Photos by moJoosh
Join us to celebrate nature’s seasonal offerings while we learn and explore this wonderful youth farm in East New York! Making art to be used for tea appreciation and learn different creative ways to use tea. Believe it or not, we can make our small changes for our planet earth through tea!
Activities include:
Garden Tour and Tea Appreciation 11am
Community Cooking with Tea-Inspired Dishes 12pm: Delight your taste buds with tea-inspired culinary creations prepared by ENY’s local community chef with local farm produces.
DIY Herbal Sachet at 12pm: Craft your own herbal sachet, filled with aromatic herbs from our garden. We will provide some supplies, or you can bring your own fabric for a personal touch
Garden Tour and Lunch at 1pm
Tea Dyed Art Workshop led by Brooklyn-based Artist GGrippo at 2pm: Learn about the artful process of tea dying and paint with oxidizing ink. Go home with your own tea-dyed fabric to use for tea appreciation.
Herbalism Resources: Discover a wealth of herbalism knowledge and resources
Farmers’ Market: Explore our vibrant market filled with fresh, local produce, food and crafts!
Ticket Information: Limited spots. All are welcome! Tickets are donation based with a suggested donation of $10-20.
About GGrippo:
Artist and designer GGrippo has been working in fashion, installation art and photography since the early 80's in Argentina. After working in Europe they moved to NYC and progressively produced several platforms to show their own work as well the work of creators from all over the world: Fashionlab, Firstop, nydesignroom.
GGrippo's art and design work has been shown across numerous design shows, galleries and museums in South America, the USA, Asia and Europe, including: Downtown Design, White Columns, PS1, Vienna's Museums Quartier, Museum of Latin American Art of BA, DrapArt and MOMA. Throughout many years they have collaborated with other contemporary artists and performers creating original costumes, installations and environments.
Their relationship with Tea and plant medicine has brought their practice close to elemental ways of altering fabrics in order to create artwork and fashion pieces.
Learn more here.
Photos @ GGrippo
Autumn Tea 2023 in Prospect Park is part of the Nature Tea series of Tea Arts & Culture. Nature Tea 2023 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
