Join Honorarium Recipient, Abby Palen, to learn more about how to create outrageously creative art using cheap and found materials! 

Abby Palen is an award-winning creative storyteller. Raised in Kentucky, they have traveled and studied across the country. From crafting puppets in Vermont, to keeping bees in Alaska, there's a story in every place that they have been. As a result of being present in these stories and searching for more experience, this creates the backbone of Abby’s artistic work. The relationship between authenticity and creativity, and how the two constantly inform each other is the spice that pulls everything together. For Abby, the truth has layers, and creativity helps access a new layer of truth. Additionally, authenticity has layers, and experience helps peel them away. With this delicate pulling and peeling, all of their creative stories are born…