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SUMMARY:Woods Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get your hands dirty in support of Environmental Curator David Baker’s work! Volunteers will learn how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area as well as how to plant trees within a wooded setting. 9am – 12pm on Tuesday\, March 29. Registration required\, lunch will be provided. \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/woods-volunteer-day-9/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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SUMMARY:Replenish Residency and ByWater Institute Scholarly Retreat Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Applications for both Replenish Residencies and ByWater Insitute Scholarly Retreats are due by 11:59pm pacific time on March 30\, 2022.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/replenish-residency-and-bywater-institute-scholarly-retreat-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Walk in the Woods with Studio Botanist David Baker to learn about his work and the land first-hand. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency is changing the land. The event is free but registration is required. Saturday\, April 2 at 10am at A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans\, LA 70131. This program is sponsored by the New Orleans Town Gardeners. \nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/hurricane-ecology-walk-in-the-woods-with-david-baker-7/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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SUMMARY:AnthropoSonic: Live Performance Lab with Lisa E. Harris
DESCRIPTION:The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South (NOCGS) continues its exploration of the Anthropocene this year\, highlighting the interdependence of humans\, animals\, and the earth by presenting AnthropoSonic. Join us and NOCGS at Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel at Tulane University on Thursday\, April 7 2022 at 6PM for AnthropoSonic: Live Performance Lab with Rising Resident Lisa E. Harris. \nLisa E. Harris is a classically trained vocalist\, interdisciplinary artist\, and filmmaker. She is a Rising: Climate in Crisis Resident and a 2021 NOCGS Monroe Fellow. She is currently working on a research/immersive environmental performance piece called “Onshore Trilling”: What To Do When the Earth Sings the Bruise; a performance cycle composition inspired by the life cycle of an oil and gas field. This performance approaches seismic graphs as graphic scores and processing seismic waves through a human voice database to create a song cycle to be performed onshore\, near or in proximity to productive offshore drilling sites in Norway\, Texas\, and the Gulf South. \nAnthropoSonic is a two-part series of workshops and performances with African-descended vocalists Lisa E. Harris and Michaela Harrison. The Anthropocene is a useful concept –– and proposed geological epoch –– recognizing the present era in which human-generated forces have altered the earth’s surface\, atmosphere\, and planetary patterns. Both Harris and Harrison are part of a growing ecosystem of research-based composers who engage with unexpected collaborators to investigate the impact of humans on other animals and the earth\, promote healing\, and explore our environmental futures. \nThis event is sponsored by the Skau Art and Music Fund and Newcomb Institute. \nRegister at gulfsouth@tulane.edu.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/anthroposonic-live-performance-lab-with-lisa-e-harris-2/
LOCATION:Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel at Tulane University\, 1229 Broadway St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118
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SUMMARY:Woods Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get your hands dirty in support of Environmental Curator David Baker’s work! Volunteers will learn how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area as well as how to plant trees within a wooded setting. 9am – 12pm on Saturday\, April 9. Registration required\, lunch will be provided. \nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/woods-volunteer-day-2-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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SUMMARY:Postponed - Writing Climate Futures with Desiree S. Evans
DESCRIPTION:The New Orleans Futurism Lab: Writing Climate Futures\nSaturday\, April 9\, 10am – 12pm on Zoom. Registration required below. \nJoin Gulf South Writer in the Woods Desiree S. Evans for Writing Climate Futures\, a collaborative world-building and creative writing workshop where participants will learn about speculative fiction specifically as it relates to climate change fiction. In Part 1 of the workshop\, participants will collectively imagine and build a future world together — we will envision New Orleans 200 years into the future\, with a specific focus on the city’s climate future. In Part 2 of the workshop\, we will have time to write individual futurist stories into this collaborative universe. We will then gather at the end to share\, interweaving our visions\, fears\, and hopes for the future into this collaborative act of speculative fiction-making. \nAs we struggle to define our changing city\, our relationship to the land and each other provides a foundation for community building and a chance to envision solutions to our greatest climate crises. This is the power of speculative fiction visioning\, allowing us to creatively come up with a world in which to explore important issues. Inspired by the Detroit Sci-Fi Generator\, this workshop is an opportunity to imagine alternative climate futures for our city. \nGulf South Writer in the Woods\, a program of A Studio in the Woods and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South\, supports the creative work\, scholarship and community engagement of writers examining the Gulf South region.Register here for Climate Futures Writing Workshop with Desiree S. Evans
