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Roll up your sleeves

| 11 Apr 2017 | 03:11
    Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 29 and 30 at Wickham Woodlands Manor by collaborating with local artists to turn recycled material into tree sculptures as seen here at last year's celebration.
    Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 29 and 30 at Wickham Woodlands Manor by collaborating with local artists to turn recycled material into tree sculptures as seen here at last year's celebration.
    Photo by Heidi Lanino Youth Advisory Board from WV Community Center prepare for Treecycle 2017 on April 29 and 30. From left to right are: Nehal Ajmal, Dan Walker, Michael Cosgrove and Grace Amato.
    Photo by Heidi Lanino Youth Advisory Board from WV Community Center prepare for Treecycle 2017 on April 29 and 30. From left to right are: Nehal Ajmal, Dan Walker, Michael Cosgrove and Grace Amato.

WARWICK — Wickham Works is combining its community art project - Treecycle - with a Spring Makers Market on Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Wickham Woodlands Manor, 255 State School Road in Warwick.
Treecycle is a way to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day by collaborating with local artists to turn recycled material into tree sculptures.
There also will be a confrontation between The Green Knight and the Plastic Bag Dragon, kid’s craft activities, face painting and the experimental electric sounds of Tomaphone.
The artists• Featured artists include Amy Lewis, the founder of Agrisculpture, who turns old farm machinery into stunning sculptural works. With the help of the Teen Advisory Board from the Albert Wisner Public Library, she will be making her version of a traditional Bottle Tree.
• Producer and director Paul Ellis will make a Story Tree by inviting Treecycle participants to write their own short story and then add “leaves” to the tree.
• Artist Femi Ford is working with Family Central and students from Sanfordville and Park Elementary to collect plastic milk jugs and make hand cutouts to use for a Dandelion tree.
• With the help of volunteers, choreographer and artist Linda Mensch will be making a Medusa tree from metal bottle caps.
• Students from her Moving Company Dance studio will perform at the event.
• Other community groups who will be present to chat about what they do will be Sustainable Warwick, Imagine Warwick, Warwick Historical Society, Warwick Valley Community Center and Family Central.
The Orange County Arts Council awarded Wickham Works a Community Partnership grant for Treecycle.
• Blacksmiths from the Center for Metal Arts and glassblowers from Whenhouse Glass will demonstrate their work at the Makers Market, along with more than 25 other local makers.
Makers MarketThe market will feature hand-made products ranging from blown glass pendants, beauty and bathroom products, handmade paper and books, cut felt art, turned wood utensils, women’s clothing, clay mosaics and a range of fine jewelry.
More details on participants can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/311273249274593/
And for additional information, contact Melissa Shaw-Smith at mshawsmith@wickhamworks.org.