Florence County Museum
2018 Adult Studios Autumn Series

September 6, 2018 – October 11, 2018
6-week class, Thursdays, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
10 Participant Maximum
Registration Required, Ages 16+
Basic Materials Provided
$250, Membership Discounts Apply

For the absolute beginner, this class aims to take away the intimidation of watercolor. Students will be equipped with a working knowledge of materials and techniques by the end of this 6-week session. Orientation will feature a materials demonstration, allowing students to select which ones best suit their needs and budgets before purchasing. The remaining sessions will enhance the learner’s understanding of value, light and composition through the medium of watercolor and instruction of basic techniques.

Workshops

9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Lunch Break from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
10 Participant Maximum
Registration Required, Ages 16+
Materials Provided

Two-day workshop:
Saturday, October 27, 2018.  9:00am to 3:00pm (one hour lunch break)
Sunday, October 28, 2018.  12:00pm to 5:00pm (30 minute break)
$150, Membership Discounts Apply

Join Visiting Artist Catherine Cross Tsintzos as she shares her research findings of Indigo Suffruticosa from her years on the Southeast Indigo Trail with her Art and Agriculture Project.

Expect to learn about indigo’s global culture and the history of indigo in the Pee Dee region.  Join us for a harvest of the museum’s first Indigo Suffruticosa crop planted by Catherine and Kimberley Washburn, the museum’s Curator of Education last Spring.  Experience the process of vat preparation as those early farmers of the Pee Dee oversaw when in 1772 indigo was recorded has being harvested for leaf and seed.  Learn about historic uses of indigo from dye to window cleaning as recorded in plantation receipt books.

Experiment with surface design and resist techniques that provide beautiful outcomes for items you choose to bring and dye.  Expect to engage with Japanese Shibori, wax, mud and paste resists with and without stencils as well as non-traditional supplies for exploring unexpected outcomes of patterns and design.

Each participant will receive one yard of linen, unbleached cotton and a silk scarf.  All supplies for dyeing and surface design techniques are included.  Participants are invited to bring in their own 100% cotton, silk, hemp or linen yarns, vintage wear or fabrics to work with in addition to what is provided.  (Please communicate questions and plans of what you would like to bring to be sure vats are prepared to accommodate.)

Day One will cover history, vat preparation, demonstrations and preparing fabrics.  Day Two will be an entire afternoon of exploring techniques and dyeing.

Come away with a new knowledge of Pee Dee history and connections of art and agriculture intersections.

Saturday, November 17, 2018.  9:00am to 3:00pm (one hour lunch break)
$75, Membership Discounts Apply

Visiting Artist Catherine Cross Tsintzos returns for a day of Pee Dee and southern culture history connecting to brooms and beliefs of the southern swept yard.  Customs, traditions, broom making and folklore will inspire stories of the past and recall as participants work with raw materials harvested by Catherine to make and embellish your own brooms with traditional binding supplies and indigo dyed materials. Catherine will share a PowerPoint of history, culture and images of her own works from new work and past exhibition.  Have fun in the museum’s designated Swept Yard area to experience intuitive and planned marks for creative swept yard designs with your finished brooms.