Lori and Interpreting PLACE
Make your kids "artists-in-residence" by creating a layered mixed media art piece that celebrates
Michigan land and lore. Explore, discover and interpret the spirit of Michigan through the senses and
art!
Artists as naturalists record what they see. hear, and feel outdoors. "Come to your senses" and record
your own experience while teaching stewardship and personal connection with place. Learn sketching
basics, use texture and watercolor techniques. Hitting the trail and taking your art outside can be fun
and relaxing.
Lori Taylor, artist and illustrator, naturalist and author, Artist-in-residence in 2007 for Sleeping Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore and 2008 Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park will take you on a virtual
vacation for you to record.
Cost: $ 350 (maximum 30 students, ages 6 and up to adult)
Duration: 1 hour
*Price includes some paper materials.
Collage WORKSHOP
Got a favorite nature theme? A no stress, fun collage class! This no stress, fun collage class will have
you learning watercolor, composition, and collage techniques to create your own work of art on a small
canvas ready to hang. Let your imagination and creativity go wild by adding natural materials, fibers
and text to tell and preserve your nature story.
Cost: $ 75/3 hr. ADULT class (maximum 15 students--price includes small canvas) **
$ 375 for 1 1/2 hr. CHILDREN'S class (ages 6 and up, maximum 30 students)*
*Price includes some paper materials.
**Tools to bring: glue stick, white glue, watercolor, brushes, pencil. Fun stuff to bring: sticks,
feathers, dried or pressed flowers, photos to paint from, bits of letters, music etc.
Make your kids "artists-in-residence" by creating a layered mixed media art piece that celebrates
Michigan land and lore. Explore, discover and interpret the spirit of Michigan through the senses and
art!
Artists as naturalists record what they see. hear, and feel outdoors. "Come to your senses" and record
your own experience while teaching stewardship and personal connection with place. Learn sketching
basics, use texture and watercolor techniques. Hitting the trail and taking your art outside can be fun
and relaxing.
Lori Taylor, artist and illustrator, naturalist and author, Artist-in-residence in 2007 for Sleeping Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore and 2008 Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park will take you on a virtual
vacation for you to record.
Cost: $ 350 (maximum 30 students, ages 6 and up to adult)
Duration: 1 hour
*Price includes some paper materials.
Collage WORKSHOP
Got a favorite nature theme? A no stress, fun collage class! This no stress, fun collage class will have
you learning watercolor, composition, and collage techniques to create your own work of art on a small
canvas ready to hang. Let your imagination and creativity go wild by adding natural materials, fibers
and text to tell and preserve your nature story.
Cost: $ 75/3 hr. ADULT class (maximum 15 students--price includes small canvas) **
$ 375 for 1 1/2 hr. CHILDREN'S class (ages 6 and up, maximum 30 students)*
*Price includes some paper materials.
**Tools to bring: glue stick, white glue, watercolor, brushes, pencil. Fun stuff to bring: sticks,
feathers, dried or pressed flowers, photos to paint from, bits of letters, music etc.
workshops . . . for all ages
ART in the
Parks!
Parks!
| TEACHERS, ADULTS, LIBRARIANS, SCOUT LEADERS and KIDS!! Lori's art and nature workshops will have you "come to your senses", learn basic drawing and watercolor techniques and get you and your kids "WILD" for their own outdoor experience. Select a class below or call Lori to create a class! |
Stories
| Lori Taylor is "getting kids INTO nature!" |
Lori Taylor
ARTwild
GOT NATURE?
GOT NATURE?
ARTIST WORKSHOP
Cost: *$425 (maximum 30 students)
Duration: 1 hour
*Price includes some paper materials
ASSEMBLY/AUDITORIUM TALK
Cost: $325
Duration: 1 hour presentation
*Prices include travel expenses up to 100 miles round
trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will be added to
distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Cost: *$425 (maximum 30 students)
Duration: 1 hour
*Price includes some paper materials
ASSEMBLY/AUDITORIUM TALK
Cost: $325
Duration: 1 hour presentation
*Prices include travel expenses up to 100 miles round
trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will be added to
distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Getting to know NATURE
Drawing is a great way to get to know
nature better!
Lori will get kids:
Drawing is a great way to get to know
nature better!
Lori will get kids:
- SHARPENING wildlife watching tools
- SKETCHING to see more wildlife
- READING and recording a landscape
- DRAWING detail from “biofacts”
- MAKING an accordion-style personal
"field note” guide.
