Join Christopher Luna for a day of poetry on Plas Newydd Farm. Christopher will lead a group of eight to ten writers in a day of mindful exploration of place and poetics. We will read, write and walk in mindful observation. Abby Braithwaite of the Plas Newydd Farm Arts Initiative will lead the group on […]
Join Clark County Poet Laureate Armin Tolentino for a morning of generative poetry on the porch (weather permitting!). Check back soon for more details. This workshop is free, but participants are invited to make a donation to NAACP Vancouver's ACT-SO program for youth. ACT-SO allows students to compete in STEM, humanities, business, performing, visual and culinary arts for scholarship awards. More […]
Wander and Wonder: Writing in the Woods with Jennifer (JP) PerrineThis class, held outdoors in the woods here on Plas Newydd Farm, will guide you in practicing skills associated with shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing—a gentle, meditative approach to being with nature. The class will include several invitations to explore your senses and your relationship with nature, […]
Are you ready for the world to become your palette? This workshop will introduce you to the vibrant world of natural pigments in our ecosystem. You’ll learn how to ethically forage pigments and transform them into any type of paint or ink. You’ll also learn about pigments as a way to creatively engage with ecological […]
Canopy Time walks are mostly monthly walks/rolls/rides on Plas Newydd Farm. Hosted by Abby Braithwaite and David Morgan (and some surprise guests), these adventures give us the chance to explore some of the most beautiful places on the farm, and provide a deeper opportunity to feel the rhythms of the land, observe the comings and goings of migratory birds, watch the bud and bloom of native and invasive plants, swat mosquitoes, and dodge raindrops!
Part nature journaling, part phenological record-keeping, these explorations are a great way to spend more time out on the land than some of our workshops allow.
Bring your journal, your sketchbook, your camera and your senses.
$10 per person. If cost is a barrier, get in touch at arts@pnfarm.com and you will be welcome!
Canopy Time walks are mostly monthly walks/rolls/rides on Plas Newydd Farm. Hosted by Abby Braithwaite and David Morgan (and some surprise guests), these adventures give us the chance to explore some of the most beautiful places on the farm, and provide a deeper opportunity to feel the rhythms of the land, observe the comings and goings of migratory birds, watch the bud and bloom of native and invasive plants, swat mosquitoes, and dodge raindrops!
Come spend a few hours in good company, celebrating light and peace. We so need art—and each other—in these tumultuous times.Please join us on Saturday, December 9th between 10 am and 4 pm for a drop-in open house. We will have warm drinks, snacks, and an array of hands-on arts and crafts activities, including wreath-making, […]
***Canceled***Ecopoetics with Daniela Naomi MolnarWhat does it mean to write WITH a place, to consider a place as a wise collaborator rather than a backdrop? Through guided prompts and examples, this class will explore how place can be a medium that twines with the medium of language within the vessel of a poem. You will […]
In this one-day generative and experiential poetry workshop, participants will delve into the Poetics of Change. The group will have the opportunity to visit three locations on Plas Newydd Farm that will be essential to the future habitat and wetland restoration work planned for the farm. At each location we'll learn a little about the […]
If you pay attention, you can tell time by the forest canopy—twigs and seeds, branches and leaves marking seasons with color, fullness, sway. – Abby Braithwaite, A Portrait of the Artist as a Crone Tree. Canopy Time walks are mostly monthly walks/rolls/rides on Plas Newydd Farm. Hosted by Abby Braithwaite and David Morgan (and some surprise […]
