Blazing Star Herbal School

2023 Teaching Schedule

at Blazing Star Herbal School,   Conway MA

 

Botanical Cyanotypes @New England Botanical Garden

 

🌿2023 Beginner/Intermediate Herbal Apprenticeship, begun April 25, rolling admissions until July 2023

🎨 Botanical Art In Studio Spring Session begins Friday June 2nd 2023

 

 

On the Road (listed by location not chronologically)

 

 

Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Boyelston MA

🎨Intro to Eco-Printing on Paper , Sunday July 16, 1-3PM

🎨Intro to Eco-Printing on Paper Sunday August 13, 1-3PM

📔Artist Book Making: Flag Books Sunday, November 5, 1-4PM

📷Botanical Cyanotype Seasonal Cards,. Sunday, December 3, 10AM-12PM

 

Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, Sommerville MA

📷Walk Up Cyanotype 

Sat July 22 , 12-3pm 

🎨Eco Printing Workshop

Thursday Oct 26, 3-5pm

 

 

Westborough Library, Westborough MA (made possible by Westborough Cultural Council)

📷Intro to Botanical Cyanotype   FREE July 13th 10-12pm

🎨Intro to Ecoprinting   FREE July 20th 5:30-7:30

 

New class!!!

Looky Here (Greenfield, MA)

🎨Eco-printing(Botanical Contact Printing)🎨

July 15th 1-3om

$50.00

28 Chapman Street

Greenfield, MA 01301

 

River Valley Coop

🎨 Intro to EcoPrinting *in person outdoors!

Wednesday, August 9th from 4-6 PM (rain date Wednesday, August 16th). 

 

 

Ashfield Belding Library  (made possible by Ashfield Cultural Council)

🎨Eco Printing, May 17th  6-8pm FREE

📷Intro to Cyanotype  June 24th FREE

 

South Deerfield, MA (made possible by the Deerfield Cultural Council)

📷Intro to Cyanotype  (date coming soon) FREE

 

 

MidWest Womens Herbal Conference, Almond WI.   May 26-28th 2023

Intro to Botanical Cyanotype Photography

🎨Friday, May 26, 2023 | 9am-12pm

🌿 Conference workshops on Pediatric Herbalism

 

 

I'm thrilled to have been awarded a deep ecology Artist Fellowship w/ United Plant Savers

🎨 UPS Artist Fellowship : on either July 24- August 5 / Oct 9-Oct 21 (I am not 1oo% sure which session I will attend yet)

 

 

May Day Craft Fair (April 30th 2023)

Blazing Star Herbal School is hosting our second Annual 

May Day Craft Fair

APRIL 30th 2023!!!

 A Day long community building outdoor craft fair

open to the public 

11am-4pm

(Featuring herbalists, nature based artisans,  yummy snacks and more)

 

Check out our amazing Vendors

Lizz Ziter  @MuddyJane

Tynne Love @herbal_deva

Joanna Gabler. www.joannagablerart.com

Jennifer Goodheart @violet.hill.botanicals

Nancy Haver @nancyhaverart   

Tina Louise @tinalouiseart @boonbotanics

Megan Smithers The Painted Owl Studio @megansmithers8

A.T. Gibson Claywork https://atgibsonclaywork.bigcartel.com

Leslie Chaison. @peoplesmedicineproject

Denise Beaudet  https://www.facebook.com/denise.beaudet/

Nola Snyder @oakandroseherbal

Lilian Jackman wilderhillpress.com 

Nathalie Lewis Handmade Books

Amy  Solidago Botanical Arts

Lauren Mills (illustrator) @LaurenMillsArt

Laurel Rogers Passionato Books Handbound books @passionatobooks 

Kristen Jouannet Black Kite Creations Woodworking art

Sleepy Owl Herbs (Rebecca Hoffer) @sleepyowlherbfarmer

 Sahar Luna Faun Botanicals

Venus Free  Botanicalsbone flower botanikals & the foundation apothecary 

Lindsey Matarazzo Rhynia. org

Casey Williams @caseywilliamsartandmaps

 Evelyn Morrison Eve's Garden @evesgarden613 

Camille Tahar PickNature  @_picknature_

Sadie Westermann

Julia Carroll @wornattheedges

and myself Tony(a) Lemos @365artlog 

Internship Available 2023

Internship Available:

Social Media and Video Blazing Star Herbal School April 1 2023 - December 30, 2024

 

BSHS is looking for a social media/video intern for the 2023 season to help us grow by creating a better virtual presence.  The individual would be responsible for taking and editing video clips of some classes, demos and events. We are looking for a creative thinker, someone with a strong aesthetic sense, marketing experience or training and proven video making and editing skills.

An interest in community herbalism, plants and botanical art is also a plus.

Expected time commitment will be 5 hrs weekly, combination of on site time plus time spent designing, editing and publishing content. Candidate will be given a full scholarship ($2250) to participate in the Herbalist Apprenticeship Program and/or the studio program in Botanical Art ($850) . College credit may also be possible.

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If you are interested please email your resume, samples of your work and interest to Blazingstaclinic(at)gmail.com 

Email subject should "BSHS23 intern"

 

 

 

 

 

A visual guide to apprenticing at Blazing Star Herbal School

one. 

in depth plant ally work-

You will be guided into deep relationship with the local environment and healing plants!

 

two.

creative projects

 

three.

medicine making (lots of)!

four. 

growing community

apprenticing in the times of COVID- this is what growing community looked like!

 

 

 

five.

ceremony and magic!

 

 the next round of the beginner apprenticeship begins on Tuesday April 18th : And there is still some room! Won't you join us?

Beginner/Intermediate Herbal Apprenticeship

Join us in 2023! 

and as always

expect the unexpected!