Natural Dye & Earth Pigment Workshop

Maven Kennedy & SK Reed

Maven Kennedy (Chicago) & SK Reed (Kansas City) will lead a Natural Dye & Earth Pigment Workshop. Join the two artists exploring colors sourced themselves from the world surrounding them.

Kennedy will demonstrate processing regional plants (marigolds), food waste (onion skins), and plant charcoal (ash), along with found objects (bricks/nails) to create distinct variations in local pigments.

Reed will showcase how to process raw earth pigments and transform them into working watercolor paints.

The workshop will end in an activity! Guests are invited to use these pigments to create watercolor reflections on their relationships with their own local ecosystems. Images and still lives will be made available to guests to inspire their paintings. The artists hope participants will consider the collectivity of their environments. When sourcing their own pigments from their local ecosystems, both Kennedy and Reed feel a greater connection and grounding to place.

RSVP: Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Reserve your spot now!

If you register in advance and later find that you will be unable to attend, please cancel your registration through Humanitix to open up a spot for another participant.

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