Name: Rooftop Garden Series: Painting with Flowers & Leaves
Start: 2024-07-06T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-07-06T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Richmond Library and Cultural Centre

Get creative in the rooftop garden by making your own paints with flowers and leaves!
About this Event

Welcome to the Rooftop Garden Series : Painting with Flowers & Leaves event!

Join us on Sat Jul 06 2024 at 14:00 at the Richmond Cultural Centre Rooftop Garden for a fun and creative afternoon. Guided by artist Peisen Ding, this workshop invites participants to make vibrant paints from flowers and leaves and then use these natural paints to explore traditional Chinese painting on rice paper. Perfect for art enthusiasts interested in natural materials and Chinese art!

No experience necessary, just bring your creativity and enthusiasm! Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to unleash your inner artist in a beautiful rooftop garden setting. See you there!

Fee includes use of brushes and all art materials. For ages 16+

About the Guest Artist:
Peisen Ding (he/they) is a visual artist dedicated to mixed media practices and community-based art projects. Their work often explores urban relationships, such as connections with other individuals and the built environments in Vancouver, through photography, painting, or any other medium that arises organically in the process. As a queer Chinese immigrant, Peisen is also committed to uncovering the nuances of living with diverse identities and cultures. Their art embraces and celebrates their own unique identity and cultural root, and intends to bring care, love, and courage to those who share similar backgrounds.

About Rooftop Garden Series :
June – September 2024

In the months leading up to our FOODWAYS exhibition this fall, we are hosting a variety of workshops and events at the Cultural Centre Rooftop Garden during the summer growing season. Events include talks on gardening tips, hands-on art workshops, and food-making workshops hosted in partnership with the Richmond Arts Centre and Richmond Garden Club.

Program supported by the 2024 City of Richmond Arts and Culture Grant.

About the Rooftop Garden:
Richmond’s Rooftop Garden is located on the 2nd floor of the Richmond Library/Cultural Centre, open from April – October. It features a variety of floral and food plants maintained by the Richmond Garden Club, with a long picnic table to host small group workshops or events, and a big chess game for players of all ages.