CONJURING A WINTER RAINBOW
WITH SASHA DUERR + TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA
3 Day Workshop In-Person Workshop
Friday, January 19 – Sunday, January 21, 2024
10 am – 4 pm
Join renowned natural dyer, artist, and educator Sasha Duerr for a 3-day Guest Teaching Artist workshop at TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA to create local and seasonal color with evergreens and other January dye ingredients.
Explore the wonder and nature of compost-based colors by creating place-based zero-waste palettes with natural dyes. Experiment with upcycling an evergreen holiday tree and winter foliage alongside other natural materials to create a rainbow of hues. Consider alchemy for local and seasonal color, including melting ice and snow for dyeing (weather permitting!) and utilizing elemental surface design techniques that center on January findings. Sasha will share concepts from her recent book NATURAL PALETTES (PAPress, 2020) and offer regenerative tips for creating an artistic practice that centers on experimentation, fieldwork, plant-based research, circular reuse, and natural dyes as a tool for social and environmental connection. Workshop participants will create an abundance of beautiful post-holiday hues — both in the form of the color stories and natural palettes we conjure as samples — as well as a collection of larger textiles created along the way.
Deepen your engagement with working with plant-based hues and experience the awe that can be found with creating color from everyday ingredients.
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Art Speaks Conversation with Sasha Duerr:
In conjunction with this workshop, Sasha will be joining Textile Center for a virtual, sliding-scale Art Speaks conversation on Monday, December 4, at 12 noon CDT. Learn more and register for Art Speaks: Natural Palettes with Sasha Duerr online here.
Info for Out-Of-Town Guests:
For our out of town guests, nearby accommodations are available with our partner hotels. For the special Textile Center rate and more info, visit our website here: www.textilecentermn.org/visit/
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