2023

My year of returning . . .

I am going to teach five sessions this year !

4 day WINTER WORKSHOP : Finding Tenderness . . .

Last minute delight for January . . . 16-19

Chester Art Center, Chester Nova Scotia

Finding Tenderness figures : students will learn polymer clay basics and several techniques for working in cloth . . .

5 day SPRING WORKSHOP: The Memory Chair . . .

Ravens Moon Craft Cidery: May 18-22nd Courtney , Vancouver Island BC

Bella and Rabbit . . . example and pattern beginning for the workshop

May is a return to Raven’s Moon Craft Cidery on Vancouver Island with our fabulous host Marla Limousine.

“The MEMORY CHAIR WORKSHOP” was developed from three series pieces I created this past year about sitting with memory.

The class in it’s “are you interested?” stage has filled …

BUT there is a waiting list and a delightful return to teaching at the Cidery in times to come!

If this is somewhere you may wish to take a week long absolutely delicious class . . . please let us know and we will keep you informed and on a list if a space becomes available and upcoming workshops. Here at Raven’s Moon Kraft Cidery, as well as our week of creative sessions, we enjoy deliciously prepared organically grown food, gentle yoga stretch for the weary body (due to long intense focus on little details) and all the amazing tastes of the cider and wine George and Quinn produce at the farm.

A heavenly week in a heavenly setting. . .

S U M M E R classes:

2 Days : JULY 2023 : KNOWING THINGS

July 16-17 Spencer, North Carolina:

“KNOWING THINGS” prototypes, students will learn lots about polymer clay and build one little being . . .

KNOWING THINGS will be a two day workshop held right after the 60th Anniversary NIADA Conference in Charlotte North Carolina. Registration opens January 15th and I will post a reminder for this~

What better than to feel like you are Knowing Things (even if it is just for a few days) !!

AUGUST 2023 : CLASS PLANS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Lunenburg School of the Arts : August 21-25 2023

I am (since I still have time) deciding what would be a great idea for this summer session….

A beautiful setting for a week long creative workshop! Lunenburg School of the Arts sits in the sweet town of Lunenburg; a UNESCO Heritage Site. A world famous magical town on the south shore of Nova Scotia. I first visited here when I was invited by Alma Houston to have a solo show in her gallery after becoming one of her gallery artists when I was a mere 23 years old…

The Houston North Gallery was the reason I visited Nova Scotia during the winter it opened in 1981. Having never been to the east coast of Canada I was thrilled to be invited to do this.

A young artist, barely liberated from education, health and family issues I agreed to have a show in the gallery in January. It was quite an event in my life and resulted in my falling in love with this place and moving to Lunenburg several months following my show from Toronto. I came on the train with a possible bookkeeping job, a place to stay in return for the work and $500.00 (my life savings) … but more about this in this year of personal stories ahead . . .

5 day FALL WORKSHOP : CREATING EXPRESSION

October 2-6 Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts: Mineral Point Wisconsin

Holding On . . . prototype for the workshop . . . you take it from here !

October 2-6th brings me back to Mineral Point Wisconsin and Shake Rag for a week long session called “Creating Expression “

The catalogue will be published in a few days ! ! ! (Jan 4th)

Registration will open for class that day!

Such a delightful place to visit and know about, the workshops offered are so vast and the fellowship and community of Shake Rag and Mineral Point is fantastic, so I cannot say enough about this lovely place to treat yourself to a workshop, or . . . T W O !!!

The Rain Collectors . . . another part of the Creating Expression workshop

That all for the moment!

great to be planning things again!

xo