# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join JSP Artist-in-Residence Shawn Smith to build your own insect hotel using natural materials and reclaimed wood. Learn all about native bees with Kentucky State University ecologist Kristin Conrad. This workshop will invite us to observe the natural world with curiosity, and to see native insects as essential members of a healthy ecosystem. 

Together, we will:

- Get hands-on with field scopes, bee specimens and printed resources to learn about Kentucky native bees and pollinators.
- Explore what makes effective insect habitat and why habitat diversity matters.
- Select and arrange natural materials to create varied insect nesting and overwintering habitats.
- Experience thoughtful, durable, sustainable design of a simple building project.
- Leave with an insect hotel you can install at home (mounting supplies not included).

This workshop is rain or shine in the JSP event barn! All ages welcome; children accompanied by an adult.

$10 Members | $20 Non-Members | Please register using the link below.

We thank Artist Sponsors Don Wenzel and Ron Darnell for helping make this residency possible.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frankfort/eco-art-workshop-build-an-insect-hotel-with-shawn-smith/200030589114355
- **Event Categories**: Workshops, Art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Frankfort
- **state**: KY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 3355 Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort, KY, United States, Kentucky 40601
- **lat**: 38.13839
- **long**: -84.90176
- **full address**: 3355 Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort, KY, United States, Kentucky 40601

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith being held?
  - **A:** Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith takes place on Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 3355 Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort, KY, United States, Kentucky 40601.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith?
  - **A:** Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith is organized by Josephine Sculpture Park.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Josephine Sculpture Park's events?
  - **A:** Attendees have given Josephine Sculpture Park a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. Josephine Sculpture Park has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Frankfort, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Eco-Art Workshop: Build an Insect Hotel with Shawn Smith sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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