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/climate-futures-writing-workshop-with-desiree-s-evans/
LOCATION:Zoom – register to receive link
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SUMMARY:Sharing and Paper Making Demo with Claire Alexandre
DESCRIPTION:Join Rising Resident Claire Alexandre for a sharing and paper making demo this Friday\, April 15 at 5pm at Speakeasy Farm\, 1214 France St. Please bring scrap paper that you want to transform in community. \nPARKING & ACCESS:\n– If you drive\, please try to park around either corner\, on Marais St. – farm neighbors rely upon having street side parking available — thank you!!\n– If you bike\, please lock your bike out on the street or entryway gate before entering.\n– Farm pathways are level wood-chipped pathways\, some footing is uneven; no stairs; outdoor tables and rustic/bench seating is available in shade.\n– Drinking water will be available\, as well as soap & water for washing hands\, and a porta-potty bathroom.r\n– The farm does have beehives\, so please come prepared if you have allergies.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/sharing-and-paper-making-demo-with-claire-alexandre/
LOCATION:Speak Easy Farm\, 1214 France St.\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70117
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SUMMARY:Studio at the Broadside
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fundraiser and screening of Jason Berry’s film City of a Million Dreams\, featuring former Studio residents Dr. Michael White\, Monique Moss\, and Jarrell Hamilton. All proceeds from the event will support the programming of A Studio in the Woods. \nTuesday\, April 19\, 2022 \n6pm – 7:30pm – Celebrate to a soundtrack of former Studio residents and visit with the Studio community! We’ll send you a link to the playlist after the event so you can enjoy the sounds of the Studio anytime.\n7:30pm – 9pm – Screening of City of a Million Dreams \nTickets $45 – Includes popcorn and first drink. \nAdditional food and beverages available for purchase. Silent auction including Jazz Fest tickets\, a secondline umbrella by Sisterly Umbrellas\, a signed Jazz Fest poster and more! \n \nChildren are welcome to attend the event free of charge\, but be aware that the film addresses mature topics including gun violence.\nAbout the film: \n\nFamous the world over\, jazz funerals have origins shrouded in mystery. Filmed over twenty-two years\, City of a Million Dreams explores race relations at a tearing time in American society. Burial traditions train a lens on the unique and resilient culture of New Orleans. City of a Million Dreams draws from the 2018 book of the same title by Jason Berry. \nDeb Cotton\, an African American and observant Jew\, leaves “hard-hearted Hollywood” for New Orleans\, and becomes a chronicler of the parading clubs spawned by 19th century burial societies. Her zeal for the city grows as she becomes a blogger for Gambit Weekly\, adopting the handle “Big Red Cotton.” As Deb explores her adopted culture\, Dr. Michael White\, a prolific clarinetist and New Orleans native\, plays “the widow’s wail” on his clarinet\, a cry of lamentation in the funeral marches. White’s transcendent music also includes joyous peals for the soul’s cutting-loose\, which happens when the band leaves the cemetery\, followed by dancers in what New Orleanians call “the second line.” Risen in the ranks of brass bands\, White\, too\, is on a journey of self-discovery\, seeking clues about his ancestor who played at the dawn of jazz. White says of jazz funerals: “For someone dealing with American racism and trying to figure out your place in this life…you can be transformed into another world that really sets you free.” \n\n\nFunerals unfold as caravans of memory\, shaping White’s quest and Cotton’s epiphanies. New Orleans burial customs evolve as people of different tongues and colors reach the city\, surviving floods\, fires\, war\, political violence\, civil rights struggles\, and hurricanes. The film follows the French town’s evolution with a stunning recreation of African burial choreographies by enslaved people\, honoring ancestral memory on a field called Congo Square. The resistance drama of danced memory carries across time\, gathering force as as black men march as Mardi Gras Indians in one the film’s most powerful funeral sequences. As African dances merge with the funeral processions of European marching bands\, the fusion of the ring and the line gives shape to jazz music\, and an archetype of the city’s diverse society. \nWhen the documentary hits a violent turning point at a parade shooting\, Deb Cotton and Michael White are plunged into a search for the city’s soul.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/studio-at-the-broadside/
LOCATION:Broadside\, 600 Broad St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:DESPAIR-ity: The Call of History to Pull Us Forward
