The Urban Tree Oracle: Sycamore Time at MassArt

Join Artist Jane D. Marsching for an afternoon of movement, writing, and drawing with
Sycamore ink in conversation with one of our urban trees: Sycamore
Sycamores and London Plane trees live throughout the Boston Fens area. They have been living
on this planet for over a hundred million years and can live for 500-600 years, becoming
ancient guardian trees in our ecologies. They have stood as witness on earth long before
humans appeared, patiently bearing with all that happens during their lives. They are an ally to
us in this time when we are called to the courageous act of witnessing: a revelatory staying
with the trouble and speaking truth.
We will gather with Sycamore in Evans Way Park and participate in a collective somatic exercise
with the sun, time, and Sycamore. Then we will process and reflect through drawing and
writing with ink made from Sycamore. By the end of the session, participants will generate
their own oracle card (an image and text-based tool for intuition and divination), guided by the
ecology and life of Sycamore.
Boston-based artist Jane D. Marsching creates interdisciplinary, research-based, experimental
projects that foster an experience of wonder and invite us to communicate with the beings
we live with. Her current project, The Urban Tree Oracle, is a collective tool for climate
resilience through deeping into relationship with our more-than-human kin, urban trees. She
exhibits internationally and is the recipient of awards, fellowships, and residencies nationally.
As a Professor at MassArt, she is Director of the Sustainability Minor and founder of the
MassArt Resilient Pigment Library.

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