Try your hand at painting with soil watercolors! Prehistoric humans made their paint from rocks and soil. Today, artists are still making art with these rich colors. Learn how to make pigments from soils and rocks gathered in our region by Rebecca Schultz during her artist residency at the Sawtooth SNRA. Participants are welcome to bring a small sample (approximately one cup) of dry soil to make their own personal batch of watercolor.
Age & ability: 16+ and older; all levels; beginners welcome!
This workshop takes place 1pm–3pm
About the Instructor
Rebecca Schultz is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Elkins Park, PA. Her mixed media works aim to cultivate wonder for the interconnected ecosystems surrounding us and repair human relationships with the more than-human world. Rebecca has exhibited nationally, with solo exhibitions at the Abington Art Center, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery in Sandwich, NH, and NoBa Artspace. Recent group exhibitions include With Water at Swale House (NYC), We Are All Compost at Big Ramp Gallery and WANDERING: Observations of Our Watershed at Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia), and We Are the River at Stockton University (New Jersey). Rebecca’s public artworks include two community murals and several community-engaged projects with Mural Arts Philadelphia; site-specific installations in public parks and gardens throughout the Philadelphia region; and Water Table, an installation created in Atlantic City with Nancy Agati for the Coastal Climate Resiliency Art Project. She has collaborated with scientists and environmental educators, including with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and Riverfront North Partnership in the Philadelphia region, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire, and the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve in California. Rebecca holds a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, an MA in Community-Based Arts Education from San Francisco State University, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Confluence program at the University of New Mexico. She has been awarded residencies in Canada, Iceland, Wyoming, and Ireland; in 2024, she was the Artist in Residence at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
