Bookmark Making with Invasive Plants

Join in to turn regionally invasive plants, harvested from local restoration sites, into a bookmark! Using a base of recycled paper, participants will be led on papermaking techniques along with discussions on local ecology and the contexts of English Ivy, Red Deadnettle, Reed Canary Grass, Tansy, among other plants used in the workshop. Hosted by eco-artist Joshua Ralph.

TIME: 7:00PM - 8:30 PM PST

LENGTH: 1.5 hours

LOCATION: Strange Fellows Brewery, 1345 Clark Dr, Vancouver, BC

AGES: Adults (ages 19 and up), beginner & up

PRICE: $35 per person per workshop

ACCESSIBILITY: Strange Fellows Brewery is wheelchair accessible. We will communicate verbally with members of the public using listening and spoken language in English. Seating in the brewery is varied, some may have chairs or stools at short height, counter, or bar height seating. Weight capacities of seating is unknown. 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 participation in this workshop, your ticket includes access to our General Admission Create! Art Zone located in Strathcona Park on July 27th from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM. The Art Zone will feature multiple drop-in public participation art activities, access to the Festival Art Shop, as well as the beer garden, food trucks AND live music presented in partnership with Light Organ Records & 604 Records. To get into the Art Zone, you will have to 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 such as breweries, performance venues, and art studios across the Eastside Arts District.

From the producers of the Eastside Culture Crawl, this innovative event celebrates the diversity of performing and visuals arts in Vancouver’s Eastside, and offers arts workshops, live music performances, a beer garden, public art activations, an art shop and many more opportunities for art lovers of all ages and abilities to experience!

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.

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