OCTOBER 9TH – 11TH | High Hog Farm | Grayson, GA
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RHAPSODY INDIGO IMMERSION
a three-day farm-based learning experience centered on indigo as plant, pigment, vat, fiber practice, and cultural inheritance.
October 9th – 11th, 2026
Over the course of one weekend, join us as we move from field to vat to fiber and dye through hands-on practice, shared meals, small group learning, and guided reflection. We will spend time with the living plants, explore fresh leaf dyeing and small-scale extraction, build and tend indigo vats, and work with wool, silk, and cotton to better understand how indigo behaves across natural fibers.
Rather than focusing only on the final dyed object, this weekend offers a deeper look at the full arc of indigo: how it grows, how it transforms, how the vat is built and cared for, and how these traditions continue to breathe through shared practice, experimentation, and play.
Registration: $450
Travel, lodging, or transportation not included. A limited number of full and partial scholarships available.
No single level of experience is required, but participants should be open to hands-on learning, outdoor farm conditions, shared practice, observation, experimentation, and conversation. This event will be ideal for:
- Natural dyers
- Fiber or textile artists
- Farmers, land stewards, and gardeners
- Educators and cultural workers
- Herbalists and plant people
- Artists working with memory, ancestry, agriculture, or material culture
- People curious about indigo as both technique and inheritance
Application Process
To begin your registration, please complete the program application and tell us a bit about yourself and why you’d like to join us.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and accepted applicants will be notified within 72 hours.
Once accepted, applicants will receive a payment link and have 5 days to complete payment and confirm their seat. Spaces are limited, and seats are not confirmed until payment is received.
Registration is $450 and includes instruction, materials, meals, and printed or multimedia learning resources. Travel, lodging, and transportation are not included.
This event is open to all, with priority given to Black and Indigenous participants as part of our commitment to access, diversity, and Black agrarian arts.
Scholarship Applications are Now Closed
our approach
We begin where the color begins: with the plant in the ground.
Before we get to dyeing fibers or cloth, we spend time with the field and the living plants that make these blues possible. We’ll look closely at how indigo grows, how it is harvested and processed, how a vat is built and cared for, and how wool, silk, cotton, and other fibers respond through practice.
Sankofa is one of the guiding threads of this immersion. We return to what has been carried, interrupted, and too often forgotten, but not as something frozen in the past, but as something alive in our hands. Indigo gives us a way to study agriculture, color, medicine, music, memory, beauty, resistance, and imagination all at once.
This weekend will hold both skill-building and wonder. We’ll make room for careful observation, technical learning, shared questions, creative play, and the kind of trial and error that helps knowledge settle into the body. The goal is not just to leave with dyed goods, but to leave with a stronger relationship to the plant, the process, and the responsibility of carrying the work forward.
Participants will be invited to learn the “rules” of indigo with enough clarity to understand what they are doing, and enough freedom to keep experimenting. We are honoring old knowledge while making space for new expression, because indigo is not a relic. It is a living color, a living practice, and a generous teacher.
meet our event team
Keisha Cameron
Keisha Cameron is an artist, farmer, shepherdess, natural dyer, and cultural seedkeeper based at High Hog Farm, just outside of Atlanta. Her work grows from the meeting place of land stewardship, Black agrarian history, fiber systems, plant-based color, and community care.
At High Hog Farm, Keisha tends sheep and small livestock, cultivates dye plants, teaches agrarian arts, and creates programs that help people reconnect with land, fiber, food, and ancestral practice. She is the founder of Black Sheep Fiber Circle, a former Gist Yarn WEAVE Artist in Residence, and has traveled to Ladakh, India to exchange with pastoralists and fiber artists working to sustain traditional wool cultures in a changing world.
Keisha approaches indigo from the soil level, beginning with the region, the growing conditions, the plant, and the histories held in the color before moving toward cloth. Her teaching style is grounded, generous, and exploratory, helping participants understand technique clearly enough to practice with confidence, curiosity, and room for play.
@highhogfarm
Britt Boles
Indigo doula, Britt Boles, specializes in cultivating relationships with indigo-bearing plants as a consultant for artisans, farms, schools, museums, and nonprofit organizations. Founder of Indigo Pigment Extraction Methods global network, Blue Biographies, and co-founder of Indigofest, Britt has been tending to traditional dye plants for over a decade with a focus on seed-to-pigment life cycles and the cross-pollination of community color.
@seaspellfiber
@indigo.fest
www.indigofest.org
Lauren Soleil
Lauren Soleil is a community-based spiritual practioner. Her textile journey began through researching traditional and indigenous fabrics as a form of ancestral veneration. In 2020, Lauren opened Coffee and Indigo, which focuses on textiles from ethic groups affected by the transatlantic slave trade. This work led her to join the Black Sheep Fiber Circle. Being able to understand the full process of textile production has given Lauren a deeper appreciation for those who have carried these tradtions. She hopes to continue this work and bring more awareness to the community around her.
