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SUMMARY:Play Date in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Explore your creative expression at our third Play Date in the Garden! In partnership with filipina/x cultural organization\, Pinaysphere\, we will have eco-friendly arts and crafts to help you reconnect your heart and soul with the wonders of nature. Join us in this unique blend of creativity and nature appreciation\, forging lasting memories and rekindling the joy of imaginative play. Adult supervision is required. \nArt activity by local youth arts nonprofit\, PINAYSPHERE. Learn more: www.pinaysphere.org \nRegister Here\nFree event with registration \nPlease contact Leila Benoun Kaseke\nat lbenoun@venturamuseum.org with any questions.
URL:https://venturamuseum.org/event/play-date-in-the-garden/
LOCATION:Museum of Ventura County Children’s Garden\, 100 E Main St\, Ventura\, CA\, 93001\, United States
CATEGORIES:@ the MVC Outdoor Garden
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT – Chumash Plant Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT \nFREE Presentation by Jan Timbrook\, Ph.D.\nCurator Emeritus of Ethnography\, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History \nChumash people have used over 150 species of plants for food\, medicine\, raw materials for making clothing\, tools and utensils\, religious practices\, and other items essential to existence. Equally important are the ways in which the Chumash have thought about plants and been affected by them. Dr. Timbrook’s informative\, illustrated talk will provide a glimpse into the fascinating plant world of the Chumash\, including the complex interrelationships between the first people of our region and the environment in which they lived. \nAt 3:00\, the hi stok’oy hil xus Chumash Cultural Group will share alternatives for invasive species and activities fun for the whole family; plant your own milkweed\, peel some ‘ixpaniš (acorns)\, and make a beautiful bracelet from ‘ixpaniš (acorns) and ‘ančum (Olivella shells)! \nAbout the speaker: \nJan Timbrook\, Ph.D.\nJan Timbrook\, Ph.D.\, is an anthropologist and ethnobiologist. Her specialty is the indigenous Chumash people of the Santa Barbara region\, particularly their uses of plants in food\, medicine and basketry. As Curator Emeritus of Ethnography in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Anthropology Department\, nominally retired after 45 years\, she is one of the top experts in Chumash studies. \nChumash leaders facilitating the garden activities are: Alikoi Parra\, Robyne Redwater\, Marianne Parra from hi stok’oy hil xus Chumash Cultural Group \nThis presentation was made possible by a generous grant from the Charles D. and Mary A. Bauer Foundation.
URL:https://venturamuseum.org/event/chumash-plant-knowledge/
LOCATION:Museum of Ventura County Children’s Garden\, 100 E Main St\, Ventura\, CA\, 93001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alan Salazar & Mona Lewis Book Launch & Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday\, March 4 from 2—4pm in the Children’s Garden for a special book launch of Coyote Rescues Hawk: A Chumash Story and reading by Alan Salazar and Mona Lewis. Books will be available for purchase. Admission is free. \nAlan Salazar is a traditional storyteller and elder in the Ferdandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and Chumash tribes. His Tataviam ancestry comes from the Tataviam village of Chaguayanga near Castaic\, Californa and his Chumash ancestry from the Chumash village of Ta’apu\, near Simi Valley.  Alan is actively involved in protecting his ancestor’s village sites and tribal territories.  \nAs a member of the Chumash Maritime Association\, he helped build the first working traditional Chumash plank tomol\, canoe\, in modern times and has paddled in plank canoes for over 22 years.  \nMona Lewis is an artist and arts educator in Los Angeles and Ventura counties\, specializing in revitalizing the lost art of using plant dyes and earth pigments and teaching students how to use them in their work. She has been an educator in Waldorf education 1998\, and is co-director of the Waldorf Practical Arts Teacher Training program. \nMona has illustrated three books for writer Alan Salazar\, exclusively with natural earth pigments. Her own book\, Nature’s Paintbox\, is a collection of easy plant dye and earth pigment projects for artists of all ages.
URL:https://venturamuseum.org/event/alan-salazar-mona-lewis-book-launch-reading/
LOCATION:Museum of Ventura County Children’s Garden\, 100 E Main St\, Ventura\, CA\, 93001\, United States
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