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Create with Natural Materials Workshop

  • 11 Jun 2016
  • 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum
  • 12

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FREE two-session workshop taught by artists Tony Moretti and Gwen Quigley. A creative how-to workshop designed to teach adults (parents, teachers, counselors, youth center leaders, etc) how to guide the youth they work with to create art out of natural materials.


MORNING SESSION 10am-12:30pm: gathering, processing and creating art with natural materials; safe use of hand tools; the creation of large-scale outdoor group projects.


Lunch break - bring your own lunch!


AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30pm-3:30pm: ways of working with natural materials in the classroom; the creation of indoor, small-scale individual projects


Come learn and share ideas with other area educators while connecting with nature, and enjoying the beauty around you at Tanglewood. Please bring your own lunch, water, and work-gloves if you have them. Free, but pre-registration is required. Event capped at 20 participants. Register through our website at www.tanglewoodnaturecenter.com/events


This activity is made possible in part by the QuickARTS grant program administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes and funded by the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc.



Nature Center and Museum location:
443 Coleman Avenue Elmira NY 14903

Phone: (607) 732-6060




Nature Center and Museum hours: OPEN Tuesday-Friday, 9am-4pm, and Saturday 10am-4pm. CLOSED Sunday-Monday. Trails are open dawn to dusk year-round.

Admission to the Nature Center and Museum is FREE to all. Please consider becoming a member of Tanglewood!

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