Creativity 2021: Workshops, Classes & Conversations
We ask our Creative Residents to share their art and ideas with the community in some way while they are with us. We have been partnering with great organizations like BARN, BIMA, and IslandWood to introduce these incredibly innovative people to our community.
Upcoming Workshops & Classes
Artist Installation and Event with Roshni Robert
Saturday 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and Sunday 12:30-2:30 PM
Past the Sheep Sheds
Bloedel Reserve Creative Resident Roshni Robert is creating a garden scene inspired by the Mughal paintings of 16th and 17th century India, as she explores fusing her Indian and Northern European heritage into one cohesive story. The viewer may choose to enter the scene or view it from different angles on the path.
The installation is open Saturday–Sunday Oct 16 and 17. The artist will be present Saturday 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and Sunday 12:30-2:30 PM.
Read more about Roshni here.
This event is free with admission to Bloedel Reserve.
Timed Tickets are required for entry. Book your tickets here.
Past Workshops & Classes
Pulling Prints from Nature with Catherine Michaelis
A Drop-In Experiential Event
Sunday, August 29, 12 noon to 3 PM
At the Sheep Sheds
Stop by the Bloedel Reserve Sheep Sheds Sunday, August 29, between noon and 3 PM and pull your own print from a tree round!
Creative Resident Catherine Michaelis has prepared multiple tree round surfaces for printmaking. This printmaking technique is one she developed while in residency at the Reserve this past spring.
Printing with rounds has greatly influenced her new work, which will be featured in a fall show at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA). Catherine has generously offered to share her process with visitors. Try something new and take home a one-of-a-kind memento of your visit to the Reserve.
This event is free with admission to Bloedel Reserve.
Timed Tickets are required for entry. Book your tickets here.
Explore the World of Ants:
A talk by Dr. Peter Marting at IslandWood
Saturday, July 17, 2021 3-5 PM
Dr. Peter Marting is a behavioral ecologist, photographer, and artist interested in collective behavior, social insects, and natural history. In this free, onsite talk at IslandWood, Peter will introduce you to the world of ants, which he has been studying during his Creative Residency at Bloedel Reserve. Through a multifaceted exhibit using macro footage, an art piece, and the living organisms themselves (aka ants on display) you will experience a connection to nature in a newly emotional and informative way.
Blogs, Vlogs & Interviews
We were delighted to have poet and performance artist Sara Brickman in residence at Bloedel Reserve during the month of June. Sara’s impressions and experiences are captured in the short video “Words in the Woods.”
And you can hear Sara in an hour-long conversation with poet Holly Hughes as part of the Bainbridge Performing Arts weekly series Bainbridge Pod Accomplice, hosted by Bainbridge Performing Arts Executive Director Dominique Cantwell. Click here to hear the interview,
Virtual Workshops
Due to the COVID pandemic, we were limited with what events we could host onsite over the last 18 months. So some workshops and classes were held virtually and captured on video. Use the links below to see those videos.
Ed Carriere — Hand Split Cedar — Co-presented by Bloedel Reserve and BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network)
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