Anne Beck is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and landlooker living in the hills of Northern California. Her creative practice arises from a deep curiosity and wonder for worlds inside and out. She sees art-making as a contemplative tool for metabolizing history and experience, expanding awareness and understanding, and for opening new channels of being. Her work takes form as paintings, textiles, artist books, collaborative installations, and social practice inquiries - all with a keen interest in material research and storytelling.
Beck’s studio and collaborative work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at the Biblioteca de Mexico in Mexico City, Ex-convento San Juan Bautista in Tiripetio, Mexico, and Dream Farm Commons in Oakland, California. Her artist books are held in special collections including Yale, Columbia, UCLA, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Beck’s studio and collaborative work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at the Biblioteca de Mexico in Mexico City, Ex-convento San Juan Bautista in Tiripetio, Mexico, and Dream Farm Commons in Oakland, California. Her artist books are held in special collections including Yale, Columbia, UCLA, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Unbroken Rhythm: Finding Timing When Seasons Shift
with Tribal Ethnobotanist Jessica Brown
As erratic weather patterns and unseasonal heat waves render traditional calendar dates unreliable, how do we know when the forest is truly ready? Join tribal ethnobotanist Jessica Brown to explore how phenological indicators from understory moss hydration to overstory tree canopy shifts offer real time cues for fungal emergence. Learn to read the living forest clock to practice resilient, adaptive, and reciprocal land stewardship in a changing climate.
Jessica Brown is a Southeastern Pomo ethnobotanist and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) practitioner dedicated to the revitalization of Indigenous land stewardship practices throughout Northern California. She works in partnership with tribes, conservation organizations, and educational institutions to integrate TEK into ecosystem restoration, seed sovereignty, and cultural education initiatives. Through her work with Xa Kako Dile’ and other community-based projects, Jessica advances ecological healing rooted in cultural continuity, biodiversity, and community resilience.
Jessica Brown is a Southeastern Pomo ethnobotanist and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) practitioner dedicated to the revitalization of Indigenous land stewardship practices throughout Northern California. She works in partnership with tribes, conservation organizations, and educational institutions to integrate TEK into ecosystem restoration, seed sovereignty, and cultural education initiatives. Through her work with Xa Kako Dile’ and other community-based projects, Jessica advances ecological healing rooted in cultural continuity, biodiversity, and community resilience.
Jessica Brown
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- Presentations from a diverse array of perspectives and cultures
- Mushroom propagation workshop*
- Activities for kids
- Sewing in Redwood Time
- Mushroom paper making workshop*
- Mushroom dye workshop*
- Wild mushroom display
- Mushroom Identification
- Mushrooms for Color exhibit
- Spore print making
- Guided forays**
…and more!