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with the 2021 – 2022 Inspiring Health Justice Residents!  The event will showcase the work of the four Inspiring Health Justice Dillard University students-in-residence – Karen Grant-Anderson (Music)\, Zaria Ivory (Music)\, William Shelton (English)\, and Nailah Starks (English). The students and scholar in-residence Dr. Kristi Anderson will also discuss their collaboration during the year. Friday\, April 22 at 5:30 p.m.in the Dillard University Student Union Ballroom (2nd floor) – the Dillard Student Union is building #25 on this map. \nThis year’s residency collaboration is titled DESPAIR-ity: The Call of History to Pull Us Forward\, and focuses on inequities in both our past and our present\, and the responsibility we all have going forward to work towards awareness\, education\, and transformation. Starting in the fall 2021 semester and for the entire Spring 2022 semester\, Dr. Kristi Anderson has been working with four Dillard student artists-in-residence: Karen Grant-Anderson (Music)\, Zaria Ivory (Music)\, William Shelton (English)\, and Nailah Starks (English). The students are also being mentored by Dillard faculty members Dr. Nancy Dixon (Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of English)\, and Dr. Wen Zhang (Associate Professor of Voice\, Coordinator of Music Program. In April 2022\, the students will present their own poetry and prose and perform song and dance – inspired by their discussions this past year with Dr. Anderson about historic race\, social\, and health inequities. The aim of Inspiring Health Justice is to bring the arts and public health together to address our region’s long-standing health disparities through creative\, cross-disciplinary mentorship to focus the energy and passion of Dillard Humanities students towards fostering health equity.  \nDillard University Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center – The mission of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHHDRC) is to take a comprehensive approach to advancing research across disciplinary areas\, to enhance and promote coordination and collaboration throughout the scientific community\, and to improve the overall quality of health for racial and ethnic minorities. https://www.dillard.edu/mhhdrc/ \nA Studio in the Woods\, a program of Tulane University’s ByWater Institute\, is one of the leading artistic and academic residency programs in the Gulf South region. The Studio fosters creative responses to the challenges of our time by providing retreat to artists\, scholars\, and the public in our protected forest on the Mississippi River. www.astudiointhewoods.org.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/despair-ity-the-call-of-history-to-pull-us-forward-2/
LOCATION:Dillard University\, 2601 Gentilly Blvd.\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70122
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SUMMARY:Fishes: Masters of Adaptation - Workshop and Tour of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée for an art-science workshop on Gulf fish species diversity\, natural history and specimen drawing! We will tour the Tulane University’s Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (the largest collection of preserved fishes on the planet!) in Belle Chasse followed by a drawing workshop on-site in one of the fish labs. \nFishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes\, found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nThis event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf\, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nRegister here for Workshop with Brandon Ballengée
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/fishes-masters-of-adaptation-workshop-and-tour-of-the-royal-d-suttkus-fish-collection-6/
LOCATION:Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute\, 3705 Main St\, Belle Chasse\, LA\, 70037
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SUMMARY:GiveNOLA Day Walk in the Woods with David Baker
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate GiveNOLA Day by joining us for a Walk in the Woods with Environmental Curator David Baker! \nMake a gift that will grow! This year GiveNOLA day donations will support our ongoing work of tending to the forest\, which itself provides so much inspiration and care to our residents. \nSince 2004\, our on-site Environmental Curator\, David Baker\, has cared for\, researched\, and nurtured the woods\, serving as an interpreter of the natural environment for residents and the community\, and anchoring all of our work within the bottomland hardwood forest. As the climate crisis intensifies\, hurricanes become more frequent\, and the forest endures\, we ground our work in the land itself\, looking to the woods as an example of how we can adapt to a changing world. This GiveNOLA Day\, we hope that you will join us in this exchange with the forest by making a donation to support our work or walking in the woods with David. \nRegister below and don’t forgot to support A Studio in the Woods this GiveNOLA Day. Early giving is now open. \nAll GiveNOLA day donations over $50 will be entered to win a weekend getaway in our new Writer’s Cabin this summer! Take a tour of this tranquil space here.\n \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/givenoladay-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Salon with Desiree S. Evans
