Kathleen Sweeney, a multimedia artist, writer, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies at The New School, NY, has exhibited her artwork internationally. Projects have been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA and Ford Foundation, with art residencies at Virginia Center for the Arts, and Cill Rialaig, Ireland. A native New Yorker and lifelong environmentalist, she recently relocated to the woods of Roxbury, NY in 2021.

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Current work weaves practices of open awareness awe walks, foraged forest materials, plant pigment watercolor, birch bark bookmaking, collage, creative writing, and photography inspired by the Catskills ecosystem. A recipient of a 2024 Individual Artist Grant from the Delaware County Arts Council, for a solo show and book launch, The Book of Awe Project: Wandering and Rewilding at Diamond Hollow Books, Andes, NY (Saturday August 3-September 8, 2024), she will also presenting her first curated group show at Bushel Collective "The Symbiocene Era: Artists Envision Environmental Symbiosis" opening October 5-November 3, 2024.

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Kathleen is also hosting AMR Artists first workshop series inspired by her "Book of Awe" project. Go to https://www.kathleensweeney.com/workshops-events for more info and to register for this one of kind opportunity to join a workshop series combining digital detox ,guided meditation and creativity .Explore wonder in the natural world through forest bathing, foraging ,and hands on artistry. Held at the artistʼs woodland studio. All materials provided.