In this intensive two-day workshop, participants will explore how data from the Arboretum’s research and plant collections can be transformed into visual and tactile artworks, connecting scientific information to creative interpretation and environmental awareness.
Artist Tali Weinberg will guide participants through the process of materializing this data as small weavings. Together, we will reflect on weaving as a practice of interpreting and archiving data and processing our relationships to the places we love in the context of the climate crisis.
The workshop begins with a Saturday morning visiting artist talk with Weinberg about data, biodiversity, species loss, and the landscape at the Arboretum and beyond. Attendance at the talk is not required but is strongly encouraged. In the afternoon, participants will learn to weave on a frame loom using individualized color-codes to translate the data.
This program is open to all experience levels. No prior knowledge about weaving or data is necessary.
All materials are provided.
This program is open to all experience levels.
This program meets in person at the Arboretum.
Instructor: Tali Weinberg, interdisciplinary artist
Age: 16 and older
Course number: A601
Instructor
Tali Weinberg, artist
Tali Weinberg is an internationally exhibited interdisciplinary artist and weaver. She combines plant fibers and dyes with plastics and data to explore relationships between ecological and human health.
Her work is in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, and Georgia Museum of Art and has been featured in the Fifth National Climate Assessment, The New York Times, Colossal, and NRDC’s onEarth Magazine, among others. She is the recipient of an Illinois Artist Fellowship, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and numerous residencies including at New York’s Museum of Art and Design. She holds a BA and MA from New York University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.
What to Know
This program meets indoors.
All materials are provided.
This program is open to all experience levels. No prior knowledge about weaving or data is necessary.
Please bring water and snacks or lunch to both days of the workshop.
Registration for this program includes an artist talk on Saturday, April 11, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., immediately preceding the first day of the workshop.
Program Schedule
Visiting Artist Talk: Reflections on Art, Data, and Interpretation with Tali Weinberg and Lindsay Darling
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Cudahy Room, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Visiting Artist Weaving Workshop: Creating Fiber Art with Ecological Data
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Cudahy Room, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Sunday, April 12, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cudahy Room, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
