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Classes & Workshops
Oklahoma City Museum
of Art
Transferring Ancient Roman Imagery onto Fabric
City Arts Center on
the Fairgrounds
Weaving Classes
Tuesdays, 7-9pm OR Thursdays, 10 am to 12
noon
We have 17 floor looms, offering students the choice of weaving on 4 or 8 harness, jack, countermarche or counterbalance looms, in 22" to 60" widths. In addition, we offer interested students the opportunity to pursue projects on inkle, tapestry or rigid heddle looms. Our students' work was recently featured in an exhibit at the Midwest City library.
We also offer a week-long fiber arts camp each summer as part of our children's summer programming. During this camp, 8-13 year olds learn about spinning and natural dyeing, and weave their own inkle loom shoelaces, pocketbags on cardboard looms, and small, colorful rugs on floor looms. Fiber Arts Camp
for Kids Ages 8-12 Dive into the world of weaving, spinning and dyeing! Activities include dyeing with kool-aid, and with natural dyes such as onion skins, bugs and magical indigo. Each child will have the opportunity to make a mug rug on a simple cardboard loom, to weave a pair of shoelaces using an inkle loom, and to weave a small rug on a floor loom.
Natural Dye Workshops
FREE!
Saturday, July 19: 1-4 pm (come and go)
City Arts Center at the Fairgrounds
Family Dye
Day:
Mud
Painting
Instructors: Elia Woods and Heather
Clark
Get down to earth! Start with colorful
pigments made from rocks, minerals and earth. Add soy milk to enjoy
a fun, ecological method of painting, printing and stenciling on
fabric. Bring your own bandana, flag or picnic cloth to paint. All
ages are welcome!
Children under 12 must be accompanied by
an adult.
To see mud printing in action, go to
www.cityartscenter.org
and click on "adult classes", then "fiber" then scroll down to the
first video.
405-951-0000
3000 General Pershing Boulevard,
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Special thanks to the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality for their support.
Elia Woods 405.524.1864 |
City Arts Center's
weaving classes are held in our beautiful 1,000 square foot weaving
studio. During the eight week session, beginning students weave a sample
project on a table loom, learning how to warp a loom, create different
weave structures, and finish edges. Intermediate students choose their
own project and yarn with the help of the instructor. Popular projects
include scarves, shawls, table linens, kitchen towels, rugs, tote bags
and baby blankets. Our weaving studio houses a broad collection of
handweaving magazines and books to help students in project selection.