Jamila Norman
Jamila Norman, affectionately known as Farmer J, is an internationally recognized urban farmer, food activist, and TV host, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
As the founder of Patchwork City Farms—established in 2010 and positioned amid 3.75 acres inside the City—Jamila operates her regenerative farm year-round and promotes sustainable agriculture and lifestyles within urban regions. She is also the current manager and founder of the South West Atlanta Growers Cooperative (SWAG Coop) – a cooperative centered around Black urban farmers in Atlanta’s robust urban agriculture community.
Beyond the farm, Jamila is the host of multi-Emmy-nominated “Homegrown” on the Magnolia Network, where she assists families in transforming their outdoor spaces into functional farms and gardens, fostering a deeper connection to food and nature.
Before pivoting to farming, Jamila spent a decade as an environmental engineer working for the State of Georgia protecting its natural resources. She is a proud mother to three sons and daughter of Caribbean parents.
In 2014 she served as a US delegate to Slow Food’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, in Turin, Italy, and has been featured in various publications including The New York Times, People Magazine, Time Magazine, CNN, the Today Show and the Drew Barrymore Show, and as a thought leader has been interviewed by NPR, library of congress, Southern Foodways Alliance, Oprah Daily, House Beautiful and more. Jamila’s greatest purpose is to become a model of immersive wellness, activated by people, and sustained by a collective vision for healing and connection to nature and each other.
Website: www.patchworkcityfarms.com
Facebook/Instagram: @Patchworkcityfarms
Cassandra Sinclair
Known as The Chef In Pearls, Cass is a celebrated private chef, culinary artist, and storyteller whose globally inspired, Jamaican-influenced cuisine creates unforgettable experiences. She blends technique, heritage, and heart to show how food connects, heals, and inspires.
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Event Schedule
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Plant to Vat to Fiber
Grounded, curious, and hands-on, this weekend moves through indigo as a living plant, a dye process, a fiber practice, and a cultural inheritance. Together we will spend time in the field, observe the plant, explore fresh leaf dyeing and small-scale extraction, build and tend vats, dye natural fibers, and reflect on what it means to carry this work forward.
Gather & Ground
Friday invites us to arrive, settle into the farm, and begin preparing the spaces where the weekend’s work will unfold. Through welcome exploration, dye kitchen prep, shared food, and an evening fiber circle, we’ll ease into the rhythm of the gathering and begin building connection with the land, the plants, and one another.
Friday
9
8 – 9 am
Check-In & Welcome
- Participant check-in
- Light breakfast refreshments, coffee, tea, and water
- Settle in, meet the team, and get oriented to the farm
9 – 10 am
Kickoff + Grounding
- Opening circle
- Land and site orientation
- Community agreements
- Intention setting
10 – 11:30 am
Indigo in the Field
- Time in the indigo beds
- Plant stories, varieties, and field observation
- Regional growing notes
- Harvest timing and plant care
- Sensory observation and relationship with the living plant
11:30 am – Noon
Break
- Group formation
- Transition time
12 – 1 pm
Lunch
- Shared meal
1 – 2:45 pm
Fresh Leaf Dyeing
Small-Scale Extraction
- Fresh leaf dyeing demos
- Indigo chemistry
- Aqueous extractions
- Fiber types and proper preparation
5:30 – 7 pm
Dinner
- Shared Meal
- Show-n-Share
Play, Create, Practice
Saturday carries us deeper into practice, with time for vat care, dye work, fiber study, and creative exploration. Moving in small groups, we’ll tend the blues already in motion, work across wool, silk, and cloth, to make space for experimentation, play, troubleshooting, and shared learning from field to vat to fiber.
Saturday
10
8 – 9 am
Breakfast
- Light breakfast refreshments, coffee, tea, and water
9 – 10 am
Extraction & Vat Check-Ins
- Aqueous extraction, day 2
- Wake up vats/vat care
10 am – 11:45 pm
Morning Dye Rotation
- Indigo + wool, silk, and cellulose
- Lafun paste resist
- Itajime 3D printed shape resist
12 – 1 pm
Lunch
- Shared meal
1 – 4 pm
Afternoon Dye Rotation
- Vat checks
- Indigo + wool, silk, and cellulose
- Lafun paste resist
- Itajime 3D printed shape resist
1 – 4 pm
Creative Free Time
- Finish dye work
- Rest/Refresh/Reset
6 pm
Dinner
- Shared meal
8 – 10 pm
Campfire
- Fiber circle, storytelling, talent share, toasted marshmallows and smores
Wrap Up & Reflections
Sunday is closing day. We will review what happened across the weekend, talk through textile and fiber aftercare, gather final observations, and reflect on how participants might continue working with indigo in their own farms, studios, classrooms, or communities.
