Press Releases 2007
New Fall Workshops
CONTACT: Janet Peterson, Marketing and Public Relations Director
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DOWN JERSEY
FOLKLIFE CENTER
AT WHEATONARTS ANNOUNCES NEW BEAD MAKING AND BEADWORK WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
MILLVILLE, NJ – The Down Jersey Folklife
Center at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center announces five new bead making
and beadwork workshops and classes beginning in October and continuing through December.
Ukrainian Beadwork with Vera Nakonechny – October 20, 27, November 3 and 10. 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. This is one class in four sessions held in the Down Jersey
Folklife Center. Class Level: All Levels (students
will be working on different projects depending upon their skill Level). Class Size: 10 adults (families welcomed if children are 15 and older). Class Description: Lessons
will include loom work and mash work (netting), which is off-loom technique. All beadwork could
be made into necklaces, bracelets, earrings and headbands. The beadwork projects created in class could
also be applied to clothing. Materials
For Class: All materials are provided by the instructor and
their price is included in the registration fee: loom, needles, beads
(Size 11, 3 different colors), beading threads. Registration Fee: $80.00 (kit of $20.00 is included).
Nakonechny discovered Ukrainian folk arts as a child growing
up in the small Ukrainian community in Brazil. From her mother she learned
embroidery. Migrating to the U.S.
at age 14, she joined the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, which
offered introductory courses in Ukrainian Folk Arts. In 1986, after getting a
grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, she studied weaving techniques
with the Master artist Eudokia Sorochaniuk. She is involved in many cultural
organizations, travels extensively to Ukraine
and teaches classes both in the U.S.
and in Ukraine
in embroidery, weaving and beadwork.
Native American Beadwork with Roberta Flores – October 13, 20 and 27. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is one class in three
sessions held in the Down
Jersey Folklife
Center.
Class Level: All Levels
(students will be working on different projects depending upon their skill
level). Class Size: Ten adults (families welcomed if children
are 15 and older). Class Description: This class will teach three moderately
difficult techniques (Appliqué, Lace
and Flower stitch) to make a rosette necklace. Once these techniques
have been practiced they can be used to make more difficult projects. The peyote stitch will be introduces
towards the end of the class. Materials
For Class: All materials are provided by the instructor and their
price is included in the registration fee: beading needles, beading thread, wax, white felt, Size 10 seed beads, and leather. Registration Fee: $75.00 (kit of $15.00 is
included).
Flores is a Master
beadwork artist recognized by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her
works will be soon on display at the New Jersey
State Museum
in Trenton. She
started doing beadwork at the age of nine being taught by older members of the
Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Tribe in Bridgeton,
NJ. She creates beadwork for her family and other tribal members and currently
makes the junior princess crowns. She does a variety of stitches such as lazy
stitch, appliqué, peyote, lace and flower, and she also works with porcupine
quills. Flores participates in the annual
educational programs organized at WheatonArts to represent the Native American
traditions and culture. She has been active in the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Tribe
since childhood. She has served on Tribal Council for several years and she has
been the Tribal Treasurer for the past three years. She is also an accomplished
Ladies Traditional Dancer.
Glass Beadmaking with
Susan Morgan – October 20, November 3 and December 1. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a one-day class offered
three times in the Craft Studio. Class
Level: Beginners. Class Size:
Three adults. Class Description: This class will teach torch safety using Carlisle torches. It will include melting soft glass rods to make simple beads,
changing shapes using a variety of tools (and gravity),
adding color to make designs, pulling
stringers and cane, and annealing. Materials For Class: All materials are provided by the instructor and
their price is included in the registration fee. Registration Fee: $130.00 (includes glass, use of tools, annealing, and shipping).
Morgan first started her fascination with glass in 1985 with a stained glass class. In 1990 she attended
“Introduction to Hot Glass” at Salem
Community College with the goal of learning to recycle the scraps from the stained glass projects and the hope of somehow
mixing the hot glass with stained glass. Morgan volunteered at WheatonArts as a lampwork artist for six years and
then accepted a position as associate lampworker.
Clay Bead Family
Workshops with Phyllis
Seidner – October 20, November 10 and December 8. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. This
is a one-day class offered three times in the Craft Studio. Class Level:
All Levels (families welcomed). Class
Size: 16 participants
(adults and children). Class
Description: Classes are designed to be family oriented though
individuals may enroll as well. Participants will be instructed in the
production of Stoneware clay beads as
well as amulets or pendants. Rolled beads as well as pendants will be
created using Stoneware clay and various items used for texture. The instructor
will fire the finished items and can be picked up at a later date after firing
or will be shipped for an additional fee of $5.00. Materials For Class: All materials are provided by the instructor
and their price is included in the registration fee. Registration Fee: $20.00 (individuals), $5.00 (children), $30.00 (family
of three), $40.00 (family of four), etc.
Seidner is an instructor at Cumberland
County College
in Vineland, NJ. She has been a resident assistant in the
WheatonArts Ceramics Studio for the past year. She produces a line of
functional pottery and is recognized for her “Face Jugs” reminiscent of Early
American Folk Pottery.
Jewelry Making with Alyce Laufer – November 17
and December 1. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This is one
class in two sessions held in the Down
Jersey Folklife
Center. Class Level:
Beginners and Intermediate. Class Size: Ten adults (families welcomed if children
are 15 and older). Class Description: In the first session participants will
create macramé based jewelry (necklace or bracelet) with hand made glass beads.
In the second session participants will design their own jewelry (earrings,
necklace or bracelet) using twisted wire and hand made glass beads. Materials
For Class: All materials are provided by the instructor and their price is
included in the registration fee: beading thread, bendable wire, clasps, handmade
glass beads. Registration Fee: $35.00 (kit
included) or $20.00 each of people chose to participate in only one of the
sessions.
Laufer attended Salem Community
College for basic glass working. She spends most
of her weekends at the WheatonArts Glass Studio making beads. She wanted to
work in glass but in smaller quantities than the Studio glassblowers. After
making about ten pounds of beads, she realized she needed to do something with
them so she started to make jewelry. Her designs are mostly inspired by flow of
life and nature or by other bead artists’ works and combinations of colors.
Pre-registration is
required. The registration deadline is ten days before the workshop and/or class.
To register for a workshop or for more information, call 1-800-998-4552 or
856-825-6800, extension 109, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or e-mail
kmorton@wheatonarts.org.
Payment can be made with a credit card or check payable to Down Jersey
Folklife Center
at WheatonArts.
Refunds will be provided up
to one week prior to the beginning of the workshop and/or class. After this
time the workshop and/or class fee is non-refundable. WheatonArts reserves the
right to cancel a workshop due to minimal enrollment. If cancellation occurs,
WheatonArts will refund all workshop and/or class fees.
WheatonArts
strives to ensure the accessibility of its exhibitions, events and programs to
all persons with disabilities. Provide two weeks notice for special
accommodations. Patrons with hearing and speech disabilities may contact WheatonArts
through the New Jersey
Relay Service (TRS) 800-852-7899 or by dialing 711.
The DJFC is a division of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Inc., a
non-profit arts organization. The DJFC
receives support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of
the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts; the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the
Department of State; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Bank of America and Mid
Atlantic Arts Foundation. The DJFC is further supported by residents and groups with an interest in the
traditional art and culture of southern New
Jersey.
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