Tule 'Sugar-' and Berry-Gathering Basket Workshop with Charles Kennard

Saturday, November 1, 9:30am-3:30pm
Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
$80. All skill levels welcome. Pre-registration required:
http://www.lagunafoundation.org/laguna_walks_classes.shtml

Here is a real treat of a workshop with weaving expert, Charles (Charlie) Kennard. Enjoy a delightful day full of hands-on learning in Heron Hall and around the peaceful Laguna Environmental Center grounds. We will make an Owens Valley Paiute-style scoop-shaped basket using several uncommon weaving techniques. This is a rare type of basket, known from a collection in Chicago, and once used for gathering, and for storing honeydew. Most workshop supplies, as well as light snacks and hot drinks are provided. All skill levels welcome!

Charles Kennard, a resident of San Anselmo, is a long-time student of California Indian basketry, and practices a wide variety of basketry techniques using local plants. He has taught for the Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM), Point Reyes Field Institute, UC Botanical Garden, in many schools and at teacher trainings. Tule boats made in his workshops can be seen at the Laguna Environmental Center, California Academy of Sciences, the Bay Model in Sausalito, and in the collection of the Oakland Museum. A sinuous 150-foot woven fence he made borders the East Garden of the Academy of Sciences. Charlie is also active in native habitat restoration in Marin, managing several projects for the Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed.

For more information, see www.lagunafoundation.org

Or contact Anita Smith, Public Education Coordinator Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation

(707) 527-9277 x 110, anita@lagunafoundation.org