Jun
6
2:00 PM14:00
Analog Days
Join us every first Saturday of the month for a phone-free activity!
FREE with admission
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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Jun
7
11:00 AM11:00
Going Beyond the Frame with Vicki Assegued
You'll begin by wrapping a frame with gorgeous fabrics and fibers, creating a foundation for adding elements within, around and beyond the frame. You'll then learn an exciting variety of techniques for creating all sorts of parts and pieces to add on to your artwork, turning it into a gorgeous and unique wall piece.
$130 (all materials included)
Jul
5
11:00 AM11:00
Stuffed Vessels - Adventure into Dimensional Fiber Sculpture with Vicki Assegued
You'll start by building a stuffed shape, covering it with a foundation of beautiful fabrics, and then having a wonderful time decorating and developing it. You'll learn to make a variety of fun shapes and parts to attach to your vessel, adding texture and dimension. You can build a base and a top, shaped as you choose it to be. This workshop is packed with learning many techniques for going all out with decorating and embellishing your art, which can include all kinds of wrapping and making of various objects to hang on your piece, as well as tassels, fringe, pompoms, and so much more.
$130 (all materials included)
May
16
10:00 AM10:00
Textile Cards with Mirka Knaster
There is no need to toss textile stuff into the landfill. Using a variety of fabrics, yarns, threads, papers, embellishments (beads, feathers, etc.), and whatever else is at hand, we will create abstract compositions to fit inside Strathmore photo frame cards (5”x7”). They can be used as unique cards for special occasions or inserted into inexpensive frames to become personal gifts of original art.
$95 (all materials included)
May
6
6:00 PM18:00
Paper to Pattern: a Textile Workshop with Mira Musank
Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring creative approaches to sustainable textile design led by artist and designer Mira Musank. Participants will learn how simple paper materials can become the starting point for garment and textile construction while engaging with ideas of waste reduction, craft, and sustainable making. No prior experience is required.
This workshop is part of the San José Climate Art Program, an initiative connecting artists, cultural organizations, and communities through creative responses to climate action. Paper to Pattern is organized in collaboration with Mira Musank, FabMo, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.
FREE, limited spots
May
3
11:00 AM11:00
Layered Fabric Assemblage with Vicki Assegued
You'll learn many techniques for creating a truly unique and stunning art piece, with multiple layers and textures of fabric. The piece begins with creating a base, then covering it with beautiful overlays of fabric, surrounded by shapes that extend outward, giving the piece added shape, dimension and excitement. The final piece will hang on the wall. No sewing involved, no art experience necessary, and perfect for all levels, from beginning through advanced artists.
$130 (all materials included)
May
2
2:00 PM14:00
Analog Days: ON REPEAT
Join us every first Saturday of the month for a phone-free activity!
This month the museum will host "ON REPEAT" where you will learn how to make a repeat pattern to reference for other creative projects using paints, markers, pens, pencils, cardstock, tape and scissors. Let your imagination fly and create a pattern that is completely unique!
FREE with admission
May
2
11:00 AM11:00
Curator-led Tours of The Woven Pixel and Motherboards
Join us for a two-part program starting at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles for a curator-led tour of the exhibition The Woven Pixel, which explores the rise of digital weaving. Then join us at the San Jose Museum of Art for a curator-led tour of Motherboards, which explores the legacies of women’s work in technology.
FREE
Tour starts at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Apr
25
12:00 PM12:00
Cornhusk Flower Arrangements with Angela Zamora
Join artist Angela Zamora in a cornhusk flower arrangement workshop. Participants will create various flowers using folding and tying techniques on naturally dyed corn husks.
As a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary artist, Angela Zamora creates sculptures and films that honor her Mexican-American roots. However, the heart of her practice lies in the belief that art is a communal act. Angela is dedicated to breaking down barriers to the art world by prioritizing accessible hands-on workshops. Whether building with corn husks or facilitating public art experiences, her goal is to create spaces where Latino community members can see themselves reflected and empowered through creativity.
$10 per person (all materials included)
Apr
4
11:00 AM11:00
Ultra Textural Weaving on a Unique Substrate with Vicki Assegued
In this highly innovative and fun workshop, you’ll learn many techniques for weaving, knotting, wrapping, tying, sewing, coiling and twisting of fiber materials to build your dynamic and stunning piece to hang on the wall. The surprising and versatile foundation for this weaving is plastic fencing, which opens the creative journey into much more than weaving. You’ll also make fringe, tassels and pompoms to add texture and delight.
$130 (all materials included)
Mar
1
11:00 AM11:00
Vivacious Vessels: Fiber Wrapped Coil Baskets with Vicki Assegued
Wrap beautiful fabric strips around a rope core, and use fancy yarns and strings to secure and coil it all into an elaborate basket, creating any shape that you choose. We'll decorate the piece with embellishments, handles, or anything that excites your aesthetic sensibilities. No art or basket-making experience is necessary and all levels are most welcome. Perfect for beginning through advanced artists.
All materials will be supplied, including a large and wonderful selection of fabrics, yarns, rope, clips, and basket-making needles. Please bring fabric scissors if you have them, and household scissors if not. Optionally, you're most welcome to bring fabric, yarn, lace, trim, string, buttons, beads and other fibers and embellishments.
$130 (all materials included)
