Progress: #5. participate in an art residency / retreat

This will be a summer of satisfying some of the larger goals on this list. For the first, I leave in 1.5 days on a Greyhound to Ottawa (where I will stay for a day, before being relocated to a cottage-style house for an artist residency in Gatineau).

I did a lot of research to find a residency that sounded best suited to me. The Ayatana Artists' Research Program was actually the only one to which I applied, as it was the only one that really piqued my interest. Fortunately, I was accepted to their "Germinate: Botany for Artists" program.

I'm madly excited to learn more about integrating science and nature into my practice. 

Here's the preliminary agenda that we received by email:

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Tentative Germinate Schedule All activities are subject to change according to expert availability. *Asterisks mark meals that you will pay for yourself 

Day 1:12:00  Meet at the National Gallery of Canada cafeteria for *lunch and introduction
1:00  Gatineau park visitor center
3:00  Drive to Residency House
4:00  We invite you to give a private artist talk to share your work with the group.
7:30  Dinner at residency house 

Day 2:
10:00 Tour of the Museum of Natures Herbarium
2:00 Hike the Wild Garden to pick edible and medicinal plants.
5:00 Eco dying workshop  7:00 Dinner at residency house.

Day 3:  10:00 Guided tour of the Arboretum and experimental farm.
3:00 Meet with the Ottawa Society of Botanical Illustrators.
7:30 Dinner at residency house. 

Day 4:
11:00 Meet a krilian photographer for an artist talk and plant EEG demonstration. 3:00 Explore shore line plant life with a river keeper.
&:00 Dinner in Chelsea 

Day 5: 10:00 Visit the research green houses at Carleton University to learn about ethnobotany.
2:00 Hike the woods with an expert on invasive species. 7:30 Dinner at residency house. 

Day 6: 10:00 Visit the Ottawa Seed Library to learn about seed saving and sustainable food. 1:00 Meet with an arborist to learn about caring for and climbing trees.
7:30  Dinner at the residency house. 

July 11:
11:00 *Brunch in Wakefield
2:00 Drop off in Ottawa

[Original goal list posted here.]