Practice plant-based painting with Bonnie MacAllister

All materials included: fabric, painting supplies, and plant based paints made on the Delaware River Waterfront from local, farm sourced, and common kitchen plants. The collaborative paintings will be included in a second staging of Phantastic Phibers an exhibition scheduled for August 2027 at Cherry Street Pier. Free tickets and pay it forward tickets are available for the First Friday painting session.

Bonnie MacAllister is a fourth year resident at Cherry Street Pier. Curator of the recent exhibition BORN ON THE BICENTENNIAL, her previous shows at the pier have included the original Phantastic Phibers, a large scale invitational multimedia fibers exhibition including interactive and industrial textiles and suspended puppetry spanning the length of the upstairs terrace, pier gallery, and the pier garden bridge view and Weaving on the Waterfront featuring looms, process work, an installation of woven estuary dolls depicting indigenous pre-colonial figures, and an interactive wishing well and tree constructed by her frequent collaborator Jamie Campbell.  Bonnie and Jamie created the short film  “Mending” for Termite TV.

Bonnie’s Craft Your Own Nature Inspired Fabric Art was selected as an Airbnb Original.  This workshop and a variety of fiber arts experiences including embroidery, weaving, sewing, felting, and creating keepsakes are available to book at Cherry Street Pier monthly through her instagram links @bonniemacart.  She has published and exhibited internationally and has been the recipient of grants and teaching artist residencies including a Fulbright- Hays to Ethiopia. She is has recently exhibiting at Abington Art Center, University of Alabama, the Plastic Club, and with the National Association of Women Artists.