Green To-Go with Kim Bernard

Ditch the single use and go eco-chic!  In this one-day upcycling workshop with artist Kim Bernard, participants will create their own To-Go kit using all recycled materials. You will leave with a one-of-a-kind lunch bag, food wrapper, cloth napkin, spork and shopping tote bag. All materials included. Ages 16+ *There will be a 30-minute break for lunch!

About the instructor: Kim Bernard creates sculpture that is recycled, kinetic, interactive, public and involves the community. She creates installations upcycled out of trash and is currently focusing on transforming plastic waste into sculpture using her portable recycling machines. She shows her work nationally and has been invited to participate in many exhibits, some of which include the Portland Museum of Art, Currier Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Harvard University, Art Complex Museum and UNH Museum of Art. Kim was an artist-in-residence in the Physics Department at Harvard University and at the University of New England. She received her BFA from Parsons in 1987 and her MFA from Mass Art in 2010. Bernard teaches at the Maine College of Art, Colby College and regionally as a visiting artist.