tansy, and others featured in the workshop. Hosted by eco-artist Joshua Ralph.
TIMES: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PST and 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PST
LENGTH: 1.5 hours
LOCATION: Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your workshop time to allow time to check-in. The check-in tent is located on the east side of Strathcona Park.
AGES: Youth & Adults (ages 12 and up), Suitable for beginners and up!
PRICE: $35 per person per workshop
ACCESSIBILITY: The event site is on grass, gravel, and uneven terrain, there is no ramp access to the park. The open-air work setting will have ambient noise, conversational sound levels, and loud areas with the noise of food truck generators. There's a wheelchair-accessible portable washroom on site. We will communicate verbally with members of the public using listening and spoken language in English. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs.
About the Artist
Joshua (Invasive Art Initative) is an uninvited settler-occupier on the shared and stolen lands of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. They are a community-engaged media and eco-artist, interested in changed and changing ecologies, advocating for collaborations on the intersections between art-making and varied understating’s of the “natural” world. They are the founder of the Invasive Art initiative, an arts-focused travelling project that promotes environmental dialogues and public workshops on practical + creative use for invasive plant species across Southwest BC. They can often be found in the bushes partaking in environmental restoration or looking at birds.
~~~ In addition to participating in this workshop, your ticket grants you access to our General Admission Create! Art Zone at Strathcona Park on July 27th from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The Art Zone features multiple drop-in public art activities, access to the Festival Art Shop, a beer garden, food trucks, and live music presented in partnership with Light Organ Records & 604 Records. To enter the Art Zone, simply show your workshop ticket.~~~~
REFUND POLICY
If you would like to cancel your attendance, we will offer you a refund, provided that you inform us at least 4 days prior to the scheduled event. Please note that the Eventbrite processing fee is non-refundable, and we do not have control over this part of the fee. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
This is workshop is part of the 4th annual CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival, a week-long, exciting, and immersive arts event this summer, bringing together local artists and the community to explore, learn, and create. The CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival is taking place in Strathcona Park, and in pop up locations including breweries, performance venues, and art studios throughout the Eastside Arts District.
From the producers of the Eastside Culture Crawl, this innovative festival celebrates the diversity of performing and visuals arts in Vancouver’s Eastside, by offering arts workshops, live music performances, a beer garden, public art activations, an art shop and more opportunities for art lovers of all ages and abilities to experience!
Do you want to support us? Join the Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl Brewery Tour & Fundraiser!
The Eastside Arts Society is thrilled to announce that the 9th Annual Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl fundraiser & tour will be held in person on Saturday, July 27th, 2024 a part of the CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival. Tickets are each $55 + GST & processing fee.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Strathcona Park, 857 Malkin Ave, Vancouver, Canada
CAD 35.00