Dish with Laura Tanner at the Keller Library

Drop in at the Keller Library on Tuesday, May 21, 5-6:30pm to contribute to Rising Resident Laura Tanner's project, Dish, an ongoing project that studies regional foodways (i.e., the eating habits and culinary practices that guide the production and consumption of food) across the country to discover deep connections between diverse communities. Tuesday, May 21, […]

Bark, Branches, and Barbecue: Celebrating 20 years of David Baker’s research

Tulane River and Coastal Center 1370 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us for an afternoon with Studio's Ecologist David Baker on Friday, May 31st, from 3pm-6pm. David will discuss his journey of caring for the woods and his twenty-year knowledge of the bottomland, followed by a delicious barbecue at Tulane River and Coastal Center. The event is free, but registration is required below! For twenty […]

Artist Salon with paris cyan cian

Join us to meet and learn more about Rising Resident paris cyan cian. She will give a short presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Thursday, June 6th, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. Registration is required below. paris cyan cian is a New Orleans Black girl playing and composing with devotion, through an embodied […]

Woods Volunteer Day: Weeding and General Pruning

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us and get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Ecologist David Baker’s weeding, pruning, planting trees, organizing the general landscape, and learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area on Friday, June 14th, 9am-12pm. Lunch and beverages will be provided! The […]

Artist Salon with Lue Palmer & Rochelle Jamila

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us to meet and learn more about Self as Universe residents, Lue Palmer & Rochelle Jamila. They'll give  short presentations on their work and will be followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Thursday, October 3rd, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. Lue Palmer is an environmental journalist and writer of fiction on Black relationships to […]

Walk in the Woods with David Baker

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us for a Walk in the Woods with our Ecologist and Environmental Curator, David Baker, on Friday, October 11 at 10am to learn about his work and the Bottomland Hardwood Forest Ecosystem of Southeast Louisiana first-hand. Come witness and ponder how our hardwood forest is turning into  Swamp and what ecological processes are accelerating the […]

Artist Salon with Sunni Patterson & Aurora Levins Morales

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us to meet and learn more about Self as Universe residents, Sunni Patterson & Aurora Levins Morales. They will give  short presentations on their work which will be followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Wednesday, October 23rd, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. New Orleans native and visionary Sunni Patterson deliberately uses art, poetry, and […]

Volunteer Day in the Woods

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us to get your hands dirty in support of our lush bottomland forest on Friday, October 25 from 9am-12pm! Volunteers will assist our Ecologist and Environmental Curator, David Baker, in some early FORESTival plant permitter clean up focusing on thinning overgrown vegetation and vines for the promotion of young Hardwood trees. He'll also guide volunteers […]

FORESTival 2024: A Celebration of Art and Nature

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

14th Annual FORESTival: A Celebration of Art & Nature Join us at A Studio in the Woods on Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11am – 5pm for our 14th annual FORESTival, Buy tickets here! This year’s FORESTival will feature: Music performances by Water Seed, Baba Luther and the Congo Square Drummers and former residents Kr3wical & More Love and […]

Artist Salon with Niamh Rita & Justice Singleton and Issy Manley

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us to meet and learn more about Self as Universe: Mending Our Collective Ecosystem residents, Niamh Rita & Justice Singleton and Issy Manley as they give us a glimpse into the work they'll be doing during their residency followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Tuesday, December 3rd, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. During their […]