Youth Pine Bark Class
August 15th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm or August 16th, 9:00am – 11:00am. Youth Pine Bark Class – Foraging Baskets
Kids aged 9-16, join The Wethersfield Academy for the Arts on either Thursday, August 15, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, or Friday, August 16, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM to learn the traditional craft of making baskets from folded pine bark from a locally harvested American White Pine. Each participant will create a unique Northeast Woodland Native American-style container by cutting, folding, shaping, and sewing the bark, and attaching a rim. Everyone will take home a distinctive container!
This youth class is $37 and all materials will be provided. Pine bark is sappy so please wear clothes that can get dirty, and bring gloves that can get sappy!
For more details, go to www.wethersfieldarts.org, e-mail info@wethersfieldarts.org or call 860-994-8304.