For Ages 11-Adult. As the days grow colder and nights longer, let’s shed a little more light on our lives in the months ahead by making eco-friendly art together. In this hands-on workshop, we will first explore the popular Danish and Norwegian concept of hygge: the experience of warmth and cozy contentment in everyday life. Taking inspiration from this idea, as well as artists who utilize light as their medium, we’ll repurpose ordinary materials into playful illuminated sculptures for the spaces we inhabit. This process will engage our inherent creativity and provide a fun opportunity to play with color, shapes, light, and shadow. The resulting artworks will infuse our homes with a bit of hyggelig atmosphere and along with it bring a greater sense of well-being to each participant.

Please note that this is a virtual program to be held on Zoom. Bags with materials to be used in the craft can be picked up at the library's Circulation Desk from 1:00 pm on 12/6 to 5:00 pm on the night of the program. A Zoom link will be emailed to all registered participants in the late afternoon of 12/9. 

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

Susan Lynn Smith of Second Nature Arts

Susan 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. Since 2008, Susan has been staff at The Oxbow School in Napa, CA, where she was faculty for Oxbow Summer Art Camp before taking on the directorial role from 2011-2020. In 2010, she co-founded Green Art Workshop, a San Francisco based nonprofit (est. 2012) for which she acted as co-director and lead facilitator of through 2019. Her photography can be seen at susanlynnsmith.com.