Join Lanesboro Artist-in-residence, Martha Bird, for a introductory weaving class On August 23rd! Bird will guide participants through the process of making their very own Brigid's Cross. Participants will learn and practice the required techniques with pipe cleaners, before graduating to working with willow, the artist's preferred medium. Bird spent a month of study in […]

Lanesboro Artist-in-Residence, Martha Bird will be demonstrating a complicated regional French weaving form, the Perigord Technique at the Lanesboro Farmer's market from 9-noon on August 27th. Alongside her live demonstration, Bird will be showing a video recording of one of her pieces and the collaborative dance performance it inspired. As the actual process of weaving […]

Join Lanesboro Artist-in-Residence, Martha Bird, for an opportunity to practice gathering and preparing local willow for weaving! Participants in this hands-on outdoor event will engage in harvesting, sorting and bundling willow at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. The communally collected and processed willow from this event will be used to create the outdoor sculpture that […]

Lanesboro Arts invites community members to the capstone event for Martha Bird's residency, a farewell potluck, discussion, and sculpture reveal on September 8th from 6-8 pm at the Volleyball Picnic Shelter between the Lanesboro Community Center and the Sons of Norway Lodge. Over a shared meal, Bird will unveil the temporary outdoor sculpture she has […]