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The Audubon Community Nature Center is adding an event before the Monarch Butterfly Festival as a special salute to the Saturday, Aug. 26, celebration.
At a two-afternoon workshop on Monday and Thursday, Aug. 21 and Aug. 24, those interested can make a beadwork butterfly pendant to wear to the festival or give as a gift.
From 1-3 p.m. both days, bead artist Anne Jackson will help students create a life-like Monarch butterfly using various colors of seed beads. The completed butterfly can be worn as a necklace or pendant, or it can be framed. Students will learn to do the beading stitch known as brick stitch.
Jackson is a member of the Chautauqua County Society of Artists. She teaches beading privately, as well as at Audubon.
Be sure to bring glasses if needed them for close-up work.
The cost of $78 or $66 for Nature Center Members includes everything you need to complete the project.
Enrollment is limited and paid reservations are required by Tuesday, Aug. 15, by calling 569-2345 during business hours or register online through the Programs and Events page at auduboncnc.org.
Audubon education programs are funded with support from the Carnahan Jackson Foundation, Jessie Smith Darrah Fund, Holmberg Foundation, Hultquist Foundation and Lenna Foundation.
Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren.