

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sketching in Nature Workshop
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Sketching plants or fungi directly from nature deepens observations and awareness of our subjects, ourselves and of our relationships with nature. With guidance from natural science illustrator and artist Vera Ming Wong, explore techniques for capturing gesture, shapes and forms of native plants in a restored prairie, while gaining insight into the characters and ecological niches of various species. Materials provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own favorites.

All Franconia workshops are ticketed on a sliding scale in order to provide accessible arts programming to our community. We encourage you to pay according to your available resources. Thank you!

Register Here: https://form.jotform.com/franconia/workshops

This activity is made possible by a grant from the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation and by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shafer/sketching-in-nature-workshop/200029696042642
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, it
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://form.jotform.com/franconia/workshops?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=shafer-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Shafer
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 29836 Saint Croix Trl, Shafer, MN, United States, Minnesota 55074
- **lat**: 45.38069
- **long**: -92.70374
- **full address**: 29836 Saint Croix Trl, Shafer, MN, United States, Minnesota 55074

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Franconia Sculpture Park (https://allevents.in/org/franconia-sculpture-park/735146)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/d781c2097a1960ce183fe48eb7583195cce80405116b8ac934341099441ccb5d-rimg-w1200-h600-dceb452d-gmir?v=1773590508
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Sketching+in+Nature+Workshop&date=16+May

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 29836 Saint Croix Trl, Shafer, MN, United States, Minnesota 55074
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Franconia Sculpture Park
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, fine-arts, it
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sketching in Nature Workshop ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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