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Casting our Biofacts
August 24 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Casting Our Biofacts
Cast metal artifacts (small sculpture, wearables, pocket toys)
from Westwood Hills Nature Center
Experience the ecology of the park through the cast metal process.
Visitors of Westwood Hills Nature Center and learners from Project SOAR (a community education program for adults with disabilities) are invited to participate in workshops with artist, Sara Hanson/WOW Mobile Metal Lab (retired MTC city bus turned workshop on wheels) and Nature Center naturalists to collect natural elements from the park, create molds and metal castings for a Souvenir Artifact Make + Take that will be offered to a larger audience during the St. Louis Park Art Fair, Saturday, September 4, 10-5pm.
MONDAY, August 19
6-7:30pm Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
TUESDAY, August 20
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
WEDNESDAY, August 21
10-11:30am Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
*look for an early morning live interview with Sara on the WOW bus featured on WCCO/CBS Minnesota stream at 6:15am/6:40am and later at 9am, noon and 4pm.
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
THURSDAY, August 22
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
6-7:30pm Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
FRIDAY, August 23
12-4pm Visit with Sara on the WOW bus
SATURDAY, August 24
10-4pm Make + Take Event
Hop on the WOW bus and choose a mold, pour pewter, do minimal finishing work to create your own small sculpture, wearable or pocket toy.
3:30-5pm Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take
SATURDAY, September 7
10-4pm St. Louis Park Art Fair
St Louis Park Rec Center
Souvenir Artifact Make + Take
Participants are invited to choose one of the molds that was made during the workshops to cast on the WOW to create their own small sculpture, wearable or pocket toy. Project SOAR participants will be docents to invite fair-goers, share the process and guide them through the process.
Sara Hanson is the 2023 recipient of the Arts and Culture grant made possible from The St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts. All participation is free and open to the public. Ages 5+ for cast metal Make + Take.
Westwood Hills Nature Center
www.stlouisparkmn.gov/government/departments-divisions/parks-rec/westwood-hills-nature-center
Project SOAR
www.projectsoarmn.org
WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show
www.wowmobilemetallab.com
St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts and St. Louis Park Art Fair
www.slpfota.org
Sara Hanson is a Minneapolis-based public artist, cast metal maker and educator. Her artistic practice includes public sculptures/projects (Bio Scenic Travel Machines), operating the WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show and teaching/collaborating within communities to create cast metal public sculpture. She creates and brings accessible opportunities for individuals and communities to participate in or interact with an art project or creative process that invites personal expression/collective vision and the opportunity to share it with a larger audience.