Cyanotype, also called sun-printing, is an early photographic process that produces blue and white prints. It is usually done in bright sunlight, but can also produce beautiful images on overcast days, and can be done indoors with a specialized UV light. You’ll have a chance to try both sunlight and artificial light.

In this 2-hour workshop, we will work with 5x7 watercolor paper and will use a variety of objects, including feathers, dried ferns, evergreen branches, paper snowflakes, and chandelier prisms to make woodland-inspired scenes.  

Sip on wine, tea or seltzer as part of this adults-only class, which is suitable for artists of all levels who are at least 21 years old. All materials and beverages provided.

Explore nature at the Wendell Gilley Museum, and create your own nature journal filled with your observations in words and art.

Nature Journaling is a great way to explore nature wherever you go and to record all the wonderful things you discover. Participants will create a personal notebook to take outdoors, and use all of their senses to ask questions about what they observe.

Then they’ll write and draw (or paint) to capture the details of what they found. This is a great opportunity to find amazing details in the natural world.

Suitable for those age 9 and older.

Class size is limited.

Matt is one of the world’s leading wildlife filmmakers and an Emmy-nominated and award-winning wildlife cinematographer. He has spent his professional life working in our planet’s most remote and wild places. His current project is Birds of America, a feature film with an ambitious conservation agenda that seeks to fundamentally change the way we look at and engage with the natural world in the face of climate change and habitat loss.

Sign up for the Bird Olympics and see how you compare with the avian world as you compete in different physical events. Can you run as fast as a crow flies? How long can you balance on one leg like a flamingo? How tall are you compared to a Great Blue Heron? How wide is your "wingspan"? See how your "wing beats" compare with a variety of birds. At the Sensory Station discover how strong your hearing, eyesight, and sense of smell and touch are. Join Museum Educator Cynthia Ocel for this interactive program to learn about the adaptations birds have that allow them to fly, find food, and migrate long distances. This is a family program suitable for children 5 and older accompanied by an adult.