Park Open Studio: Friendship Bracelets with Rhonda Weppler
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees. Past mediums have included plein-air drawing, printmaking, cyanotypes, and more. All materials are provided by WSPC.
About the Workshop
You've Got a Friend in Washington Square Park
In the spirit of generosity and community building, make a bracelet to gift to a stranger in the park, and take a bracelet gifted by a stranger in the park to keep. Start by customizing a wooden bead using paint markers. Once sealed with UV resin, the bead will provide the focal point for a bracelet made of glass, wood, and stainless steel beads on a stainless steel snake chain bracelet.
About the Artist
Rhonda Weppler focuses on the intersection of craft and sculpture. She has run numerous workshops and community-based projects in New York and internationally. Her collaborative video project (made with artist Trevor Mahovsky) Crafts Abyss was hosted by the Museum of Arts & Design (New York City, 2021). Other recent activities include OpenArt (Örebro, Sweden, 2022) and Wassaic Project (NY, 2025), as well as solo exhibitions at Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto, 2025), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Arts Centre (New York City, 2023), Esker Foundation (Calgary, 2024), and Wagner Park (New York City, 2025). Her work is represented in public collections including Cornell University, Musée d’art Contemporain de Montreal, Vancouver Art Gallery, and the National Gallery of Canada. rhondaweppler.com