Join us for the opening of Angela Robins’ The Ash Tree Seating Project, an exhibition of chairs made from a single standing dead ash tree from Columbia County. This program will explore the impact of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) on regional ash trees, efforts to identify and preserve EAB-resistant trees, and the traditional craft of chair making. Hands-on woodworking activities will be available for all attendees, followed by a free workshop to build a tiny three-legged stool, limited to 12. All materials will be provided. (For the workshop, youth ages 10 – 16 are invited to participate with an adult.) A handful of white ash saplings will also be available to adopt.
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Exhibition on view in the Ecotopian Collection from October 21 – November 30
Location: Hudson Area Library Community Room
Registration: Registration is required. Please note: registration for the stool-building workshop is currently full, but you are welcome to join the waitlist while planning to attend the rest of the event. Email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792.
The stool-building workshop will include 12 projects, and participants are welcome to work individually, in pairs, or in groups. Please clarify your preference when you register.
Photos by Kate Warren.
Angela Robins is a woodworker and educator based in Claverack, NY. She grew up in the Hudson Valley, and has been creating things out of wood and teaching others for the past 13 years. From canoes to bowls, chairs to spoons, she enjoys making functional objects and using wood from the local landscape.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, in partnership.