The Art Apothecary: Winter Solstice Celebration

The Hudson Harmonic and Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism invite you to a celebratory afternoon of live music, herbal tastings, folklore, and an apothecary market.

A portion of the proceeds goes directly to supporting Tree of Life Guild and its vision to create a land-based hub at 181 Huguenot Street, anchoring herbal healthcare, nature education, and regenerative land care in the New Paltz region.

Live music
- Ladies of the Valley
- Cura Cura

Workshops and demos
- Eyren Powell offers a lymph massage face demonstration.
- Fumiha Tanaka leads a plant bundle workshop, where you can make your own medicine bundle from local plants.
- The Mugworts, an herbal collective, share lino cut demos, art prints, and a tea tasting in the upstairs church space.

Herbal tastings and market
Sip Torin Murphy’s botanical gin and tonic (non-alcoholic) all afternoon. Browse apothecary and herbal elixirs, and taste tea blends.

Blessing circle, folklore, and dance
Oak & Holly Folklore, with dance by choreographer Lindsey Jones.

Schedule
- 2:00 — Opening Solstice invocation and blessing circle with Oak & Holly dance, followed by a short hello from our practitioners and Tree of Life Guild
- 2:30 — Lymph massage demo
- 3:00 — Ladies of the Valley
- 3:45 — Plant bundle workshop
- 4:15 — Cura Cura
- 5:00 — Closing circle with Tree of Life Guild

Ladies of the Valley
Cosmically brought together by their love of Joni Mitchell, Hudson Valley musicians Chloe Cannon, Malerie Day, Katie Jones, Rose Stoller, and Carly Walsh come together in pure supergroup fashion to comprise Ladies of the Valley. Equal parts collaboration, band, and collective, the group accentuates the unique voice of each artist while forming a beautifully cohesive whole. Inspired by Joni, as well as folk, jazz, soul, and Americana, the Ladies of the Valley do right by the name and give us some of the best songwriting the Hudson Valley has to offer.

Cura Cura
Cura Cura’s profound sound—an intoxicating, organic fusion of folk, rock, psychedelia, and melodic pop—mirrors the mystical outlook of their origins. Their debut album, What Led Me to You (2019), will bring lovers of Bon Iver, Joni Mitchell, the Weather Station, and Jeff Buckley to a place of transcendent bliss. The band’s recent material is more spiritual in nature and explores influences including gospel, mantra, and percussion-driven ceremonial music inspired by their travels throughout Central and South America. The band weaves these colors into their live set in an energetic, joyful, and uplifting way.

Tree of Life Guild exists to cultivate and integrate vibrant, living traditions of holistic herbal healthcare, nature education, and regenerative land stewardship. “We believe the health of people, the health of our communities and the health of the land are inseparably linked—and that education is what makes conservation practical and enduring. We are dedicated to keeping these traditions vibrant and alive, passing them on through active practice, shared learning, and community care.”