Skill Share Workshops

The Erie Canal Museum is hosting a series of skill-sharing workshops to build community resiliency, camaraderie, and solidarity. Community experts will teach useful skills that would have been practiced by canallers of the past, present, and future, with training participants can apply in everyday life. Registration is required because space is limited. Admission is pay what you wish, and free registration is available. For help registering, call 315-471-0593 or email [email protected].

Saturday, November 14th, 12:00–2:00 pm — Wall Sculpture Workshop: Concrete Barge Casting with Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence Z Behl

Learn small-scale concrete casting with Z Behl and collaborator Kim Moloney. Using reference images of historical concrete barges, each participant will make a relief sculpture of a miniature barge in a 9-inch mold to display afterward. Participants will mix the slurry with a drill attachment and pour their own piece; the process is similar to baking. Pigment will be provided, and gloves and a dust mask are included.

The workshop is open to adults of all ages and experience levels. Because working with concrete creates dust, it is not suitable for young children. Concrete takes 48 hours to set, so participants will need to return to the Museum after Wednesday, November 18, to demold and pick up their sculptures. Space is limited to 15 participants.

The Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence program is a collaboration between the Erie Canal Museum and the New York State Canal Corporation.