Improvisational Fabric and Paper Collage workshop with Ed Johnetta Miller In-Person
Join Ed Johnetta Miller for a free, improvisational fabric and paper collage workshop on Saturday, September 24, 2022 from 10 am to noon in the Friends Room, at Miller Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave. in Hamden, CT. Ed Johnetta Miller will guide participants in creating their own improvisational pieces while sharing sources of her own inspiration and creativity. This program is offered by the Hamden Public Library in cooperation with the Hamden Art League. "Support has been provided to Hamden Art League from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature". The event is free and open to the public. The workshop is offered for adults, as well as teens entering grades 6-12. Attendance is limited to 15. Registration is required.
Scroll down to the blue button titled "Begin Registration" to register or call 203-287-2680.
Participants will be able to make 2 different sized notecards plus one 11" x 14" matted fabric collage using fabric scraps, hand dyed papers and ethnic papers. All necessary materials will be provided.
About Ed Johnetta Miller
Ed Johnetta Miller is an author, fiber artist, quilter, teacher, independent curator, former Arts Management Envoy from the US to Cote D’Ivoire, Ivory Coast. Widely exhibited in the US and internationally, her quilts can be found in numerous important museums, corporate and private collections such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, Washington, DC, the Contemporary Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado, the Wadsworth Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, Nelson Mandela’s National Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, Safeco Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Corporation, Hartford Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Michigan State University, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, US Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, US Embassy, Chad, Central Africa. In 2019 she was commissioned by The West Hartford Art League/Roberts Foundation to design several large quilts for a mural project on the grounds of the Art League.