AUSTIN: Spore Stories Craft Workshop

Schedule

Sat Jul 25 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

John Gillum Branch, Austin Public Library | Austin, TX

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Join us for a deep dive into the relationship between fungi, myth, nature and art. Come prepared to listen, learn, write and craft!
About this Event

🎤 Instructor: Andrea Julian

📅 Date: Saturday July 25, 2026

⏰ Time: 2pm-3pm CST

📍Location: John Gillum Branch Public Library 2505 Steck Ave Austin, TX 78757

❤️ Donation: Free with Registration

Explore the relationship between myth, art and mushrooms through a hands-on crafts and activities. Though this event is for adults.

This workshop will be a fun exploration into the connection between mushrooms, story and art! No experience or expertise needed! We’ll be writing, folding paper, and preparing our own stories to be launched into the culture through mycelical pathways and airborne spores.


About Spore Stories

This is event is sponsored by the Austin Public Library’s Summer Reading Program! The nationwide theme of 2026 is “Unearth a Story.” Stories are rooted in the cultures and landscapes they emerge from, spreading through mycelical webs of song, words, and art. In this workshop, we’ll explore these connections through a fungal lens.


About Andrea Julian

Andrea Julian is a naturalist, educator and myco enthusiast with an interest in the relationship between living things and the environments that shape them. Her work is rooted in the ecologies of the central Texas creeks and canyons she was raised in.


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Where is it happening?

John Gillum Branch, Austin Public Library, 2505 Steck Avenue, Austin, United States

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