ARTwild:
With Lori Taylor!
With Lori Taylor!
Getting WILD
with Holly Wild!
with Holly Wild!
Prices include travel expenses up to 100
miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per
mile will be added to distances greater
than 100 round-trip miles.
miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per
mile will be added to distances greater
than 100 round-trip miles.
| email: lori@loritaylorart.com phone: 734.223.8612 |
| *Contact me! email: lori@loritaylorart.com phone: 734.223.8612 |
are everywhere---among the bones and stones and
feathers and fur! Through art, story and obeservation
skills, discover Michigan's wildlife and wild lore with Lori
as she shares her stories from the "shores of Gitche
Gumee" to the wilds of the Upper Peninsula.
feathers and fur! Through art, story and obeservation
skills, discover Michigan's wildlife and wild lore with Lori
as she shares her stories from the "shores of Gitche
Gumee" to the wilds of the Upper Peninsula.
Lori's Holly Wild Art Class for school or library
"Getting Wild with HOLLY WILD", covers everything from how Lori's book, HOLLY WILD: Bamboozled
on Beaver Island, was written to showing kids how to make their own portable exploration kit that
they can take anywhere outdoors to gather their own stories.
Children will learn how to be an explorer or "GeEK" (Geo-Explorer Kid) by:
Ask for a special guest appearance from "Kenny" the corn snake!
Books will be availabable for purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
Holly Wild Art Class:
Duration: 1hour
Cost: $ 450* (Includes one SPECIAL HW Mini-Explorer Kit per child)
Ages 6 and up, limit 30
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will be added to
distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
"Getting Wild with HOLLY WILD", covers everything from how Lori's book, HOLLY WILD: Bamboozled
on Beaver Island, was written to showing kids how to make their own portable exploration kit that
they can take anywhere outdoors to gather their own stories.
Children will learn how to be an explorer or "GeEK" (Geo-Explorer Kid) by:
- Learning how to sharpen their senses to observe nature through game play
- Discovering the Scientific Method through class participation
- Connecting with nature as an "artist in residence" with writing and art
- Making their own "field notebook" to take out on explorations
- Discussing the four requirements needed for a healthy home and habitat
Ask for a special guest appearance from "Kenny" the corn snake!
Books will be availabable for purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
Holly Wild Art Class:
Duration: 1hour
Cost: $ 450* (Includes one SPECIAL HW Mini-Explorer Kit per child)
Ages 6 and up, limit 30
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will be added to
distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Author Visit/Assembly Presentation
Designed for a larger group, the assembly presentation is designed to show kids how to be a "GeEK"
by exploring the outdoors using art and writing and how to "read" nature.Special quest appearance by
"Kenny" the Corn Snake.
Books will be available for purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
Author Visit/Assembly Presentation:
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: $350
*Ages 6 and up, no limit
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will
be added to distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Designed for a larger group, the assembly presentation is designed to show kids how to be a "GeEK"
by exploring the outdoors using art and writing and how to "read" nature.Special quest appearance by
"Kenny" the Corn Snake.
Books will be available for purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
Author Visit/Assembly Presentation:
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: $350
*Ages 6 and up, no limit
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will
be added to distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Getting WILD
with Holly Wild!
Assembly
Author
Visit
with Holly Wild!
Assembly
Author
Visit
1/2 HOUR Author Visit/Classroom Presentation
Designed for a single classroom, Lori will come in and read from her book "Holly Wild: Bamboozled on
Beaver Island" and give a short presentation.
Books will be available for students and teachers to purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
1/2 hour Author Visit/Assembly Presentation:
Grades K through 5
$125* (Please add $40 for each additional same day classroom visit)
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will
be added to distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Designed for a single classroom, Lori will come in and read from her book "Holly Wild: Bamboozled on
Beaver Island" and give a short presentation.
Books will be available for students and teachers to purchase at a special school price of $10 each.
1/2 hour Author Visit/Assembly Presentation:
Grades K through 5
$125* (Please add $40 for each additional same day classroom visit)
*Price includes travel expenses up to 100 miles round trip. A fee of .50 cents per mile will
be added to distances greater than 100 round-trip miles.
Getting WILD
Holly Wild 1/2
Hour
Author
Visit
Holly Wild 1/2
Hour
Author
Visit
