Join us at A Studio in the Woods for the 8th annual FORESTival: a celebration of art and nature!

Suggested $10 Donation*, KIDS FREE!

Music and Performances:
12:00pm * Les Cenelles
1:00pm * Punica Granatum’s Bittersweet Orbit
2:00pm * The Original Pinettes Brass Bandjohnjohn
3:00pm * Jonathan Mayers’ Pirogue Poetry
3:30pm * GIVERS

Walks in the Woods:
11:30am * TREES with ASITW Environmental Curator and botanist David Baker
12:30pm * BUGS with ecologist Dorothy Cheruiyot
3:00pm * TREES with ASITW Environmental Curator and botanist David Baker

Musical performances by GIVERS, The Original Pinettes Brass Band, and Les Cenelles

Resident and guest artists John Kleinschmidt, Jonathan “rat de bois farouche” Mayers, Brandon Ballengée Studio presenting Crude Life, Delta Collaborative‘s TIMESHIP #39, Punica Granatum Collective performing Bittersweet Orbit, Antenna‘s Draw-a-Thon, Paper Monuments and more!

Food by Crêpes à la Cart- New Orleans, Pirogues, Faubourg Farms and Quintin’s Natural Ice Cream & Sorbet. No outside food or beverage.

Art activities in the Kids in the Woods Studio and walks in the woods with scientists.

FORESTival is the only time during the year that A Studio in the Woods is open to the public at large and this signature celebration of art and nature is fun for the whole family. A Studio in the Woods is located in Lower Algiers at 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans LA, 70131, about a 25 minute drive from downtown New Orleans.

*About our suggested donation: $10 helps keep our programming going and cover the costs of producing the festival. You might consider paying less if you are un- or under- employed, have significant debt, lack access to familial/other assets and/or are supporting dependents. You might consider paying more if you have full time employment that enables you to meet your basic needs and have expendable income, you have no dependents and little debt, and/or you have access to multiple assets or familial wealth. We seek to welcome all people to our space and encourage you to pay what is comfortable for you.