THANK A TREE: The Canopy Continues
About this Event
THANK A TREE: The Canopy Continues
Presented by Green Religion at Green Space Miami
In collaboration with Living Studio
Join artist, designer, gardener, and Green Religion founder John DeFaro alongside environmental artist, science communicator, and Living Studio founder Lauren Reilly for a free participatory eco-art workshop exploring observation, creativity, gratitude, and personal connections with the living world.
The program begins with a brief introduction to Green Religion, Living Studio, the Thank a Tree project, and Green Religion's concept of Climate AWEARness. John and Lauren will also share how their individual creative practices and shared interests in observation, participation, and environmental storytelling led to this collaboration. Participants are then invited into an open conversation to share their own observations, questions, memories, and experiences of trees and nature.
Participants will create small freestanding three-dimensional collage sculptures using printed imagery of trees and landscapes, repurposed papers, and an assortment of everyday found materials including beads, ribbon, yarn, string, and other reclaimed elements. Through cutting, layering, bending, folding, and assembling, flat materials become sculptural forms that stand on their own, encouraging experimentation, imagination, and creative play. No artistic experience is necessary, only curiosity and a willingness to participate.
Guests are encouraged to explore COUNT IT ALL JOY!, the current exhibition at Green Space Miami, curated by Donnamarie Baptiste and Arsimmer McCoy. The exhibition offers additional opportunities for curiosity and discovery that complement the workshop's spirit of observation, conversation, and creative participation.
Participants may photograph their completed work and, if they wish, contribute to Lauren Reilly's ongoing Thank a Tree story-mapping platform, adding their observations and creative responses to a growing archive of shared environmental experiences.
Participants will leave with their completed sculpture and an invitation to continue noticing, reflecting on, and documenting their own experiences with the living world.
What to Bring
Comfortable clothing for an indoor gallery and hands-on art-making workshop
A mobile phone or camera if you'd like to photograph your artwork
Curiosity, observation, and a willingness to participate
All art materials will be provided.
Coffee, water, sparkling water, and light refreshments will be available during the workshop.
Participants are encouraged to enjoy COUNT IT ALL JOY!, the current exhibition at Green Space Miami, before and during the workshop, drawing inspiration from the artwork as they create their own three-dimensional collages.
Participation begins with noticing. Then making. And having fun.
Photography & Sharing
Photography and casual video documentation are welcome during the workshop.
If sharing publicly or on social media, participants are encouraged to tag:
@mygreenreligion
@sunrei.s
@greenspacemiami
We love seeing observations, artworks, moments of creative discovery, and shared participation with the living world.
Agenda
🕑: 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Agenda
Info: Coffee and light refreshments, introductions, a brief presentation, open discussion, and hands-on three-dimensional collage making using repurposed papers, nature imagery, and found materials. Optional sharing and closing reflections conclude the workshop.
Where is it happening?
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