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Food for Thought
Friday, March 27, 2026
11:30-1:00 in-person ($20)
12:00-1:00 Zoom (free)
Birch Bay Village, Bay Vista Room
Bar Harbor
Pre-registration Required
Shira Singer & David Manski
More Stories in Cloth, the Journey Continues
Last year Shira Singer spent 5 months in India as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar
learning about India’s ancient textile traditions of natural dyeing and how they are evolving in response to environmental and societal changes. Her husband, David Manski, accompanied her and documented the practices of traditional artists through photography and videography. This presentation is a follow up to their Fall talk at the SWH Library and will focus on additional artists, heritage crafts and aspects of everyday life in India. Lunch begins at 11:30am, the program is from 12-1pm.
Shira Singer lives in Bar Harbor and has over 35 years of experience as an art
educator, textile artist and art therapist. She was an art teacher for the
Cranberry Isles and Swan’s Island elementary schools and has enjoyed making art with people of all ages through Summer Festival of the Arts, Schoodic Arts for All, Acadia Senior College and other community arts programs.
David Manski is a trained wildlife biologist and conservation professional, who spent much of his 35-year National Park Service career at Acadia National Park. He has consulted internationally, sharing his expertise in protecting parks and nature preserves. David is the current president of the MDI Photo Club and is an active documentary and street photographer. He has a diverse body of published and exhibited photography work.
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