26150 Fiber Sculpture
Class | Available
Registration Deadline: 4/1
Something just for fun! Learn about the sculptor Alberto Giacometti and then create a small sculpture in his style or all your own using an armature, paper, fiber and paint. With some preplanning, you can even weatherproof it to put the sculpture in the garden. Bring lunch or purchase locally.
AGE: 14 and up
NOTE: Class meets for only two hours [10-12 noon] on 4/18
**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount
- MATERIALS FEE: $15 paid to instructor for armature, base, fabric, brushes, paints and fixative
- STUDENT SUPPLIES: Note taking supplies
Mary Ann Proia
I began playing with fibers as a child. I learned to crochet from my grandmother and to sew from my mother. I remember stitching doll clothes together by manually running my mother’s sewing machine. (I was too short to reach the pedal.) Later, when I entered Nazareth college for Art, I discovered weaving and dyeing and have been at it ever since. Along the way, I have studied with Susan Rowley, Michele Wipplinger, Kathy Hattori, as well as other great weavers and dyers.
I have shown my work here in Rochester, Seattle, Las Vegas, Colorado, and even Italy. I have taught weaving in Antigua with partners of the Americas. I recently receive the HGA Certificate Of Excellence in Dyeing.
I enjoy passing on the knowledge I’ve learned to students then watching them take it and make it their own.