Jess Wszolek

Jess Wszolek joined the Cranaleith staff in April, managing our vegetable garden, helping with land care and overseeing our elderly hens. In the off season she creates art programing, works as an assistant to the director and plans out our garden spaces. Her favorite part of the job is the time spent in our grounds seeing wildlife and helping with the bees. She is also a practicing artist who received a BFA from Tyler School of Art with a major in Printmaking. She continues her practice at a nonprofit print shop in northern liberties. Her art medium of choice is Stone Lithography, but enjoys crafts of all sorts.

Upcoming Programs by Jess Wszolek

Repairing Beloved Garments the Sashiko Way

January 30, 2025
Join us on at Cranaleith’s art room to care for your well-worn pieces of clothing. Keeping with our concern for the earth, you will be able to repair, reinforce, or add some style to your most loved garments using the Sashiko method.

Thinking Like Wind: A Wind Chime Making Workshop

February 15, 2025
We see the works of the wind in our everyday life though the movement of leaves, fabric swaying, and trees dancing. Join us to celebrate the wind through the creation of windchimes utilizing discarded pottery and glass. Ages 13 and above are welcome.

Repairing Beloved Garments the Sashiko Way

February 27, 2025
Join us on at Cranaleith’s art room to care for your well-worn pieces of clothing. Keeping with our concern for the earth, you will be able to repair, reinforce, or add some style to your most loved garments using the Sashiko method.

Thinking Like Wind: A Wind Chime Making Workshop

February 27, 2025
We see the works of the wind in our everyday life though the movement of leaves, fabric swaying, and trees dancing. Join us to celebrate the wind through the creation of windchimes utilizing discarded pottery and glass. Ages 13 and above are welcome.

Repairing Beloved Garments the Sashiko Way

March 27, 2025
Join us on at Cranaleith’s art room to care for your well-worn pieces of clothing. Keeping with our concern for the earth, you will be able to repair, reinforce, or add some style to your most loved garments using the Sashiko method.