An Intro to Punch Needle Workshop & Artist Talk with Bri Pippens

Join multidisciplinary artist Bri Pippens for an introduction to punch needle, a fiber art technique that uses yarn and fabric to build bold, textured designs. You’ll learn the the process, from setting up your tool to creating clean, consistent loops, while starting your own piece with the option to choose from pre-designed Bri-style designs or draw your own.

This session is designed to be approachable and low-pressure, with space to explore and move at your own pace. All materials are provided, and you’ll leave with a finished piece or a your work in progress and the tools and knowledge to continue creating beyond the workshop.

Beginner-friendly, no prior experience required.

Bri is currently our ARTCELERATE featured artist at our Georgetown location and will conduct an artist talk following the workshop 12:30pm - 1:30pm. Join us for an artist Q&A to learn more about her artistic process and the exhibit! Event details linked here.

This body of work explores what it means to grow through life rather than arrive somewhere fixed. Across illustration, painting, and fiber, Bri Pippens centers quiet, introspective moments, the ones that often go unseen but shape us the most, while also making space for joy as a grounding and intentional part of the journey. The figures within these works exist in states of reflection, connection, and becoming, holding both softness and strength at once.

Color, texture, and repetition act as a language of their own, echoing the emotional layers we carry and how we evolve over time. Some pieces lean into stillness, while others suggest movement and change, creating a visual rhythm that mirrors the nonlinear nature of growth.

At its core, this exhibition is an offering of space, to pause, to feel, and to recognize yourself within the work. It invites viewers to consider where they are, where they’ve been, and the quiet ways they continue to move forward.

Bri Pippens is a multidisciplinary visual artist from the DMV, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Working across illustration, painting, and punch needle fiber art, her work explores identity, memory, and connection through bold linework, vibrant color, and layered texture. Exhibiting across the DMV and beyond, she creates pieces that invite reflection while centering joy.

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