Join the Yellow Studio Nature & Sustainability Club on Wednesday, May 13 at 6pm for Re-Wilding Workshop: Weave, Gather, Create with Rebecca Rivard. This hands-on outdoor workshop is centered on creativity, sustainability, and connection to the natural world.

Set against the landscape of Ward Pound Ridge, this special gathering invites you to slow down and create a small woven pouch using thrifted and secondhand yarns and fibers, along with simple recycled cardboard looms.

As part of the experience, we’ll spend time exploring and gently foraging for natural materials—twigs, grasses, leaves, and found elements—that can be woven into your piece or used as unique closures and finishing details.

Inspired by the idea of re-wilding, this workshop encourages a return to intuitive making, using what is around us and reimagining discarded materials with care and creativity. No prior weaving experience is needed—just a willingness to explore, experiment, and connect.

Participants will leave with a one-of-a-kind woven pouch and a renewed appreciation for the beauty of natural and repurposed materials.

About Rebecca Rivard

Rebecca Rivard is a multidisciplinary artist, painter, and composer working across paint, sound, and mixed media. Rooted in experimentation and intuitive process, her work often incorporates natural and repurposed materials, guided in part by an interest in “rewilding”, returning materials and methods to a more tactile, instinctive state. She brings this same spirit of curiosity and openness into her workshops, encouraging participants to explore, experiment, and engage with materials in new ways.