By Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
HARRISON, Neb. - Agate Fossil Beds National Monument will host an intuitive doodling workshop Saturday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the monument visitor center, located at 301 River Road, Harrison Nebraska, 69346.
Catherine “Cat” Robinson is a Colorado based fiber artist and landscape painter. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2011 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She moved to Colorado shortly after school to learn how to paint landscapes. Her landscape paintings inspired and continue to inform her fiber works and artists books. Catherine has shown her work in juried exhibitions throughout the United States and frequently shows in her home state of Colorado. Her work is also included in the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection in Chicago and the Special Collections at Denver University.
Robinson plans to share her knowledge through a workshop in the visitor center this upcoming weekend. This program is free and open to the public; no reservations are needed. There is no set amount of time needed to participate in this workshop.
"In this workshop we will begin by using inks and thinned paints as washes over paper. Once the first layer dries participants will work back into the colored papers with meditative 'doodles,' allowing the colors and shapes created in the first step to inform on a subconscious level the drawings overlaid on top," Robinson said.
Further information about Agate Fossil Beds National Monument programs and schedules is available at the visitor center, by calling 308-436-9760 or by visiting our website at http://www.nps.gov/agfo/index.htm.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is located 34 miles north of Mitchell, Nebraska, or 22 miles south of Harrison, Nebraska on Highway 29 and 3 miles east on River Road. The Visitor Center winter hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and the trails are open from dawn until dusk.
Visit us at www.nps.gov/agfo. More information on events and activities can be found on the park’s website at https://www.nps.gov/agfo/planyourvisit/calendar.htm and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/agatefossilbeds.