Mother Nature has always served as one of the most impactful sources of inspiration to humankind. Many artists like Goldsworthy, Walter Mason, Bryan Nash Gill and Nils Udo directly manipulate and use nature in their work. During this series, children will learn about artists that are heavily inspired by nature and will explore, hands-on, the materials and methods these artists use.Some projects will include, nature rubbings, cyanotypes and found object collages.

for ages 6-8

Meet the Teacher

Artist, mother and nature enthusiast. Jamie has been a youth art teacher, coach and mentor for over 10 years. Her passion for educating and inspiring future generations to take ownership of environmental issues is the driving force behind her work. She has a 7-year-old son and you can often find them in a creek looking for salamanders and crayfish.

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Beginning in 2022, Fox Haven will pay $2 from every ticket sale to the Piscataway Land Trust as a LandBack tax for the land Fox Haven inhabits. Land taxes to indigenous nations function similarly to paying rent or a home mortgage. Payments such as a mortgage provide access to living space, whereas LandBack taxes recognize our access to stolen Indigenous land.

The Piscataway Land Trust is a long-term Indigenous-led effort led by the 501(c)(3) Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians Inc. to restore and rematriate ancestral land and sovereignty in the Chesapeake region to Piscataway and other Chesapeake Indigenous people. To learn more or pay land tax, visit: https://www.piscatawayindians.com/projects