Registration is required. Registration opens 7 days before the event.

Wellness Wednesday: Art in Nature, presented by Ann Taylor Schmidt

Location: Scotia Barrens (Park at Gray’s Woods Park)

Transportation: A limited number of van seats are available for this event. You must confirm your registration to this event BEFORE registering for transportation.

About the Event:

Join us for Wellness Wednesday: Art in Nature with Ann Taylor-Schmidt! Ann will lead you in art in nature as meditation, beginning with an invitation to study our thoughts or nature questions, and opening up new perspectives through self-reflection, drawing or writing.
About Our Instructor:

Ann graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Art Ed., first teaching elementary art. Then, she worked in the graphic-arts printing industry, continuing to take grad courses, painting and showing. She worked for Penn State marketing communications and public relations, retiring from the University’s StratCom Office of Social Media. Taylor-Schmidt has taught an annual Penn State nature journal drawing workshop for two decades. She has instructed both adult and teen students on her own, and through the Art Alliance. Ann enjoys photography, bonsai and selling her polymer clay art jewelry creations and teaching through her business Ann Taylor-Schmidt Artworks.

Wellness Wednesdays are part of Centred Outdoors’ efforts to offer equitable opportunities for outdoor recreation at nearby natural spaces. The series highlights paths to wellness, engages the community, and includes local partners.