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      Drop-In Art Activity

      Painting with Natural Pigments

      Painting with Natural Pigments

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      In-person event
      Location: Create Space Studios

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      On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we honor the sovereignty, resilience and immense contributions that Native Americans have made to the world. Join us for an art making activity and other programming to respectfully acknowledge and celebrate Indigenous communities.

      Celebrate the abundant, vibrant colors found in nature and use them to make art. Join artist and educator Katherine Hagman (Lumbee) and create watercolor paintings with everything from turmeric to beets!

      About the artist

      Katherine Hagman

      Katherine Hagman (Lumbee) is an artist and educator reveling in the spaces where scientific and artistic inquiry collide. Fueled by an eternal curiosity of the world around her, Hagman creates educational experiences that fuse science and culture. She is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and a descendant of Irish and German immigrants. Katherine lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabe, where she is the Michigan State University Science Festival Coordinator and Artistic Director of Inquiry Arts.

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