Headdress Making Workshop with Kathryn "Ka" June

Name: Headdress Making Workshop with Kathryn "Ka" June
Start: 2025-10-10T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-12T14:00:00-04:00
Location: COSM Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

Schedule

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

COSM Chapel of Sacred Mirrors | Wappingers Falls, NY

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Join us for this three-day intensive workshop, as we explore playful creativity and the art of adornment by expressing your unique and powerful qualities through making your own headdress.

To wear a crown, or a headdress, has long been depicted as a symbol of authority, sovereignty and divinity. Throughout the ages, and around the world, headdresses have been worn by deities, royalty, rulers, shamans, and ceremonialists, to demonstrate their divine nature and spiritual connection. While this is still true today, headdresses have also been revived as a celebratory expression, worn for festive occasions and artistic statement.

WHAT TO EXPECT

We will begin with a multicultural exploration of how headdresses have been made and worn in the past and into the present, as Ka will offer a 90 minute presentation and slide show, full of stunning images of headdresses from all over the world. Ka will share her personal journey, process and philosophy with this art form, as well as the numerous materials and techniques that can be applied within this creative practice. Seeing the vast variety of materials, styles and possibilities will inspire our imagination, and help us to envision the crowns we will make for ourselves.

We will also discuss cultural appropriation, and how to make a headdress with awareness to cultural sensitivities.

Ka will share some techniques and tips she has learned to help guide your process, and will hold a brief Q&A.
As you construct your headdress, Ka will be at hand to advise and assist the process, offer help with structure, technique, and design, and answer any questions you may have.

After the completion of our headdresses, each participant will have an opportunity to show their unique creation and share their experiences with the rest of the class. We will also set up a mini photo shoot, and get some great pictures of you in your crown to share.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Kathryn "Ka" June
Kathryn “Ka” June is a painter, designer, and performing artist, currently residing in Asheville, NC.

She is primarily self-taught, and her former work in the healing arts is strongly influential in her craft. Her love and devotion to the healing power of beauty is the foundation of her art.

Ka’s primary vocation is oil painting, but she also enjoys a prolific career in costume design and creation. She is also a performance artist, writer, and mentor.

She has performed and exhibited worldwide, and her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Paris Vogue, US Elle, Dark Beauty, Black Chalk and Mirror magazines, as well as Rolling Stone and Beautiful Bizarre online.

Her costume work has been on display for sale at the Smithsonian American Art

Museum’s Renwick Gallery, and has been exhibited digitally in the Van Wereldculturen Museums. Ka opened her own studio gallery in Asheville’s River Arts District in 2017.

“My art celebrates the beauty I experience in this world, and the inner realms I inhabit. I aim to inspire an awareness of sovereign empowerment through creativity. Through my creations, I wish to revive spirit and curiosity, and to bring a sense of healing and wonder to my audience. I hold great reverence for our collective potential to bridge Heaven and Earth through our love and imagination, for each and every one of us is a powerful creator.” - Ka
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CoSM WORKSHOP SETTING
Class sessions will take place in the newly renovated MAGI Art Lab.
Grey House, CoSM's Visionary Victorian guest house, provides accommodations for all participants.Residing onsite together is a part of this immersively creative week, providing maximum interactivity, immersion & enrichment. Accommodations in Grey House are offered in a variety of economies and are additional to the workshop fee.

ACCOMMODATIONS
There are ten guest rooms available in Grey House, CoSM’s Visionary Victorian guest facility.
Private rooms with private or shared bathrooms, Queen or King beds.Shared dorm style rooms with single or queen beds — femme only and coed dorm options available.
The guest house features works of art by Alex Grey and Allyson and accomplished artists of the international Visionary Art community.