Art at Eastman Nature Center – February 2025

Winter Storytelling Event

February 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Rd., Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States + Google Map

Enjoy a morning of storytelling with Hope Flanagan who will share traditional Anishinaabe winter stories. Learn why many Ojibwe stories can only be told when snow is on the ground and hear how Hope is supporting the next generation of storytellers who will carry on this tradition. Woven throughout the program will be powerful first-person stories of our changing climate as told by North Hennepin Community College students. Light refreshments offered before the program begins.

The felted peices Sunrise Sandhill Cranes and Sunset Nuthatch will be on display at this event.

Displays at Eastman Nature Center

While you’re visiting Eastman Nature Center you will have pleanty of opportunities to be inspired by their nature displays and educational content. In addition to aquariums with frogs, turtles, and snakes, they have a library with artwork and books. Two exhibits worth noting are the temporary “Love Your Planet” and the Trumpeter Swan & Sandhill Crane displays.

Love Your Planet

Featuring local climate scientists, the Love Your Planet display inspires you with climate facts and calls to action. The felted peices Sunrise Sandhill Cranes and Sunset Nuthatch will be on view here after the Winter Storytelling event. You will also be able to read a story I created with support narrative from Change Narrative LLC at Eastman Nature Center’s 2024 winter storytelling workshop.

Trumpeter Swan & Sandhill Crane

Sunrise Sandhill Cranes and Sunset Nuthatch

For those that are curious, here is a sneak peak of the two peices on view at Eastman Nature Center.

Let me know what you think of the displays if you make it out to Eastman Nature Center this winter.