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Arts and Family Day: Vejigante Crafts
After learning about the history of the vejigantes, families who participated in this Arts and Family Day event worked together on vejigante based crafts.
Arts and Family Day: Vejigante Mask Making
Arts and Family Day participant working on her own miniature vejigante mask.
Arts and Family Days: Spring 2011 Program Flyer
Flyer for spring 2011 series of Arts and Family Day Programs.
Artwork by Amy Garas
Original painting with mixed media by artist Amy Garas.
Artwork from the Lembranças Collection
Painting by artist Amy Garas created for the Lembranças: A Recollection solo art exhibit.
Assembling the Vaka
Interns from The Okeanos Foundation construct the sea vaka model that would go on early display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
Backyard Herbs
Backyard herbs harvested to illustrate and share with members of the Raíces Herbal Circle. Herbs pictured include chickweed, purple deadnettle, dandelion root, and violet.
Backyard Herbs Slideshow Title Page
Title slide from Raíces Herbal Circle presentation on Backyard Herbs by Nicole Wines
Bamboo Tomato Cage
Bamboo tomato cage built to support indeterminate type tomato plants that can grow to over 6 feet tall.
Batá
Members of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble, along with student Kira Herzog, play the Cuban batá drums and sing for the waters at the Water Is Life opening reception.
Beans
Bean patch growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Beans Drying
Beans drying in their pods.
Bee Box Construction: Base Board
Constructing sides of base board for a bee box. A wood router is used to bore out grooves on white pine pieces to later insert plywood base board.
Bee Box Construction: Checking Frame Measurements
Unfinished bee box. Inserting bee frame into box to check correct size.
Bee Box Construction: Completed Base Board
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez holds finished bee box base board. Base board is made of white pine and plywood.
Bee Box Construction: Cutting Slats for Bee Frame
Cutting a bee frame slat to size on a 10” Sears table saw.
Bee Box Construction: First Completed Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Raíces finishes construction of their first Langstroth bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Francisco with Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Francisco stands next to our first completed Langstroth bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Making Hive Frames
Using a wood router on a jig table to make hive frames.
Bee Box Construction: Nicole with Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Nicky stands next to our first completed Langstroth bee box .
Bee Box Construction: Our First Langstroth Hive Complete
Raices’ first completed construction of a Langstroth bee hive.
Bee Box Construction: Router and Jig
Sears wood router and a jig table for making bee frames and putting together the bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Unfinished Box
Unfinished Langstroth bee box and inserted frames.
Beet
Hanging beet made of out plastic bottle caps and food packaging.
Biodiversity & Herbal Healing: Herbs in the Garden 2016
A variety of healing herbs from the Raíces EcoCulture garden, including stinging nettle, echninacea, elcampane, St. John's wort, mint, yarrow and chamomile.