DESCRIPTION:Join us and New Orleans Center for the Gulf South to meet and learn more about current Gulf South Writer in the Woods Desiree S. Evans!  Desiree will give a short presentation followed by a light dinner and refreshments outdoors. At A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans 70131. Registration required below.  Proof of vaccination or negative PCR test within 72 hours required for those 5 and up. Directions here. \nAs the third Gulf South Writer in the Woods\, Desiree S. Evans will be completing work on a dystopian literary fantasy novel set hundreds of years into the future along what remains of the Gulf Coast. The novel tells the story of an African-American woman and her family surviving in a post-climate change world where most of Louisiana is under water. In this phantasmagorical new landscape\, monsters of myth and legend converge alongside stories of our past and dreams of our possible futures. As a work of speculative fiction and eco-fabulism\, the novel makes its home alongside the growing canon of literature exploring the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Desiree will also spend time during her residency editing her short-fiction collection — an interlinked series of stories steeped in the folklore\, mythology\, and history of the bayou communities of rural Louisiana. As a Louisiana native\, the Gulf South region plays an important role in Desiree’s writing. In taking readers into her speculative Southern landscapes\, she aims to showcase the rich heritage and cultural traditions of a place that is sometimes more water than land. Desiree’s stories exist in a space where storms and rivers rage\, where ancestors call\, and where magic just might be real enough to touch. \nDesiree S. Evans is an award-winning writer\, scholar\, and activist from South Louisiana. She writes fiction for children\, teens\, and adults. She is a 2020 winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant for children’s fiction awarded by the organization We Need Diverse Books. She is a contributor to the anthology Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA (Algonquin Young Readers\, 2020). Her creative writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net\, and has appeared in literary journals such as Gulf Coast\, The Offing\, Nimrod Journal\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, and other venues. Her work has received support from the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA/Voices)\, Kimbilio Fiction\, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop\, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, the Hurston/Wright Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Desiree holds an MFA in creative writing from the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin\, an MA in international policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs\, and a BA in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. \nGulf South Writer in the Woods\, a program of A Studio in the Woods and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South\, supports the creative work\, scholarship and community engagement of writers examining the Gulf South region.\nRegister here for Artist Salon with Desiree S. Evans
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/artist-salon-with-desiree-s-evans/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fishes: Masters of Adaptation – Workshop and Tour of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée for an art-science workshop on Gulf fish species diversity\, natural history and specimen drawing! We will tour Tulane University’s Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (the largest collection of preserved fishes on the planet!) in Belle Chasse followed by a drawing workshop on-site in one of the fish labs. \nFishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes\, found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nThis event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf\, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.\nRegister here for Workshop with Brandon Ballengée
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/fishes-masters-of-adaptation-workshop-and-tour-of-the-royal-d-suttkus-fish-collection-2-2/
LOCATION:Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute\, 3705 Main St\, Belle Chasse\, LA\, 70037
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SUMMARY:sURGE in the East
DESCRIPTION:Join the EASEL team for their culminating performance\, “sURGE in the East” at Crown of Life Church\, 11721 Morrison Rd\, New Orleans\, LA 70128\, Saturday\, June 4 – doors open at 6pm\, show at 6:30pm sharp. \nEASEL is a unique project that uses the performing arts to learn about climate change and how it is altering our lives. Over the last two months\, EASEL community participants have collaborated with a team of theater artists\, scientists\, and science educators to co-create this performance to share with the community. \nEASEL is part of a research project organized by A Studio in the Woods\, Dillard University\, ArtSpot Productions\, Tulane ByWater Institute\, STEM NOLA\, LSU\, and SUNY-Buffalo. Learn more about the project at art-sci-ed.org \nDress for outside\, audience will travel some during performance. If you have accessibility concerns please contact Anthony White at 716-727-9922.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/surge-in-the-east/
LOCATION:Crown of Life Church’s Crown Community Garden\, 11721 Morrison Rd.\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70128
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220618T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220618T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220531T133921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193549Z
UID:5513-1655545500-1655553600@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Fishes: Masters of Adaptation – Workshop and Tour of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée for an art-science workshop on Gulf fish species diversity\, natural history and specimen drawing! We will tour Tulane University’s Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (the largest collection of preserved fishes on the planet!) in Belle Chasse followed by a drawing workshop on-site in one of the fish labs. \nFishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes\, found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nThis event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf\, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nRegister here for Workshop with Brandon Ballengée
