Community Coloring Books w/Second Nature Arts

Studies show that coloring books help reduce stress, increase mindfulness, and foster creativity. So, let's kick back and relax together in this colorful craft program. First, we will take our time making meditative marks, shapes, and patterns that reflect our personalities and experience of the present moment. Then, we'll learn how to bind copies of each participant’s drawings into unique collaborative books. Once complete, we’ll be ready to color our days away! secondnaturearts.org

*This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wakefield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council.

Susan Lynn Smith holds a BFA from New York University and a MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work as been exhibited at the Visual Studies Workshop, Gulf and Western Gallery, International Center of Photography, Cantor Film Center, Fort Mason Center, Root Division, San Francisco City Hall, MarinMOCA, Cordon | Potts Gallery, Diego Rivera Gallery, RayKo Photo Center, Inclusions Gallery, The Bascom, Berkeley Art Center, and Upstream Gallery. Susan has been an artist-in-residence at VCCA, Penland School of Craft, The Hambidge Center, Vyt - Art Students League of NY, The Rensing Center, and the Lillian E. Smith Center. In 2008, Susan joined staff at The Oxbow School in Napa, CA, first as faculty for Oxbow Summer Art Camp and then as director of the program from 2011-2020. She also co-founded Green Art Workshop in 2010, a San Francisco based nonprofit (est. 2012) for which she acted as co-director and a lead facilitator of programs through 2019. Most recently, Smith founded Second Nature Arts, which aims to ignite creativity that fosters mindful connections with art, nature, and community.