Creative Escape: Painting with Native Plants
Embark on a journey to learn more about native plants and pigments with Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF) in this evening workshop! NRFF is a Native (Nanticoke) woman-led organization, founded with a mission to celebrate Indigenous cultures and protect open spaces. Get inspired by botanical prints in our galleries and learn more about the relationships that Indigenous people of this area have had with native plants. Teaching artist Courtney Streett will share Indigenous ecological knowledge and the cultural importance of selected native plants, then will lead painting exercises with botanical inks made from the highlighted plants.
All materials will be provided, and no experience is necessary. Light snacks will be available and BYOB is encouraged.
The museum galleries will open at 5:30 p.m. At 6 p.m. there will be a brief art discussion in one of our galleries for inspiration, followed by the workshop beginning at 6:15 p.m.
Meet the teaching artist: Courtney Streett (Nanticoke Indian Tribe) co-founded Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF) and uses her knowledge of Indigenous communities, horticulture, and visual storytelling to lead the organization. Prior to NRFF, Streett was a television news producer at CBS news and Business Insider. Courtney has bachelor’s degrees from Wellesley College in Environmental Studies and Africana Studies, where she focused her studies on environmental justice and conducted research on plant responses to organic and conventional growing methods. Courtney also has an MS in Journalism from Columbia University where she wrote her thesis on the local food movement.