Upcoming events
Author Reading: Holly Thompson, Listening to Trees
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, signing, and haiku writing session with author Holly Thompson as she presents her newly released book, “Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker”.
When: Sunday, April 13th @ 4:30 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy of Listening to Trees by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker (October 2024) is a poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work of the visionary Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, George Nakashima began a love story with trees that grew throughout his remarkable life as architect, designer and woodworker. During World War II, George, with his wife Marion and their baby daughter, endured incarceration in Minidoka prison camp, where he drew comfort from the discipline of woodworking. Once free, George dedicated the rest of his life to crafting furniture from fallen or discarded trees, giving fresh purpose and dignity to each tree, and promoting a more peaceful world.
Author Holly Thompson narrates Nakashima's life using haibun, a combination of haiku and prose, which twines smoothly through Toshiki Nakamura's earthy illustrations. A foreword by Nakashima's daughter Mira and robust back matter will deepen young readers' understanding of woodworking and poetry and offer added insights to the work of a master artisan.
Praise
"A moving story of family, resilience, and sustainability."—Booklist
A 2025 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
About the Author:
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com), longtime resident of Japan, is the author of three verse novels for young people: Falling into the Dragon's Mouth; The Language Inside; and Orchards--winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. She is also author of the picture book biography Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker; The Wakame Gatherers about a girl gathering seaweed with two grandmothers; and the poetry picture books Twilight Chant and One Wave at a Time. She edited Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories featuring ten stories in translation. Holly is a graduate of the NYU Creative Writing Program and is a Regional Advisor Emeritus of SCBWI Japan. Now based in Massachusetts, she writes and translates poetry, fiction and nonfiction for children, teens and adults; teaches writing at Yokohama City University, Boston's GrubStreet, and UC Berkeley Extension; and visits schools in Japan, the U.S. and places in between.
Relief Printmaking Workshop with Erin Lobb Mason (2nd Session)
SECOND SESSION ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!
Relief Printmaking Workshop!
In this one day workshop you will learn to carve, ink, and print your own edition of linocut/relief prints. Each participant will leave with the skills to make prints at home, a group of prints from the class, and a new local print community.
About the Instructor:
Erin Lobb Mason is an artist and musician working in watercolor, ceramics, and printmaking. Originally from Kentucky, she now lives in Tiverton with her cuddly dog and partner. She is an active member of Full Bucket Studios, AS220, and The Collaborative.
Workshop Details:
Date: Sunday, March 30th
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (4 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Five spots are available at $125 per person with the option of receiving up to a $20 discount if a donation is made to EBCAP. One spot is available on a pay what you are able to basis.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Relief Printmaking Workshop with Erin Lobb Mason
Relief Printmaking Workshop!
In this one day workshop you will learn to carve, ink, and print your own edition of linocut/relief prints. Each participant will leave with the skills to make prints at home, a group of prints from the class, and a new local print community.
About the Instructor:
Erin Lobb Mason is an artist and musician working in watercolor, ceramics, and printmaking. Originally from Kentucky, she now lives in Tiverton with her cuddly dog and partner. She is an active member of Full Bucket Studios, AS220, and The Collaborative.
Workshop Details:
Date: Sunday, March 23rd
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (4 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Five spots are available at $125 per person with the option of receiving up to a $20 discount if a donation is made to EBCAP. One spot is available on a pay what you are able to basis.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Author Event: Paula Sager, The Watch
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author, Paula Sager, as she presents her newly released book “The Watch: Time to Witness the Beauty of It All”
When: Sunday, March 2nd @ 5:00 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Refreshments will be served
Pre-order your own copy of The Watch by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Sometimes the most ordinary object can open a door to life’s greatest mysteries. For Paula Sager, it’s a wristwatch—one that takes on a life of its own after her father’s death, prompting questions concerning synchronicity and the nature of relationship. Paula walks alongside her father to the threshold of life, bearing witness to every step. Time is the landscape. Contemplative practice spreads out the crumpled map. The Watch delves into the mystery of time as lived experience, and to the possibility that every moment can be a portal to the invisible realm beyond time.
Insights from the author’s own well-developed paths of practice shed light on new ways of perceiving, new ways of knowing and being. Cultivating embodied presence, intuitive insight, and the capacity to bear witness can enhance our most essential relationships: that of parent and child, teacher and student, doctor and patient, and even our human bond with nature and the numinous.
With the aperture of the lens keenly focused on the final year of a life well-lived, The Watch offers a compelling perspective, bringing new questions to important conversations about life, death, and relationship beyond death.
Sashiko - Visible Mending on Denim
The focus of this workshop is visible mending on denim. We will practice hand-stitching techniques based on traditional Japanese sashiko and discuss its recent revival in haute couture.