Join in community for a thoughtful, inclusive workshop making collage as an embodied practice of faith and examination. How might we recontextualize familiar imagery to reimagine a troubled world? What might we discover when we allow ourselves to play in the space of the unknown? Exploring trust in our instincts, emotions, and each other, we will gather to practice making as an act of prayer, alchemy, and community.

This event is funded in part by a contemplative prayer grant from St. Catherine’s University.

Wednesday, April 2 6:00-8:00pm

Location:  Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth, Fireside Room

Who: It's a multi-generational event - Grade 7 - 100 years old

$10 per person

Meet Workshop Leader Jess Kiel-Wornson

Jess Kiel-Wornson is an interdisciplinary artist based in North Minneapolis. Using sculptural installation, collaged cultural artifact, painting, drawing, and performance, she addresses the insidiousness of the systems of power in our surroundings. Her work speaks to the material consequence of trauma in our bodies and buildings and asks us to reframe our conversations about goodness, success, and identity away from individuals and toward the systems that allow and promote violence toward some bodies distinctly from others. She received her MFA from University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. Recent collaborations include Echoes: We are Imperfect Mortal Beings (Mirror Lab, April Sellers Dance 2025), It's Physical (Southern Theater, Jagged Moves Dance, 2024), and Mariology (Mixed Blood Theater, Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group, 2023). She is currently most accountable to her roles as artist, bonus mom, auntie, and neighbor. More musings at jkwornson.com

Please contact Beth Mc-K @ emcgrewking@moply.org with questions.