Building with Natural Materials - Community Building Project Session 3

Building with Natural Materials - Community Building Project Session 3

Join us for a community building project led by 2025 PMRCAA Resident Artist Sean Whalen.

By Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

Date and time

Monday, July 7 · 3 - 6pm PDT

Location

68467 Three Creek Rd

68467 Three Creek Road Sisters, OR 97759

About this event

  • Event lasts 3 hours

Please join us for this community building project led by 2025 PMRCAA Resident Artist Sean Whalen!

Date: July 7th

Time: 3 - 6 p.m.

Location: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture


Join Multidisciplinary Artist Sean Whalen in this community building sculptural project at Pine Meadow Ranch!

Over three sessions, participants will work together to create a sculptural windbreak on Pine Meadow Ranch property. Working together, participants will gain knowledge and experience using natural and reclaimed materials in an architectural application. Get ready to dig in and build!


Project Outline:

  • June 30th - Session 1: Participants will build the windbreak form using brush.
  • July 1st - Session 2: Participants will plaster the brush form using natural materials.
  • July 7th - Session 3: This is the final session of the project. During this session, participants will seal the windbreak for weathering protection.


This is the third and final project session, where participants will seal the windbreak for weather protection!


All skill levels welcome.

For ages 16 and older. Those under age 16 may attend accompanied by an adult.


Optional Materials to bring:

  • Rubber Gloves
  • Work Gloves
  • Water bottle

All other materials will be supplied.


About the Instructor:

Sean Whalen is an artist focused on building sustainable architecture using

clay, wood, and other onsite materials. His work is rooted in community practices,

pulling from long-standing traditions of community-led building, repair, and caretaking.

Sean received his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, with a focus in Ceramics

and Social Practice.


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Organized by

Located on a 260-acre working ranch in Sisters, Oregon, the vision of PMRCAA is to connect sustainable agriculture, conservation, arts, and sciences with traditional and contemporary crafts and skills integral to ranching life. Today, PMRCAA operates as a program of the Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation. For more information about the Roundhouse Foundation or PMRCAA please visit www.RoundhouseFoundation.org.

FreeJul 7 · 3:00 PM PDT