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/fishes-masters-of-adaptation-workshop-and-tour-of-the-royal-d-suttkus-fish-collection-3/
LOCATION:Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute\, 3705 Main St\, Belle Chasse\, LA\, 70037
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220818T103203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:5779-1663405200-1663416000@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Woods Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Environmental Curator David Baker’s work\, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area. \n9am – 12pm on Saturday\, September 17. Registration required\, lunch will be provided. \nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/woods-volunteer-day-3/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220924T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220924T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220816T152530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7570-1664012700-1664020800@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Fishes: Masters of Adaptation – Workshop and Tour of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée for an art-science workshop on Gulf fish species diversity\, natural history and specimen drawing! We will tour Tulane University’s Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (the largest collection of preserved fishes on the planet!) in Belle Chasse followed by a drawing workshop on-site in one of the fish labs. \nFishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes\, found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nThis event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf\, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nRegister here for Workshop with Brandon Ballengée
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/fishes-masters-of-adaptation-workshop-and-tour-of-the-royal-d-suttkus-fish-collection-4-2/
LOCATION:Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute\, 3705 Main St\, Belle Chasse\, LA\, 70037
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221004T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221004T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220826T112717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:5814-1664908200-1664915400@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Artist Salon with Hye Sea
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising: Climate in Crisis Resident Hye Sea. Hye will give a short presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments. Registration required below. \nHye Sea is an artist\, alchemist\, and steward of the earth. Her residency project will focus on documenting the stories of those who are devoted to being stewards of the land and earth. She will create a solar-engraved collection of portraiture and collage to shine a light on Black\, melanated\, and/or Indigenous identified stewards. Her intention is to take viewers on a journey into the medicine each steward has discovered through their collaboration with the land and earth; their homage to the divine; their embrace of a multi-layered existence and what it looks like to trust in the wisdom found in nature. \nHer materials include reclaimed wood\, used paper from local libraries\, earth and mineral pigments and regenerative sources of paint aka solar rays. Hye Sea’s inclination to prioritize local\, up-cycled and ethically sourced materials stem from her connection to nature where waste is a nonexistent thing. The foundation of her artwork is rooted in a knowing—that we already have everything we need. And oftentimes\, our problems stem from an unwillingness to alchemize the resources and tools that are right in front of us. \nHye Sea’s solar engraving practice is how she pays tribute to the natural worlds and those that have long communicated through glyphs. Her intention is to remind us of our connection to the forces of nature available for connection & collaboration. Visit Hye Sea’s website to learn more. \nThis program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM  \nRegister here for Artist Salon with Hye Sea
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/artist-salon-with-hye-sea/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221007T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221007T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220818T104054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7574-1665133200-1665144000@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Woods Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Environmental Curator David Baker’s work\, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area. \n9am – 12pm on Friday\, October 7. Registration required\, lunch will be provided.\nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/woods-volunteer-day-4-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221021T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221021T103000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220818T101850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7572-1666342800-1666348200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Walk in the Woods with Studio Botanist David Baker to learn about his work and the land first-hand. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency is changing the forest. The event is free but registration is required. \nFriday\, October 21 at 9am at A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans\, LA 70131. This program is sponsored by the New Orleans Town Gardeners.\nRegister Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/hurricane-ecology-walk-in-the-woods-with-david-baker-2-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221030T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221030T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221017T133129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:5959-1667134800-1667142000@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Solar Engraving Workshop with Hye Sea
