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SUMMARY:Casting our Biofacts
DESCRIPTION:Casting Our Biofacts\nCast metal artifacts (small sculpture\, wearables\, pocket toys)\nfrom Westwood Hills Nature Center \nExperience the ecology of the park through the cast metal process. \nVisitors 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. \nMONDAY\, August 19\n6-7:30pm            Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take \nTUESDAY\, August 20\n12-4pm                Visit with Sara on the WOW bus \nWEDNESDAY\, August 21\n10-11:30am     Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take\n*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. \n12-4pm                Visit with Sara on the WOW bus \nTHURSDAY\, August 22\n12-4pm                Visit with Sara on the WOW bus \n6-7:30pm           Visitor walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take \nFRIDAY\, August 23\n12-4pm                Visit with Sara on the WOW bus \nSATURDAY\, August 24\n10-4pm                Make + Take Event\nHop on the WOW bus and choose a mold\, pour pewter\, do minimal finishing work to create your own small sculpture\, wearable or pocket toy.\n3:30-5pm           Project SOAR walk with a naturalist and cast metal Make + Take \nSATURDAY\, September 7\n10-4pm                St. Louis Park Art Fair\nSt Louis Park Rec Center\nSouvenir Artifact Make + Take\nParticipants 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. \nSara 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. \nWestwood Hills Nature Center\nwww.stlouisparkmn.gov/government/departments-divisions/parks-rec/westwood-hills-nature-center\nProject SOAR\nwww.projectsoarmn.org\nWOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show\nwww.wowmobilemetallab.com\nSt. Louis Park Friends of the Arts and St. Louis Park Art Fair\nwww.slpfota.org \nSara 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.
URL:https://wowmobilemetallab.com/event/casting-our-biofacts/
LOCATION:Westwood Hills Nature Center\, 8300 West Franklin Avenue\, St. Louis Park\, 55426
CATEGORIES:Art-Object Making
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