Cost: $35
Register by phone at 604-925-7270 (quote course #219171) or online
Join eco-artist Joshua Ralph for a workshop where you'll transform locally harvested invasive plants from restoration sites into unique bookmarks using recycled paper and simple papermaking techniques. Along the way, we will discuss local ecology and the significance of plants like English ivy, reed canary grass, tansy, and buttercup, and others featured in the workshop. All materials will be provided. Suitable for ages 10 and up.
About the artist:
Joshua Ralph is a settler-occupier of Scottish, English, French, and Métis ancestry from Treaty 2 Territory. They are a community-engaged media and eco-artist interested in changed and changing ecologies, whose work resides at the intersection of “nature” and creative outputs.
Joshua has a professional background in environmental field work, programming development, and commercial artwork. Blending these fields of study, he works between story and the materiality of invasive plants, seeking to invoke inquiry into presumed relationships held to urban environments. He has been recognized in publications such as The National Observer for his ongoing environmental outreach projects, with work exhibited both nationally and internationally, including in New York, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Innsbruck.