The Personal Geology: Multimedia Bookbinding Workshop

Join us for the one-day immersive bookbinding workshop with Nina Elder and Rory Sparks!

Date: March 29th

Time:10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

We are excited to welcome artists Nina Elder and Rory Sparks for a one-day workshop that delves into the geology of your inner world. Through creative expression, participants will be guided to explore questions like: What is your bedrock? What seismic shifts define your story? What dormant volcanoes or hidden fossils lie within?

Workshop Highlights:

- Creative Exploration: Participants will engage in spontaneous drawing, diagramming, collage, illustration, and field sketching, with writing prompts designed to spark poetic and personal narratives.

- Bookbinding with Mixed Media: Integrate artistic and written creations into a unique handmade book. Learn essential bookbinding techniques, including pop-up page creation, to add an interactive element to your book.

- Personal Reflection and Connection: Through this hands-on process, attendees will deepen their empathy for the geological world and build confidence in rapid-response creativity, leaving with a one-of-a-kind, personally meaningful book.

This workshop will be conducted both indoors and outdoors—please dress accordingly.

We are happy to accommodate all mobility needs.

No prior experience in geology, drawing, writing, or bookmaking is required!

If you have favorite tools or materials for mark-making, collage, or bookbinding, feel free to bring them.

All materials will be provided.

About the Instructors:

Nina Elder (she/her) is a conceptual artist who examines the movement of rocks to understand human dynamics. Her work takes the form of drawings, creative writing, witchcraft, cartography, and performance. Nina exhibits and teaches internationally, and has created projects from the Arctic Circle to the Strait of Gibraltar.

Rory Sparks (she/her) is a visual artist who uses bookmaking, printmaking, and multiples as a way to engage the moment where the poetic nears abstraction. Rory collaborates with artists from around the world, exhibits widely, and has taught extensively.

Cancellation Policy

- $20 cancellation fee

- 0% refund for cancellations less than 1 week before the workshop

- 50% refund for cancellations 7-14 days prior

- Full refunds will be provided if PMRCAA cancels the event due to inclement weather or if an instructor is unavailable.

Please submit all cancellation requests in writing to [email protected].

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Host or Publisher Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture