Neolithic in Technicolor

Join Iris is this course at the beautiful Sitka Center of Art & Ecology located on Cascade Head on the Oregon Coast near Lincoln City.

Ancestors around the world carved designs into rock - documenting important ideas for the generations to come. We are their future. Using tools from the natural dyer’s tool kit we will paint and print images from rock art onto cloth - transforming them into polychromatic splendor in the dye pots. Using some of the same dyes worn by the carvers themselves drawing these designs opens us up to mystery, evoking questions around meaning and our place in the cosmos. Students will make samples and a large piece.

Students are encouraged to research rock art found in their ancestral landscapes to work with.

Venue: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology - Otis , Oregon

https://www.sitkacenter.org/workshops/3380-neolithic-in-technicolor-ancient-designs-on-modern-cloth