Brazosport Art League

Saturday Art Specials



Registration Information:
For more information and to register for this class call:  Contact DUANE ALCORN, 979/265-0777 or GINGER TUMLINSON, 979/265-4310, email:  ptgt07 AT comcast.net  ( Use of E-mail address requires typing and replacing the AT with @.  Format used is to thwart E-mail harvesting programs which result in SPAM.)

Brazosport Art League  Saturday Art Special for May Features Anami Weaving.

The Brazosport Art League announces the monthly “Saturday Art Special” to be held May 15th, from 9:30AM –3:30PM. Instructor,Tina Sheyotee Cotten

If you are looking for something fun filled, functional, educational, and, mostly off the wall, then this is the class for you. 


 Cotton says,”I live in Angleton with my husband, son, my two dogs, two cats and an insane parrot. I've been working in art since a young child. I graduated from University of Houston Clear Lake with a BA in visual arts. My specialties are watercolor, weaving, ceramics and jewelry.  I have been an art teacher in the area for over 25 years and have also taught special needs children.  I've been in numerous showings. The late Ann Richards, actor Russell Means, and NASA own/ed some of my work”.

My workshop is in what's called Anami weaving. Anami is a Navajo word meaning to weave from inside the circle outwards. It is an old form of 'off loom' weaving and has been practiced by the Navajo for centuries. The circle is the symbol for the essence of life. To weave Anami means the weaver is weaving about their life from inside the womb till the star road (end of life). It is a beautiful art form and it is a pleasure and honor to share this with those at the workshop on May 15, 2010 at the Brazosport Art League

Supply List:

 

(1) 6 or 8 inch embroidery hoop

(1) package of big eyed plastic needles

hot glue gun also sticks

scissors

ribbons (optional)

threads (optional)

assorted yarns (optional) 

   

Sea shells

Feathers

Found objects

Glass

Old jewelry

Beads

There will be yarn at the SAS Studio

"Thread will be provided, but if you do not like my threads, yarns, ribbons, etc., bring your own to add to your weaving

The SAS will be held in the BAL studio at The Center for the Arts & Sciences, 400 College Dr., Clute, Tx.

Fee for the class is $15. for BAL members, non members $25. You may join at this time if you wish.

 

You may bring a sack lunch, Coffee and tea will be provided, drink machines are on primises.

For more information and to register for this fun filled and out of the box" class please contact Co-Education Director, Duane Alcorn .265 0777, Email,   duanealcorn@yahoo.co

Fused Glass Jewelry SAS, (another session in the summer)

The Brazosport Art League will host a 2-day event on (summer), 2010. This class will be special. If you would love to show off you own home-made Bling! Bling! this is the class for you! Two Art League members, Patricia Williams and Nancy Yarbrough, will team up to teach the basics in creating small pieces of fused glass jewelry. The class will be at the art league studio in The Center for the Arts and Sciences, 400 College Drive in Clute. The time Saturday will be 9:30a.m.-2:30p.m. Sunday hours will be 1-3 p.m.

This class will be for beginners in fusing glass. Saturday, March 13 will be spent learning the basics of fused glass, cutting, and assembling glass for firing in a kiln. The participants will assemble and load kilns for firing. After the items are cool enough the class members will glue or wire wrap their items to create pendants and earring sets. This will continue on Sunday so that each participant has an opportunity to successfully complete their jewelry and have it ready to take home on Sunday.

The class fee is $25 for non-art league members and $15 for members. However, there is an added $20 fee for all participants to pay for a glass kit and handouts used during the class. After the first firing and completing their first project, the participants will have an opportunity to branch out to the next level of fusing and learn wire wrapping for jewelry. Additional kits, glass and jewelry items will be available for sale at the class.

Patricia Williams is a native of south Texas. She took a class in fused glass jewelry three tears ago and has been hooked on it ever since. She sells her jewelry in the Center Art Gallery. She also enjoys making mosaics and pottery. She has taught pottery classes at the studio also.

Nancy Yarbrough’s attraction to this art form started 30 years ago in stained glass. She was drawn to the manner in which glass plays with light. When she worked with glass fusing techniques, a new passion for the medium of glass emerged. Nancy is "enthralled with glass’s unlimited potential and finds both joy and challenge working with glass to create both functional and visual pieces".

Participants need to bring glass cutters (hardware store or Hobby Lobby has them) and safety goggles. Class members may also bring jewelry findings (bails, earring studs and wires) and wire wrapping tools to use.

The class number is limited. To register, call Duane Alcorn at (979) 265-0777 or e-mail him at duanealcorn@yahoo.com.