Enchantment, Foraging and Bookmaking Workshop with Kathleen Sweeney at Kirkside Park

Saturday, September 6, 2025, 10a–1p

Kirkside Park, Kirkside Drive, Roxbury, NY, 12474

For tickets and information go to: www.roxburyartsgroup.org or reach out to headwaters@roxburyartsgroup.org

On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Roxbury Arts Group is offering a unique opportunity for community members to forage for art materials and make their own writing journals in a workshop led by artist Kathleen Sweeney. This workshop, held at Kirkside Park in Roxbury NY will begin at 10am with a guided garden walk to forage for natural art materials which will be used later in the day for creative writing exercises. This workshop is offered with tiered equity pricing at $20–$60. Visit roxburyartsgroup.org for more information and to register.

Drawing on her recent publication The Book of Awe, teaching artist Kathleen Sweeney will help participants explore creative writing and awe walks in nature. Participants will use the natural materials gathered to create unique, hand-sewn collage books. Birch bark, wildflower pigments, lichen and fungi will be woven into one-of-a-kind art objects. Rice paper, silk thread, botanical inks and writing materials will be provided.

Kathleen Sweeney, a multimedia artist, educator and curator, relocated to the Catskills in 2021. Recent exhibitions include Roxbury Arts Group, Termite TV, 1053 Gallery, ArtUp! and AMR Open Studios. She recently published The Book of Awe: Wandering and Rewilding with funding from Delaware County Arts Council. An assistant professor of Media Studies at The New School/Parsons, her projects have been funded by NEA, NYSCA and Ford Foundation. Upcoming curatorial projects include The Symbiocene Era (Bushel Collective, opening October 25, 2025, 4-7pm).

This event is sponsored by Margaretville Telephone Company. All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, The Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and individual supporters.