I Am the Tree, the Tree Is Me

The exhibit, a collaboration of the NYC-based Touchstone Center and Minneapolis artist Lilly Crawford, includes the art and poetry of NYC public school children, the writings of poet and educator Richard Lewis, and Crawford’s plant photography, all inviting us to consider our own connection to plants. In addition, this varied exhibit highlights image-poem pairings and animations from the Touchstone Publication A Breathing of Leaves, and documentation of the Tree of Knowing project from which the children’s artwork emerged. Four, free workshops accompany the exhibit.

Four free workshops:

Being and Becoming, Our Tree of Imagining (same day as reception)
Saturday, April 11, 10:00-11:30, all ages, Doty Boardroom, Minneapolis Central Library
Create your own “Tree of Imagining” through art and writing with special guests, writer Richard Lewis and artist Carol Grocki Lewis.

Plant-Animals! Workshop for ages 1 to 100
Tuesday, April 14, 11-1, Cargill Gallery, Minneapolis Central Library
Make shadow-play plant animals and tiny books.

What A Tree Knows, What A Tree Imagines
Saturday, May 2, 1:30-3, Cargill Gallery/Doty Boardroom, Minneapolis Central Library
Parents and teachers explore how children connect with nature.

Plant-Animals! Workshop especially for children
Saturday, May 16, 2-3:30 drop-in artmaking, Cargill Gallery, Minneapolis Central Library
Drop-in artmaking for children with shadow-play plant animals.

Event image by Lilly Crawford, Milkweed Pair