7001. Sewing Your Story: Narrative Textiles and Story Cloths

7001. Sewing Your Story: Narrative Textiles and Story Cloths

Art + Wellness | This class has been canceled

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Flex / Conference Room - 214

Beginner

3/6/2021-3/13/2021

9:30 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Sat

$120.00

$108.00

$15.00

Textiles and sewing have long been vehicles for self-expression, capturing stories and meaning around the world for generations. Stitching can also be a powerful process for focusing on mindfulness and stress reduction. Join us to learn the process of creating narrative textiles to express your own story or hold creative meaning. You’ll learn basic hand embroidery and sewing processes, as well as an introduction to small-scale quilting processes.

$15 supply kit fee is due at time of registration. All necessary materials are included in the supply kit, but please bring any meaningful textiles or scraps of interesting fabric you may want to incorporate into your work!

The class is open to students ages 14 and up. Masks and social distancing are required in this and all Sawtooth classes.

Ortiz Badalamente, Emily

Emily Ortiz Badalamente first came to Sawtooth looking for a creative outlet during her freshman year at Wake Forest University. The drawing class she took prompted her to explore other mediums at Wake Forest, where she earned her BA double majoring in Psychology and Studio Art, with a concentration in Printmaking. During her time at Wake Forest, Emily volunteered with Arts For Life at Brenner Children’s Hospital, and was inspired by the intersection of art making and health. She went on to complete her Master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and is a provisionally registered Art Therapist. Emily has provided art therapy and therapeutic art programming in inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment centers, community outreach programs, with adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and with cancer patients and survivors. She is passionate about the positive effect that artmaking has on wellbeing for all individuals and is excited to connect Sawtooth’s Art + Wellness programming to the Winston-Salem community. Contact Emily: Email: emilybadalamente@sawtooth.org. Phone: 336-723-7395, ex 1205.