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The Business Aspect of Art |
Topics
covered will include:
establishing long and short term goals, marketing your
work, studio organization, electronic portfolios, necessary computer
skills, artist
bios, resumes and the artist statement, venues, inventory strategies,
pricing and
selling your work, realistic budgeting, copyright issues, website design
guidelines, the inspiration wall, professional proposals, getting your
name out there and other issues addressed by students.
The course focuses on facilitated discussion and sharing.
Course
material includes:
bibliographies, power point presentations, written exercises for
personal clarification, and handouts. |
One
or two days.
Each
day offers a six hour session.
Topics
included depend on the length of the class.
$10
lab fee
plus
tuition
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Making
a Quilt Top
without a Pattern
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This
is a great beginner class for learning how to make a smaller size quilt
top using a random strip method of piecing. A
basic knowledge of traditional piecing is helpful but
not necessary. Students will
learn how to create blocks using the line and color of the
fabric. A pattern is not used.
For students who work very fast, layering the quilt is
optional--depending
on the length of the class.
*Sewing
Machine Required.
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Five
days
Each
day offers a six hour session.
*Students
responsible for supply list.
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Introduction to
Art Quilts
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If
you are intrigued by art quilts but feel intimidated, then this class is
for you! This
one or two day workshop will bring you insight, fun & success.
The goal is to design a
small (12”
to 18”) art quilt using the collage approach and fusing.
Design and
compositional
elements will be the starting point for the project.
*Sewing
Machine Required. |
Two
days
Each day offers a six hour session.
*Students responsible for supply list.
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Beginning Fabric Dyeing
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This
is a beginner dye class using fiber reactive dyes on cotton.
Students will
understand the basic fundamentals of the dyeing process and how the dyes
interact
on cotton. Basic surface
design elements are explored.
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Two
days
Each day offers a six hour session.
*Students responsible for supply list.
*Lab
fee--$65 each--in
conjunction with the course fee
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Introduction to
Surface Design
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This
class focuses on various surface design techniques using small pieces of
cotton.
The
goal is to learn basic techniques such as dyeing, painting, printing,
resist methods,
monoprinting,
foiling and shibori.
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Two
days
Each
day offers a six hour session.
*Students
responsible for supply list.
*Lab
fee--$65 each--in
conjunction with the course fee |
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Beginning
Design:
Making Art Quilts from Scraps
(formerly
Postcards from the Edge)
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You
know how normal people pick up the garbage from a
sewing
session & throw it away? This
workshop is not
for
those people!
The goal
of this workshop is to
create
a
smaller size art quilt studies using ‘remnants’ & ‘pieces’ of
fabric.
Using your own personal
stash of tiny fabric
pieces you might
throw away, snippets, cording, heavy
paper, unusual fabrics, an old sock, a sleeve from a
sweater,
citrus bags...get creative! Establish
a plastic
bin
of goodies to choose from. The
more garbage you have, the more choices you will have for design options.
‘Garbage’ will be assembled, collaged & finished into
postcard
size art quilts while considering basic design
elements of art. This is a
great beginning class to help
you find your design voice.
*Sewing
Machine Required--if
class is a two day class.
*Creating
an inspiration book component if class is two days.
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One
or two days
Each
day offers a six hour session.
*Students
responsible for supply list.
Lab
fee--$10 per student
plus tuition
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Finding
Inspiration
from Nature
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This
class is a wonderful intermediate class and follow up
to the Introduction to Art
Quilt class. Using a picture
from nature, a small
composition will be designed using
fusing, collage and piecing. The
workshop includes a walk
finding design in everyday
things. (Weather permitting)
A
presentation focusing on the line and beauty in nature
starts
off the class and provides a base in which to work.
Various methodologies and
problem solving design goals
will be a focus as well.
*Sewing
Machine Required.
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Two
days
Each
day offers a six hour session.
*Students
responsible for supply list.
$25
lab fee per student plus tuition
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A Play Day
in the Studio:
Private Instruction
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Don’t
know anything about dyeing fabric with fiber
reactive
dyes? Then join me for a day
of playtime in the
studio.
Techniques included can include immersion
dyeing,
shibori, dye painting, textile painting, resist
methods,
foiling or topics of interest by the students.
Or if you would rather focus on design, free motion
quilting,
piecing or finishing a
quilt—that can be an
option
as well!
If I know how to do it, I will share it!
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Hours
variable
*Students
responsible for supply list depending on course of study.
Lab
fee--$35--$50
per student plus tuition
Supplies
available for sale |
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One hour lectures include a power point presentation. |
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Thank You Edward Hopper |
This one hour lecture concentrates on Deborah Fell's art
journey--from the beginning in New Hampshire to current day art quilts. |
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History of Quilting |
This one hour lecture focuses on the history of quilting in
America. This can be a longer presentation however the length
impacts the price of the lecture. |
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Gee's Bend |
This is an in-depth journey into the significance of Gee's
Bend quilts and their place in the art quilt world. |
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Memorial Quilts |
From the pioneer days to the AIDS quilt, this lecture gives
a comprehensive view of the varied and moving memorial quilts from the
Civil War to present day. |
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History of Art Quilts |
This is an in-depth look at the art quilt movement and its
roots. |
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The Impact of Technology in Quilting |
From the Industrial Revolution to the invention of the
Square, this lecture focuses on the impact of technology on quilting and
the quilting industry. |
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Dancing on AIR |
This lecture traces the steps of Deborah Fell's
Artist-in-Residence experience at the Mendocino Art Center. The
focus of the presentation is finding the courage to step outside of your
comfort zone. |
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Lectures are $300 plus travel expenses. |