DESCRIPTION:Reset with the Sun\nJoin current Rising Resident Hye Sea for a 2 hour\, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to create a solar engraved artwork to take home and cherish. This workshop will serve as a reminder to enjoy the present\, make use of what you have\, and will be an opportunity to spend time in nature enjoying the elements. \nAll tools including eye protection will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing (and bring sunscreen if needed) as we will be in the sun for the majority of the workshop. \nHye Sea is an artist\, alchemist\, and a steward of the earth. Her solar engraving practice is how she pays tribute to the natural worlds and those that have long communicated through glyphs. Her intention is to remind us of our connection to the forces of nature available for connection & collaboration. Visit Hye Sea’s website to learn more. Register Here
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/solar-engraving-workshop-with-hye-sea/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20220428T103101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7567-1668250800-1668272400@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:FORESTival: A Celebration of Art and Nature
DESCRIPTION:Join us at A Studio in the Woods on Saturday\, November 12\, 2022\, 11am – 5pm for our 12th annual celebration of art and nature. 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans\, LA 70131. \nSEE FULL DESCRIPTIONS HERE\nMusic\nThe Congo Square Drum Circle\, 11:15am – 11:45am\nSabine McCalla\, 12pm – 1pm\nWayne Singleton & Same Ol’ 2 Step with Zydeco dance instruction from Harold Guillory\, 1:30pm – 3pm\nShamarr Allen\, 3:30pm – 4:30pm \n\nArt and Activities\nLeaf Monoprinting with Pippin Frisbie-Calder\, 11am – 2pm\nSinging to the River with Shay Nichols\, 1:30pm and 3pm\nFounders’ History and Home Tour with Managing Director Ama Rogan\, 2pm\nMushroom + Mycelium Fingerpuppets with Elizabeth MacDougal\, 2pm-3:30pm\nPoetry Reading by Sha’Condria “Icon” Sibley\, 3pm\nInstallation by The Weavers Project\, All Day\nFish Drawing with Brandon Ballengée\, All Day\nBuild a Clay Forest with Kids in the Woods Camp Alumni\, All Day \n\nEnvironmental Justice Hub\nAnother Gulf is Possible with Yudith Nieto\, 12pm – 4pm\nHealthy Gulf with Laura-Sage Marshall\, 12pm – 4pm\nRISE St. James with Pastor Harry Joseph and Shamell Lavigne\, 12pm – 4pm\nLiberatory Land Offering and Sacred Space by ChE\, All Day \n\nWalk in the Woods\nTree Walk with Environment Curator David Baker\, 11:45am\nCreole Food and Medicine Walk with Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes\, 1pm\nTree Walk with Environment Curator David Baker\, 2:30pm\nFungus Walk with Ecologist Elizabeth MacDougal\, 3:30pm \nSilent auction of one-of-a-kind art objects and experiences\, 11am – 4pm \nFood and drink by Big O’s Original Pops\, Plant Bass Vegan Deli\, Top Notch Creole Creations\, Zony Mash Beer Project and more! \nSuggested donation is $15 per adult\, kids free. All proceeds support the programming of A Studio in the Woods. Pre-sales end at 5pm on Friday\, November 11 – you can always donate at the gate! \nSEE DESCRIPTIONS HERE\nSpecial thanks to our FORESTival Committee:\nJeff Bromberger\, Entrepreneur \nAngelle Bradford\, Sierra Club \nKaitlynn Joshua\, EarthWorks\nTeddy McGlynn-Wright\, Board Member\nAlexandra Mora\, Board member \nRenee Peck\, Board member \nRobert Taylor\, Algiers Economic Development Foundation  \nFORESTival is made possible by the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation\, New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund\, Earthworks\, The Solutions Project\, Zony Mash Beer Project\, Walmart Giving\, Ten Nineteen Gallery\, WWNO\, Cresent City Auction Gallery\, Mary & Larry Antonini\, Thomas & Ellen Prewitt\, Ellen & Mac Ball\, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Brennan\, Jr.\, Joe M. Carmichael\, Lee Dupont\, Alicia Franck & Brinkley Serkedakis\, Jacqueline Sullivan\, Emily Wilkerson\, and Constance Willems. \n \n \n 
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/forestival-a-celebration-of-art-and-nature-6-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221128T123922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:6029-1670061600-1670176800@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf at Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join current Special Collaboration Resident Brandon Ballengée at the Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival to learn more about Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf. 10am-6pm on Saturday\, December 3 and Sunday\, December 4. \nBrandon will share his knowledge of gulf fishes and engage festival-goers with art activities about them. Fishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes\, found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nSearching for Ghosts of the Gulf brings artist\, biologist and educator Brandon Ballengée to A Studio in the Woods for a community-based residency with Plaquemines Parish coastal communities. Through participatory art and science\, this project will explore missing Gulf of Mexico fish species with youth\, fishermen\, and community members that are themselves under threat.
