In this virtual class hosted by Bedford Gallery & Lindsay Wildlife Experience, meet, learn and draw a live barn owl and red-tailed hawk.
Tickets: $35, purchase tickets here.
Calling all bird lovers and artists! In this special virtual workshop, brought to you by Bedford Gallery and Lindsay Wildlife Experience, you can become a wildlife artist from the comfort of your own home. Participants will meet two of Lindsay Wildlife’s stunning animal ambassadors, Rufous the Red-tailed hawk and Alba the Barn Owl. After a meet and greet with Rufous, participants will grab their pencils for a meditative blind-contour drawing lesson led by artist Hannah Perrine Mode, featuring the gorgeous model Alba.
This engaging workshop ties in science, art, and conservation and is perfect for audiences of all ages. No experience is necessary, and all you need is a pencil and paper to join in the live art instruction. This workshop is held in conjunction with Bedford Gallery’s current exhibition Bird, Nest, Nature which features over 150 artists inspired by creatures of flight, and can be viewed online at bgviewingroom.org.
About Lindsay Wildlife Experience:
Lindsay Wildlife is the country’s first wildlife hospital, a zoological organization, and an educational museum specializing in native California wildlife. Every year their veterinarians, husbandry experts, biologists, and teachers treat more than 5,000 wild animal patients, care for the 70 animal ambassadors that call Lindsay home, and educate approximately 100,000 people. Their mission is to connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share.
About Bedford Gallery:
Bedford Gallery, a program of the City of Walnut Creek, exhibits the work of historic, modern, and contemporary artists. The Bedford is dedicated to providing the public with opportunities to learn about visual arts through public programs that are varied, accessible, challenging, and educational. Its mission is to provide exhibitions and other programs that both reflect and engage the diverse audiences of the entire Contra Costa region.
About Hannah Perrine Mode:
Hannah Perrine Mode is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the confluence of visual art, community storytelling and polar science. She creates objects and installations as proxies for climate change, Earth systems, and human connection. Through public engagement and performance, she facilitates ways to bring the vastness of geologic time to an intimate human scale. Often combining place-based making with participatory events, she teaches art as a tool for creative thinking, science communication, and public outreach – utilizing abstract art to deepen connection to geologic forces and foster an intersectional approach to climate justice.
Hannah has an MFA in Studio Art from Mills College and a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College. She is currently the Barstow Artist-in-Residence at Central Michigan University.