Garden and Harvest Basket Workshop

When:
Saturday, May 24, 2025 10:00a -
2:00p

Where:
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
11 French Drive
Boylston, Massachusetts 01505

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Admission:
$85-99

Hosted by:
newenglandbg Liz Nye

Categories:
Art, Classes, Nature

Event website:
https://purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducation.aspx?pid=15045&cal=https%3a%2f%2fpurchase.nebg.org%3a443%2fcalendar.aspx

Learn the art of weaving and create a rattan and reed garden harvest basket. Step-by-step instructions will teach you how to create your base, shape your basket, and weave the sides and handle.

All materials are included in this fun introduction to basket weaving class.


Meet Your Instructor: Bayda Asbridge

Bayda Asbridge is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a wide range of mediums. Bayda trained as an Asian brush painter who now teaches at Worcester Art Museum. She has vast knowledge of painting, drawing, printmaking, Japanese weaving (Saori), mixed media, sculpture, installation, and basketry. Her work has been recognized in several New England art institutions, giving her a well-rounded knowledge of all stages of artistic production, from conception through to presentation. 


In 2011, Bayda was awarded the Frances Kinnicutt Travel & Study Award from Worcester Art Museum which she used to travel to England and study mixed media. In 2021, she was awarded Mass Cultural Traditional Arts Award in Arabic Calligraphy. In 2023, Bayda was awarded a grant from Mass Culture where she utilized it to learn traditional and modern basketry weaving. Bayda continues her ever-growing career as an artist and as a member of the New England art scene.

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