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/searching-for-the-ghosts-of-the-gulf-at-plaquemines-parish-orange-festival/
LOCATION:Fort Jackson\, 38039 LA-23\, Buras\, LA\, 70041
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221208T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221020T140310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:5969-1670524200-1670533200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Artist Salon with Simi Kang\, Nailah Jefferson\, and Laurie Sumiye
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Resident Simi Kang and a collaborative project by Rising Residents Nailah Jefferson and Laurie Sumiye. They will each give short a presentation on their work followed by a light dinner and refreshments. Registration required below. \nSimi Kang is a mixed Sikh American community advocate\, educator\, artist\, and scholar. Their work centers Asian American collaborative resistance as a site for imagining environmentally and economically just futures in southeast Louisiana. Their project\, Mapping Shrimping Futures\, directly addresses the severity of multiple and layered climate crises in southeast Louisiana and asks its residents what futures they would most like to see. The project engages community-based organizations and Southeast Asian American fishing families to create audio and physical story maps. Through this\, the project aims to re-emplace stories and experiences that are kept out of official maps about climate change\, population density\, and the health of our water and land. \nWith nature as their guide\, New Orleans-born filmmaker Nailah Jefferson and Hawaii-born artist Laurie Sumiye\, from two different tourist-driven\, coastal economies grappling with climate-caused sea rise will explore the historical effects invasive species have on fragile native ecosystems and relate it to the growing threat of gentrification in their neighborhoods. They ask the question\, “Can equity be maintained when invasion occurs?” \nNailah Jefferson is a native New Orleans filmmaker intrigued and inspired by the enduring human spirit\, whose films span fiction and nonfiction. Her acclaimed work has been distributed domestically and internationally on the film festival circuit\, theatrically and televised. \nLaurie Sumiye is a conceptual artist & storyteller whose work about nature and species extinction plays with themes of reciprocity\, care and spirituality. Her cross-disciplinary practice spans drawing\, painting\, animation\, sculpture\, installation\, film and immersive media. \nThis program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM  \nRegister here for Artist Salon with Simi Kang\, Nailah Jefferson\, and Laurie Sumiye
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/artist-salon-with-simi-kang-nailah-jefferson-and-laurie-sumiye/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221114T134840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7576-1673548200-1673557200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Artist Salon with Zeelie Brown and Rachel Lin Weaver
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Residents Zeelie Brown and Rachel Lin Weaver. They will each give short a presentation on their work followed by a light dinner and refreshments. Registration required below. \nZeelie Brown’s first art museum was the pine woods in Alabama. They make Black&queer wilderness refuges called “soulscapes” to (re)imagine what nature might be. Zeelie is currently working with the MIT Department of Architecture\, NOMAS\, and Group Project to create sustainable human waste solutions in their native rural Alabama. While in residence\, Zeelie will work on Little Creole Gardens\, which aims to tend a revolutionary front of Black wilderness which rages against the tide of white greed threatening to drown our world. To that aim\, they will spend six weeks designing a creole liberation wild garden — via research in New Orleans’ wealth of archives of Gulf South visual and material culture\, providing a solid groundwork for future acts within a creole aesthetic of survival. \nRachel Lin Weaver is an artist whose work spans video\, installation\, sculpture\, and performance. Weaver’s creative interests relate directly to an upbringing in rural Alaska and West Virginia\, and their projects explore intersectional identity\, queer/trans embodiment\, memory\, and interdependence. While in residence\, Weaver will work on MOSQUITO DANCE. Created through partnerships with tropical medicine researchers\, entomologists\, and Native elders\, MOSQUITO DANCE is a two-part experimental short film and video/projection mapping installation. Looking closely at mosquitos as vectors and cultural symbols\, the project contends with disease history in New Orleans and the greater American South\, climate crisis-caused tropical disease spikes (which correlate to booms in mosquito population)\, and Louisiana American Indian community resilience in the face of climate crisis. \nThis program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM  \nRegister here for Artist Salon with Zeelie Brown and Rachel Lin Weaver
