Art & Nature Workshop: Nature in Your Pocket
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: MDWFP's Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
County: Hinds
For more information please contact Nicole Smith at 601-576-6000 or by email at nicole.smith@mmns.ms.gov
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. DEADLINE: JUNE 25, 2021 at NOON. SPACE IS LIMITED.
Naturalist, historian, and artist Robin Person leads you in creating your own, portable museum in a tin from natural materials, found objects, and your imagination.
Using mint tins as a base, participants will combine leaves, flowers, bones, pods, and other natural objects with images, poetry, and other found or created items.
- $35.00 per person: includes museum admission and all materials.
- no experience required
- for adults and teens
Space is limited. Click here to register.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Robin Person is the founder and owner of OutsideIN MS, a company dedicated to bringing the natural world to everyone, as well as Face in the Sun Custom Jewelry.
She has been involved in the museum world for over 33 years, including 25 years as a director.
She began her “Tin & Tonic” line of miniature diorama-like tins in 2019, and focuses on the themes of nature, fantasy, literature, and science.
The tins are created with natural, found, and created objects; miniatures; wood, fabric, leather, and paper; as well as printed quotes and vintage images.
