4-Week Creative Class: Fibers & Soft Sculpture - Craftivism

Name: 4-Week Creative Class: Fibers & Soft Sculpture - Craftivism
Start: 2024-10-08T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2024-10-08T19:30:00-06:00
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204

Schedule

Tue Oct 08 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204 | Denver, CO

Join us for a 4-session Creative Class starting October 8! Learn more and sign up here: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/creative-classes-craftivism-october-2024-4-weeks
Craftivism is simply craft + activism. In this 4-week class, students will use textiles to create your own soft sculptures, protest tapestries about a cause that matters to you, and positive affirmation embroideries. Students will learn sewing and embroidery techniques to create works about things you care about. The textile collection of the DAM has several works of craftivism and we will also look at those to understand what craftivism is and how simple it is to do! Beginners are welcome. Don't be intimidated by sewing. This course will make it simple and meaningful.
What to Expect:
This class meets weekly on Tuesdays. During class, we will mostly be creating. We will be making 3 different artworks: soft sculptures of the word "No" to help remind us to keep healthy boundaries in our lives, fabric tapestries about a cause or topic that matters to you personally, and hand embroidered positive affirmations. After this class, you will know 3 new ways of creating work that is personal and meaningful to you using fabric and sewing techniques. Beginners are welcome. No prior experience necessary.
Creative Classes are taught in a studio art environment and offer an opportunity to learn from professional creatives through traditional and experimental approaches. Each class is uniquely designed by a creative educator for an adult audience, designed to help you learn a new skill or expand your own creative practice. Explore the Fall 2024 class schedule: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/creative-classes
About the Educator:
Charis Lillene Fleshner is a conceptual mixed media artist who completed her MFA in studio art at the University of New Mexico. Fleshner currently teaches art at Aims Community College and shows work nationally. Before starting graduate studies, Charis Lillene Fleshner used her bachelor's of fine arts in art education from University of North Texas to teach junior high and elementary art for seven years. Her studio practice currently focuses on painting, soft sculpture, Craftivism, and the intersections of Feminism and art.