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/artist-salon-with-zeelie-brown-and-rachel-lin-weaver-2/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230128T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230128T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221222T094925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7584-1674899100-1674907200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Fishes: Masters of Adaptation – Workshop and Tour of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée for an art-science workshop on Gulf fish species diversity\, natural history\, and specimen drawing! We will tour Tulane University’s Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (the most extensive collection of preserved fishes on the planet!) in Belle Chasse\, followed by a drawing workshop on-site in one of the fish labs. \nFishes are the most successful vertebrates (animals with backbones) ever to occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience\, inhabiting almost all bodies of water on our planet\, and scientists have described over 34\,000 species\, with new species being found all the time! However\, overfishing\, oil spills\, and changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes found nowhere else in the world\, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades. \nThis event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf\, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nRegistration is required.  \nRegister here for Workshop with Brandon Ballengée
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/fishes-masters-of-adaptation-workshop-and-tour-of-the-royal-d-suttkus-fish-collection-5-2/
LOCATION:Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute\, 3705 Main St\, Belle Chasse\, LA\, 70037
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230203T103000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221222T093359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:6113-1675414800-1675420200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Walk in the Woods with Studio Botanist David Baker to learn about his work and the land first-hand. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency is changing the forest. The event is free but registration is required. \nFriday\, February 3 at 9 am at A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans\, LA 70131. \nThis program is sponsored by the New Orleans Town Gardeners. \nRegister here for Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/hurricane-ecology-walk-in-the-woods-with-david-baker-3/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221215T132220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:7580-1675857600-1675861200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Replenish Residency Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online information session about Replenish Residencies. Staff will give an overview of the application process and residency experience then field questions from attendees. \nReplenish Residencies provide 1-2 week restorative visioning retreats to local BIPOC artists and culture bearers; the heart of New Orleans culture. In light of the many racial disparities still present in our society at large and the arts economy specifically\, we offer these residencies to provide time to rest and restore\, vision and create. The call is open to BIPOC artists and culture bearers from the Greater New Orleans area who have not attended a residency before. Details and application here.\nReplenish Residency Info Session\n\nHeader image by Virginia Hanusik
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/replenish-residency-info-session-2-2/
LOCATION:Zoom – register to receive link
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230227T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221222T093415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
UID:6116-1677488400-1677499200@astudiointhewoods.org
SUMMARY:Woods Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Environmental Curator David Baker’s work\, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area. \n9am – 12pm on Monday\, February  27. Registration is required\, and lunch will be provided. \n  \nRegister Here – Woods Volunteer Day
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/woods-volunteer-day-5/
LOCATION:A Studio in the Woods\, 13401 Patterson Rd\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70131\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225343
CREATED:20221222T111637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T193435Z
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SUMMARY:Rising Residency Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online information session about Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies. Staff will give an overview of the application process and residency experience and then field questions from attendees. \nRising: Climate in Crisis Residencies at A Studio in the Woods invite artists to be agents of change in guiding our collective understanding\, response\, and vision as we shape our shared future. \nArtists play a vital role in facing the climate crisis. We encourage artists to guide our collective response to this challenging issue while bringing wisdom\, integrity\, optimism and even humor to intentional projects seeking transformation for our species and our planet. Southeast Louisiana’s land and inhabitants are continually challenged by the effects of environmental degradation. As sea levels and temperatures rise\, our landscape acts as a microcosm of the global environment. We look for ways to reimagine our interactions with our shifting urban and natural ecosystems. Rising Residencies provide artists with time\, space\, funding\, and staff support to foster critical thinking in the creation of new works – igniting our imaginations while illuminating our challenges and inspiring solutions. \nWe are open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental and cultural issues. We ask artists to describe in detail how our unique region will affect their work\, propose a public component to their residency\, and suggest ways how they will engage with the local community. Details and application here. \nRegister for Rising Info Session
URL:https://astudiointhewoods.org/event/rising-residency-info-session-3-2/
LOCATION:Zoom – register to receive link
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