Sunday
11
9 – 10 am
Wrap Up
- Coffee, tea, and light refreshments available
- Project finishing touches
- After care instruction
- Close vats
10 am – Noon
Brunch
Closing Circle
- Shared meal
- Project sharing
- Final questions
- Reflections and takeaways
12 – 1 pm
Farewell Departures
- Community clean up until scheduled departure
Chef Cassandra Sinclair
Known as The Chef In Pearls, Cass is a celebrated private chef, culinary artist, and storyteller whose globally inspired, Jamaican-influenced cuisine creates unforgettable experiences. She blends technique, heritage, and heart to show how food connects, heals, and inspires.
Weekend Menu – TBA
Halal, Vegan, Gluten-free, and Non-dairy options available.
FAQs
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Getting Here
What to Bring?
You’ll want to bring a current project or FO (finished object) to show off for our Show-&-Share on Friday night! Please bring something meaningful to you—could be an object, photograph, textile, or story-backed piece that shares a bit about you and/or your inspiration for your crafting journey.
Optional: We will have a Rememberance Table available for those who wish to add ancestral photos and treasured items.
Recommended Packing List:
This is a working farm. Close toed shoes are required.
Clothing should be comfortable and appropriate to outdoor (farming) activities – long sleeves, a light jacket or layers for Georgia’s many weather moods, along with any rain gear is recommended.
- Umbrella for rain or shade
- Bug spray
- Sunscreen, lip balm
- Reusable water bottle
- Notebook and pen for jotting notes or sketching ideas
- Headlamp or flashlight with spare batteries
- Optional power bank for device charging
- Small sit pad or foldable chair if you prefer a bit more comfort while crafting
- Optional: a small personal object, textile, image, or meaningful item for Friday evening share-out
Please do not bring personal items to dye. All dye materials and learning samples will be provided.
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Health & Safety
Effective Date: August 2026
Applies To: High Hog Farm land, staff, volunteers, guests, and all on-farm visitors and participants
Contact for Health & Safety Oversight: Keisha Cameron
This Health & Safety Policy reflects our commitment to community care, preparedness, and mutual respect. We believe safety is a collective responsibility rooted in consent, cultural care, and readiness to support one another in the event of injury, illness, or emergency. All policies apply to on-farm activities, camp areas, fiber workstations, food service zones, and communal gathering spaces.
COVID-19 Policy
- Do not attend the event if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, flu, or other contagious illness (fever, sore throat, coughing, loss of smell, body aches).
- We encourage attendees to test for COVID-19 within 48 hours before arrival.
- Handwashing and sanitation stations will be available throughout the farm.
- Indoor gathering will be limited and is ventilated; most activities are outdoors or under open tents.
- Masks are not required but are welcome. We encourage anyone immunocompromised or concerned to mask and communicate boundaries.
- Personal sanitation kits (hand sanitizer, tissues, masks) will be provided upon request.
Designated First Aid & Emergency Readiness station will be accessible on-farm throughout the entirety of the event. More details will be provided during registration on 9/19.
Community Guidelines & Agreements
How We Share & Create Safe Space
When entering onto High Hog Farm and/or participating in Communiversity events and activities, we will equalize the space, check our assumptions, and practice consensual dialogue by abiding by the following guidelines:
● Be aware of your prejudices and privileges and the space you take up. Make space for all to participate — allow space for all voices.
● Respect everyone’s identity and background, including pronouns and names. Do not assume anyone’s gender identity, sexual preference, survivor status, economic status, background, health, etc.
● Respect everyone’s physical and emotional boundaries.
○ Check in before discussing topics that may be triggering (e.g. sexual abuse, racism, religion)
○ Always get explicit verbal consent before touching someone.
● Respect the land, and other beings that reside here: do not leave refuse on the land, walk in pathways not on beds, check in before harvesting plants or animals.
● Out of care for our collective presence and awareness, this is a dry campus. We ask participants to refrain from using alcohol or recreational drugs during the gathering. Sobriety supports clarity while learning, and helps us remain attuned to what we’re creating together. It is also a way of showing respect, knowing that some among us may be navigating personal struggles with addiction.
● For participants who rely on smoking for health reasons, a designated smoking area will be shared during orientation.
● Actively participate. Actively listen. Silence is okay. Do not assume silence is agreement.
● Be open and respect different opinions, experiences, and learning styles.
● Share knowledge and skills with our community.
● Personalize your knowledge and practice self-focus language (i.e., use “I statements.”)
● No one knows everything. Together we know a lot.
● Expect and accept non-closure.
● Practice “both/and” thinking, rather than “either/or” thinking.
● Be aware of both intent and impact. Listen and change your behavior if someone tells you it is causing harm.
● Call in, not out. When someone behaves in a way that challenges your values, do your best to invite them into awareness rather than dismissing, shaming, or shunning them.
● Practice self-care. Be patient and gentle with self.
● Recognize the difference between discomfort and unsafe.
● Take space as you need it, so that you can show up fully.
● Confidentiality: What is said here, stays here. What is learned here leaves here. Share stories and experiences, not names and gossip.
● Ask questions before assuming. The best way to understand the choices, actions, or intentions of one another is by asking. Avoid blaming people for the misinformation taught to them.
● Breathe. Speak from your heart.
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