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Education
Articles
ATA has begun collecting certain articles for the purpose of presenting the information online. Check the list of articles here.
Awards
Award for Excellence in Tapestry
Program information is available online. For past awards check our List of Winners. In 2007, ATA's Award for Excellence in Tapestry for 2007 went to:
Donna Contractor of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tommye Scanlin of Dahlonega, Georgia
Sharon Warren of Three Rivers, California
ATA Student Award
The 2007 ATA Student Award went to Melinda Heal of Canberra, Australia.
Distance Learning
The Distance Learning program is designed for intermediate tapestry weavers who want to pursue an in depth study of a tapestry topic with guidance and mentoring from a more experienced tapestry weaver. An intermediate weaver is defined as someone who can warp a loom and who has woven several small tapestries or samplers. This is meant to be a self directed and well-defined program of study. Students are encouraged to narrow the range of study so that it can be completed within one year. Description and contact information located in our Members section here.
Helping Hands
The Helping Hands distance learning program is designed for beginning tapestry weavers who want to begin exploring tapestry with guidance and mentoring from a more experienced tapestry weaver. The student must be an ATA member. A beginning weaver is defined as someone who has little experience or one who has completed an introductory level workshop. This program will introduce students to warping a loom, shape building, warp and weft balance, and beginning cartoon development. Find a full description and contact information here.
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ATA Educational Retreat at Convergence 2008
Channeling your Muse: Experimentation, Research, Innovation, Design
Tuck your muse in a beach bag and set sail for Tampa Bay to join talented tapestry artists Joan Baxter (www.joanbaxter.com) and Mary Zicafoose (www.maryzicafoose.com)! Dive into ATA's educational retreat and stuff your treasure chest of creativity with tools that will make your tapestries shine. Like hunting for buried gems, you will discover: strategies to identify, develop, and personalize design concepts and resources; skills and motivation to move beyond the initial design phase; formal tactics for concept expansion; image manipulation; dynamic use of color; and methods to catch and ride your wave of creativity.
Whether new, novice, or seasoned, all weavers will uncover pearls of wisdom during this tropical retreat! ATA's retreat will follow Convergence 2008 in Tampa Bay, from June 29 through July 1, 2008. Registration materials will be available by December 2008. Mark your calendars!
** Registration form .pdf **
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Joan Baxter
Working from Landscape
This workshop will focus on exploring various interpretive techniques involving colour and texture and different ways of approaching design and composition. Using photographs, drawings, maps, memories, history, mythology and other sources, we will create multi-layered impressions of real or imagined landscapes. Students will work on paper and with woven samples to build up a resource for future tapestries. The class will include technical demonstrations, group discussion, and one to one teaching. Students may bring examples of previous work for individual tutorial sessions if they wish.
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at left: Joan Baxter, Achnascan, 40 and 60 x 235cms wool, silk and linen |
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Mary Zicafoose
Color, Content and Creativity:
New Strategies for New Work
The focus of this three-day workshop will be to stimulate visual thinking in reference to our work as tapestry weavers. Each day will be approached as a completely self-standing unit of study accessed through class exercises, writing, drawing, dialogue and extensive viewing:
Day #1: Color: How does your use of color define & limit you and your work? Where else can you go with color? Who works with color well? What makes their work successful? Understanding your use of color intuition, theory and personal voice. Color journaling.
Day #2: Content: What is your work saying? What would you like it to say? The value in creating a mission statement. Transforming a mission statement into dynamic visual form. Finding your way through the examples of others. Drawing upon the artist within.
Day #3: Creative Process: Exercises that open doors.
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above: Mary Zicafoose, Crossfire, 2003, 45" w x 68" h, hand dyed and woven wool on linen |
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