May 17th, 12pm Pacific Daylight time (convert time zones here)

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Ann says, “I have been working with the earth-colours of Botswana since 2020. This practice has brought me into close contact with a rural traditional healer and mural-painter and urban Letsoku (earth cosmetic powders) traders. My talk will include an introduction to these women. It will cover the visiting of collection sites within rural landscapes, and trading posts in town. I will talk about traditional processing of the earth into paint for house-wall application, cosmetic face-powders, and healing. I will also include a description of my studio practice that covers the processing of earths into paint by grinding, sieving, levigation and mulling. This talk will illustrate my personal, intuitive research on the ground in Botswana. It will also provide an introduction to the online pigment’s community, that is an international knowledge."