January 4 | 1:30 – 3:30pm
Led by artist and poet Daniela Naomi Molnar, this workshop will introduce you to the vibrant world of painting with pigments. Molnar will first demonstrate how to transform ethically-foraged natural materials into pigments and discuss how pigments are a way to creatively engage with ecological issues, including climate change. Participants will then have the opportunity to experiment with the natural pigments and take home the results. This workshop is appropriate for all skill levels; no experience of any kind is necessary.
Please bring any painting materials you already own, including paper (any size is fine), brushes, a clean rag or two, and any other supplies you like to use, such as pencils, markers, erasers, or pens.
Daniela Naomi Molnar is a poet, artist, and writer who works with color, water, language, and place. She creates paintings using pigments made from plants, bones, stones, rainwater, and glacial melt. Her poems and essays are developed alongside these pigments and paintings, with each practice influencing the other to form new ecologies. Her work is the subject of a front-page feature in the Los Angeles Times, a PBS Oregon Art Beat profile, an entry in the Oregon Encyclopedia, and a feature in Poetry Daily. Her artwork has been shown nationally, is in public and private collections internationally, and has been recognized by numerous grants, fellowships, and residencies. Her debut book, CHORUS, won the 2024 Oregon Book Award for Poetry and was selected by Kazim Ali as the winner of Omnidawn Press’ 1st/2nd Book Award. Forthcoming titles include PROTOCOLS (Ayin Press, 2025), Memory of a Larger Mind (Omnidawn, 2028), and Light / Remains (Bored Wolves Press, 2026). Her work will also be included in the forthcoming Volume 2 of The Ecopoetry Anthology. She founded the Art + Ecology program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and helped start and run the backcountry artist residency Signal Fire. www.danielamolnar.com / Instagram: @daniela_naomi_molnar