Lunchtime ZOOM Conversation with Heidi Gustafson
Facilitated by
Jane Carlin and Suzanne Moore
Thursday, April 10 2025, 12:00PM–1:00PM
ZOOM
This Event is Free but Registration is Required
We are delighted to welcome Pacific Northwest artist, author and ochre specialist, Heidi Gustafson, to join us to discuss the process and relationship between two versions of her spellbinding field guide, Book of Earth. The original Book of Earth, is an oracular artists' book made of bioregional pigments and soils, intended to let the land/rocks speak for themselves. The commercial version, Book of Earth: A Guide to Ochre, Pigment, and Raw Color (Abrams, 2023) repeats the intention, but with more experiential guidance and land stories for the reader to further engage place, and working with pigment-bearing minerals through embodied, artistic practice. Learn more about Heidi on her website, earlyfutures.com or on instagram @heidilynnheidilynn.
This is the first of a two part series associated with color. Suzanne Moore will bring added insights into the conversation and also be speaking about her own approaches to color in our May Lunchtime conversation.
About Book of Earth: "Part rock guide, part art book, and part earth magic, "ochre whisperer," Heidi Gustafson welcomes us inside her rare working collection of more than six hundred ochre pigments (humankind’s oldest art material) from around the planet.
Artist Bio: Heidi is an artist, researcher and ochre specialist based in Northern Washington. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, studied forensic science at the University of Baltimore and holds an MA in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, American Craft, and in several books. Browse her website--earlyfutures.com--for images and accolades or learn more about Heidi on instagram @heidilynnheidilynn.
The ZOOM link will be sent to registrants 2 days before and day of the event. You must register to receive the ZOOM link!
Questions? Contact Jane Carlin at carlinjane@gmail.com
