Art & Sip: Barn Quilts
Friday, November 14, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM in the Fine Art Studio
Join us for Art & Sips every Friday evening in November and December in the Fine Art Studio for a relaxed, creative start to your weekend!
In this class, instructor Mariah Reading will guide you step-by-step as you learn to plan, tape, and paint a classic quilt-square pattern onto a large 2ft x 2ft wooden square. These iconic, colorful squares are traditionally hung on barns, but they make striking, durable artwork for your porch, shed, or home wall, too!
No previous painting experience is necessary. All materials—including the wooden square—are provided, just bring your enthusiasm and your favorite beer or wine to enjoy while you create a piece of art.
About the Instructor: Mariah Reading is an eco-artist and strong
advocate for the existence, preservation, and accessibility of the National Parks. She was born and raised in Bangor, Maine where the surrounding landscape gave her a deep appreciation of nature’s beauty that was reinforced by her degree in Visual Arts at Bowdoin College. The 2016 National Park Centennial propelled her Recycled Landscapes, designed to bring attention to the need of preserving and protecting the environment. Having already visited 33 National Parks, she plans to continue her project in all 63 US National Parks. Mariah has dedicated herself to the field of eco-art through Art Residencies at Denali, Zion, Acadia, Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, working as an Arts In the Parks Volunteer at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, assisting in Yosemite Facelift efforts, developing a K-12 STREAM curriculum with University of California Santa Barbara Oceanography students, and creating conservation workshops with the Channel Islands National Park. She has exhibited work in San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; Fort Collins, CO; McKinley Village, AK; Brunswick, ME; and Kamuela, HI; Poughkeepsie, NY; Davis, CA; Rockland, ME; and Portland, ME. From April through September, Reading has worked as an environmental interpreter.
