The Festival team is pleased to present
SPIN Festival 2024
Overview and Classes
Registration opens May 4th, 11:00 AM Eastern 8:00 AM Pacific
We have many wonderfully - talented instructors. We know you will find classes you'll enjoy. Please join us! Registration will start on May 4th.
The Keynote Address - "On Stages, In Stages" presented by Author, Illustrator, Textile Artist and Costume Painter, Margaret Peot, will be about her experiences painting costumes for Broadway shows.
The call for art and fashion will be in late May, due in July.
Prices for the full week are $1270 for SPIN members and $1400 for non members. There are also options for those who can't attend the entire week. To join SPIN, please go to: https://www.silkpainters.org/membership-join.php
Yes! We will have "mini" workshops on Wednesday morning again this year, for an additional $65, including: How to Gallery Wrap your Canvas, The Marker Resist Method, Microwave Dyeing, Painted Edge Spiral Scarf and Using Your Boo Boo's and Scraps.
Pricing for Festival includes meals, two-2 day workshops, fashion show, art gallery show, keynote address, seminar, chapter night and much more!
Your meals will be included, except lunch on Wednesday, but including pizza on Saturday evening the 28th for the weary travelers.
Accommodations will be available on campus and nearby hotels, see the accommodations page for details, you'll be able to reserve campus - housing starting May 6th through Arrowmont, (see accommodations page).
We will also have our golf cart "taxis" again this year to help you move around campus.
Send questions to festival@silkpainters.org (you might want to add this to your contacts so you don't miss any festival emails).
Thursday/Friday
October 3 & 4, 2024
9:00am to 4:00pm
Embellishments and Effects: Stenciling and more on Silk Instructor: Margaret Peot - 12 places left. |
Moths and Butterflies on Silk TH/F Instructor: Suzanne Punch - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Diane Lawrence - 12 places left. |
From Photographs to Paintings Th/F Instructor: Natasha Foucault - 12 places left. |
Abstract Expressionism Wax Layering Techniques TH/F Instructor: Leslie Rogers Todder - 12 places left. |
Introduction to Shibori and Indigo TH/F Instructor: Suzanne Connors - 12 places left. |
Ecoprint on Silk in Color TH/F Instructor: M. Theresa Brown - 12 places left. |
Creating 3D Shapes with Silk; Making Spirit Masks TH/F Instructor: Hellenne Vermillion - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Muffy Clark Gill - 12 places left. |
Channeling Pucci; Painting in the Psychedelic Fashion TH/F Instructor: PJ Cobbs - 12 places left. |
Resistad: Texture and Beyond with Natural Materials TH/F Instructor: Barbara Pease - 12 places left. |
Monday/Tuesday
September 30 & October 1, 2024
9:00am to 4:00pm
Embellishments and Effects: Stenciling and more on Silk Instructor: Margaret Peot - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Suzanne Punch - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Diane Lawrence - 12 places left. |
From Photographs to Paintings M/T Instructor: Natasha Foucault - 12 places left. |
Impressionistic Flowers Soy Wax Layering Technique M/T Instructor: Leslie Rogers Todder - 12 places left. |
Introduction to Katazome Paste Resist M/T Instructor: Suzanne Connors - 12 places left. |
Ecoprint on Silk Naturally M/T Instructor: M.Theresa Brown - 12 places left. |
Japanese Kimono Design on Silk Scarves M/T Instructor: Hellenne Vermillion - 12 places left. |
Painting Outside the Lines Sistek Sizing Technique M/T Instructor: Laura Fox-Wallis - 12 places left. |
Abstract Layered Designs on Silk M/T Instructor: Becky Kyhl - 12 places left. |
The Zen of Mindfulness on Silk M/T Instructor: Joanna White - 12 places left. |
October 2, 2024
9:00am to 12:00 noon
Add on mini classes $65.00.
Spiral Scarf with Painted Edge Finish Instructor: Margaret Agner - 12 places left. |
Purely Marker- Exploring Gutta Free Silk Painting Instructor: Susan Fox - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Mitzi Ash - 12 places left. |
Framing Your Art- Gallery Wrap Instructor: Susan Cunningham - 12 places left. |
Instructor: Joyce Estes - 12 places left. |