Events

10/16 Lunch + Learn: May Babcock

Join us for a Lunch + Learn with local artist May Babcock! Food and refreshments will be provided.

Interested? Register here! Note registration is encouraged but not required to attend.

About the event: May Babcock's artwork uses foraged plant fibers for papermaking to engage with both the materiality of place and discovery of multiracial identity. In...

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10/21 Workshops: Loop Lab Pulp Possibilities

About the program: Loop Lab Faculty Liaison and Project Coordinator Haley MacKeil will lead a workshop using materials from our new material circularity initiative, Loop Lab, and offer inspiration for using these materials in your own creative practice. Note: workshop registrations are limited; space will be offered on a first-registered first-served basis.

Location: The Nature...

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10/22 Lunch + Learn: Lauren Pearlman Sugita

Join us for a talk with Lauren Pearlman Sugita, Director of Paper Connection International, on the history of hand papermaking.

Interested? Register here! Note registration is encouraged but not required to attend.

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10/26 In the Field: Foraging for Dye Mushrooms

Join the Mushroom Hunting Foundation to learn about and forage for mushrooms that can be used to make natural dyes.

The event will begin with a presentation in the Biodesign Makerspace at 12:30 PM, approximately 90 minutes in length, followed by a one-hour break. A foraging trip will commence at Swan Point Cemetery on Blackstone Blvd at 3:00 PM. Note that participants must arrange their own travel to and from the site during the 2:00 - 3:00 PM break. Participants are welcome to...

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11/2 Workshop: Making Books from Reimagined Paper

Join us for a workshop with Laney Knudson, Reuse Specialist at RISD 2nd Life, to learn how to make books from paper made through the Loop Lab papermaking project.

Interested? Register here! Note workshop registrations are limited and are first-registered first-served.

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