Saturday, May 2 8:00-10:00 AM Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Join the Boxborough Birders Group for a guided bird walk through the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge. Oxbow NWR is located along the Nashua River and provides a diverse habitat of wetland, upland forest, and old farm fields that support …
Illustrator reading and book-signing A nature journaling activity expands the Birds! art exhibition Author and illustrator Sarah S. Brannen reads her award-winning book Feathers: Not Just for Flying and talks about the process of illustrating it. “Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many different and surprising ways birds …
During this 3 hour workshop, you’ll create a 2-D needle felted “painting” of a beautiful pair of cardinals on a pine branch.. All needle felting materials are included, as well as the use of the instructors tools. You will leave with the completed art in a 11” x 14” mat ready for framing. Needle felting …
Pastel painting with a focus on local landscapes but you are welcome to explore whatever interests you. I’ll share my process including exploring composition, values, color and mark-making. I will have a combination of weekly demos and exercises at the beginning of class, followed by plenty of one-on-one feedback at your easel. All pastel levels …
Join Miss Lisa for a fun, hands-on slime club where kids will learn how to make a different type of slime each week! Participants will mix their own slime and customize it with fun add-ins like glitter, sequins, and foam beads. Each session includes time for slime play, creativity, and cleanup, and kids will take …
OUT THE STUDIO WINDOWS an illustrated talk by Barry Van Dusen Many artists travel widely in search of new subjects, while others spend their entire artistic lives much closer to home. Andrew Wyeth did all of his work in two small areas of Maine and Pennsylvania, and Claude Monet spent the last four decades of …
Age-old practices of meditation, such as Zen, remain an effective means of promoting stress-reduction and attaining self-awareness. This series, entitled “Music is Meditation,” will explore the possibilities of using “musical mantras” in the place of verbal ones in the practice of collective meditation. Each session will entail two 20-minute meditation periods, each employing recurrent musical …
The Drawing Room – May: An open drawing studio with artist guidance The Drawing Room offers a welcoming space for focused drawing, creative exploration, and artistic community, led by artist and teacher Mara Levin. These open studio sessions invite artists to work at their own pace, with guidance available whenever it’s helpful. Drawing on decades …
Birds, Bats & Bugs: The Underlying Unity of Flight, Richard Fichera. Richard’s background spans 50 years in the computer industry with strong interests in a number of related technical fields and an undergraduate engineering, math and science background at UC Berkeley. His interest in birds began about 7 years ago when he retired and immediately took the …
Saturday, May 9 8:00 AM Horse Meadows Knoll, Harvard Join the Boxborough Birders Group for a guided bird walk at Horse Meadows Knoll. The Horse Meadows Knoll property features a central hill with roughly 140’ elevation, rock outcrops, and steep slopes. With the exception of a portion of Horse Meadows reservoir, the entire property is …