In the workshop, artist Rebecca Chappell will guide you in the discovery of new forms and ways of making through curiosity and simple play. Develop your personal sensibility with clay as you explore combining various techniques, such as handbuilding and wheel throwing. Leave with the skills needed to turn your ideas into fun and creative objects with meaning.

About Rebecca Chappell
Rebecca Chappell received her M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2008 and her B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2003. Chappell has participated in solo and group exhibitions across the U.S. She currently teaches at the Maryland Institute of Art as well as Tyler School of Art. Rebecca lives and maintains a studio in Philadelphia, PA.

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Come explore basic embroidery techniques and how to apply them to “drawings” using direct drawing, transfer and projection. This will be both a technical skills class and an idea development class. We will discuss stitch, color and materials choices while learning and exploring traditional techniques of drawing such as contour, and hatching through the stitch. This is a great class for beginners up to advanced students in embroidery. We will go over all the basics but all the conceptual and drawing skills can be applied to any skill level.

About Joetta Maue
Joetta Maue is an artist, curator and arts writer. Her most recent body of work is a series of embroideries, drawings and photographs that explore the psychological landscape of the domestic space. Maue’s work has been shown in galleries and museums across the country, and her writing has been published in numerous publications. She is a professor and practicing artist in New England where she lives with her family.