Make Botanical Sunprints this First Friday at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (6/5 5-8PM)

Posted on | June 4, 2009 | Comments Off

OK, this looks like fun…the Chemical Heritage Foundation takes part in Old City’s First Friday celebration and always seems to have the most interesting — and most family-friendly — activities to go with it. Last month it was crotcheting, I believe. This time it is making prints using photographic paper. I picked some up at the local art store recently for just this purpose. I can’t make it into town, but I’ll be doing in spirit from home.

Join us this Friday, June 5, from 5-8 pm, when local photographer and UArts TA Laurie Beck Peterson teaches us how to make science beautiful through the process of botanical sunprinting. Participants will learn how to create their own botanical sunprints using only photographic paper, water and botanicals. Supplies will be provided.

As always, you’ll have the chance to explore our permanent exhibition, Making Modernity, and sLowlife, a dynamic multimedia exhibition that presents plants as complex, living beings. Learn more at www.chemheritage.org.

When: Friday, June 5 from 5-8 pm
Where: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

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