Creative Connections

A community activity series exploring ecology through creativity. 

 

Description:

Join us for a Sunday afternoon of writing and making art together in nature. Each Sunday has a theme to deepen our connections with nature and each other. We’ll meet at the pavilion for a short intro. Then we will explore the nature museum’s meadow, trails, garden, and woods to sketch, write, draw, and/or journal with the day’s prompts in mind. After an hour, we will come back together for a brief break and discussion. Then the group can continue their individual work or stay to talk and connect for the second hour. Feel free to attend any or all sessions as you like.

 

Adults and teens of all skill levels are welcome. Bring your own notebook and/or sketchbook. Limited paper and supplies will be available as well. Please dress for the weather and to explore the Museum, Chapman Meadow, and trails.

 

Where: The Nature Museum, Grafton Vermont. Meet at the outdoor pavilion behind the building. 1-3pm. RAIN OR SHINE nature-museum.org

 

Sessions are free with a suggested donation of $5-$10 to The Nature Museum.

 

Ideas we'll invite you to explore:

 

Week 1: Invitation into the Landscape

-Connect with the natural world and our creative community

 

Week 2: Observing the Landscape:

-Use our senses to observe the landscape more deeply

 

Week 3: Being in the Landscape:

-Understand our own physical and mental presences in the landscape 

 

Week 4: Seasons in the Landscape 

-Explore natural cycles and time scales

 

Week 5: Communities in the Landscape:

-Find more-than-human relationships in the landscape

 

Week 6: Bringing the Landscape into our Lives

-Share ideas for connecting ecology and our human communities

 

About Us:

 

Ellen Goldstein: Writer and poet whose favorite things include rivers, books, and getting people to write 

 

Stephanie Sullivan: Westminster-based artist with a passion for using creativity as a bridge to explore our local ecology.