Join us at Liljestrand House for a unique, hands-on workshop led by artist and activist Gaye Chan! Learn how to transform discarded baling straps into functional art pieces. Learn the art of upcycling and create your own baskets in this immersive two-part session!

Please note, this is a two-day workshop. Attendance on both days is required! 

What’s Included:

• Kit 1: Materials to craft a waste basket during the workshop
• Kit 2: A take-home kit to create a small basket with handles

Cost: $110 (covers both sessions)

Note: Space is limited. Secure your spot early!

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn sustainable art practices from Gaye Chan and contribute to environmental conservation through creativity!

About the Instructor: Gaye Chan is a conceptual artist who moves between solo and collaborative activities that take place on the web, in publications, streets as well as galleries. Her recent work often ruminates on how cartography and photography simultaneously offer and occlude information. Past exhibition venues include Art in General (New York City), Articule (Montreal), Artspeak (Vancouver), Asia Society (New York City), Gallery 4A (Sydney), Honolulu Museum of Art (Honolulu), SF Camerawork (San Francisco), Southern Exposure (San Francisco), and YYZ Artist Outlet (Toronto).

Chan’s collaborative projects include being a part of Eating in Public, an anti-capitalism project nudging a little space outside of the commodity system. Following the path of pirates and nomads, hunters and gathers, diggers and levelers, they gather at people’s homes, plant free food gardens on private and public land, set up free stores, all without permission.

Gaye Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She received its MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and was a professor of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (1991-2021).

Chan’s work has been supported by Art Matters and the Creative Capital Foundation.