Wisconsin Handweavers Inc.

A 501 (c) (3) Tax-Exempt Organization

2007-2008 Workshops

POWER WEAVING

                           A Workshop with Mary Zicafoose

This one day workshop is devoted and designed to recharge you, your creative process, and your work.  Through great slides, stories, break out sessions, and personal exercises we will explore where you have been, where you are now, and where you want to go.  This is an upbeat and fast paced day created to inspire you for a long productive Wisconsin winter.....spring, summer & fall! 

This is a dynamic and non threatening class perfect for the beginner as well as the pro.  It has your name on it if you are a weaver, spinner, dyer, basketmaker, felter, beader, knitter, surface designer, quilter, embroiderer, artist and a multi-tasking human being.  Come soak up the inspiration.

Mary Zicafoose's tapestries and rugs span the globe from the corporate offices of Tenaska in Canada to the United States Embassies on three continents. Her woven pieces blend cultural icons and symbols with a contemporary hand, creating powerful visual statements in fiber. The work and processes are a reflection of the artists' superb craftsmanship and her ability to speak articulately through the use of color. Ms. Zicafoose has worked, traveled and taught throughout the Americas. A largely self taught weaver, she received her BFA from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Her graduate Studies include the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska. She credits her courage at the dye pot to the influence of painter Mark Rothko and her designs to every textile she has seen and touched. She currently maintains a one-woman fiber studio in Omaha, Nebraska where she lives with her family.

Date:       Friday, September 12, 2008              Time: 9:30 AM-4:00 PM

Place:       ABK, Gaenslen School, 1250 E. Burleigh Street, Milwaukee

Cost:        $50 for the one-day workshop.

Other Information:    Level – open to all  No loom is required for this workshop Please bring to class photos, sketch books, journals, records of your journey,  and/or an example or two of your latest project.  Participants are responsible for personal meals, lodging, or materials during the workshop. There is a refrigerator at this location for our use. The cost of the workshop will be waived for anyone who volunteers to house Mary Zicafoose for the time she is here.

Please complete the following registration form along with your check made out to WHI for $50 and send to: Nancy Simonson, P.O. Box 148, Rochester, WI  53167

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