FAEA is offering seven unique and creative in-person workshops this summer in Tallahassee, Sarasota, Lakeland, Fort Lauderdale, and Ponte Vedra Beach. Learn more about each workshop by visiting the FAEA website.
Tallahassee
A Match Made in Heaven: 3D Printing and Ceramics
Date: June 15, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 pm
Cost: $55
Description: Be inspired by using a 3D printer to create ceramic works using hand-building techniques with Advanced Placement Reader and 33+ year veteran art teacher Marilyn Proctor-Givens.
Tallahassee
All Things RAKU: The Heat is On
Date: June 15, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $55
Description: Glaze ceramic pieces and fire them outdoors with the American version of raku, a firing process that originated in Japan. Leave with a finished piece as well as historical and technical information. Taught by Barbara Davis, associate professor at Florida State University School.
Sarasota
WARP tour (warp as in Weaving) Session A/B
Date: June 15, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $55
Description: Join the Sarastoa Art Education Association at the new Sarasota Art Museum for a tour where you will get tangled in the fiber arts exhibit and enjoy listening to guest speaker Tiffany Jennings, PhD. Then participate in your choice of two mixed media creative workshops: Yarn Painting with Felecia Desiano, Lucet Cord Weaving with Sonia Azar, or Fabric Brooches and Fiber Embellishment with Ellen Goldberg. Shop at the museum store and walk a short distance to Art and Frame, Sarasota's only privately run and family owned art supply store.
Sarasota
WARP tour (warp as in Weaving) Session C
Date: June 16, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $55
Description: Visit local jewel Creative Liberties to tour artist's studios and participate in a workshop with fiber artist Elizabeth Goodwill. Learn an affordable way to weave on a loom. Elizabeth will lead participants through a cardboard loom weaving based on memories. Bring found objects, fibers, old scarves, or other fabrics to weave into this piece of memory art. Plus, bring an old t-shirt to transform into yarn.
Lakeland
Speed Creating with Royal Brush! Flowers, Portraits & Cake!
Date: July 13, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $30
Description: Come and learn with Kris Bakke of Royal Brush. Create 3 lessons using and experimenting with art materials by Royal Brush. After lunch, experience a Director tour of the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College.
Fort Lauderdale
Making Friends with My Monsters
Date: July 14, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $20
Description: Inspired by mindfulness practice and the current exhibition, Emilio Martinez: Van Gogh, Lautrec and Me, participants will create reflective works of mixed media art that personify personal goals, fears, and concerns to celebrate moving toward ownership, understanding, and strength. Participants will use their unique voice and choice to work in a variety of media, including collage, soft sculpture, three-dimensional work, painting, and more. Presented by Lark Keeler.
Ponte Vedra Beach
Dye, Spin and Felt Fibers
Date: July 20, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $55
Description: Come and learn how to dye wool, and then break into groups for spinning, weaving and felting fibers in the Fab Lab with Kymberly Thomas.
