Weaving-curious? This workshop will introduce you to various types of looms, and have you weaving on a frame loom! Introduction to Weaving: Beginner Basics with Jamie Boyle 3-hour workshop Date: Saturday, May 2 Time: 10am – 1pm Description: Curious about different kinds of looms? Want to try weaving but you are not sure where to start? Let this workshop be a beginning for you! Jamie will share some weaving basics and will guide you through weaving on a frame loom, which you will get to take home with you! Additionally, you will get to experience how some different types of looms function, including a rigid heddle loom and a multi-harness loom, guided by the general question: what does a loom do? In this class you will primarily work with your hands on a non-mechanical frame loom, but you will get an overview of various modes of weaving and get to try other looms in the studio! Tuition: $65 + $15 materials fee (if you are viewing this listing on your phone, scroll down to the bottom of the page for the class registration link) Materials: all materials are included. Note: We really want you to join us in the studio! Full and partial tuition scholarships are available to alleviate some of the financial burden of attending a class. Scholarship application is found at this link. You can expect to hear from someone on the CC staff within 2 weeks. If you have any questions, email Jamie Boyle, Fibers Program Manager, at jboyle@contemporarycraft.org, or leave a voice message for them at 412-465-1628. Location: Contemporary Craft, TImmons Studios (5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201). Note, this workshop will take place in the Fleischner Family Fibers Loft, which is on the second floor of the building. There are 2 entrances to the Timmons Studios. • One entrance is facing Butler Street. To access the Fibers Loft from the Butler Street facing entrance, there are a total of 32 stairs to ascend. • One entrance is facing 57th Street. This entrance is accessible by ramp, with no stairs to ascend. There is a lift inside the building to access the Fibers Loft on the second floor. If there are accessibility accommodations we can provide, or if there is anything you would like us to know before you arrive, please feel free to call Jamie Boyle at 412-465-1628 or email jboyle@contemporarycraft.org. About the Artist Jamie Boyle is an artist and weaving teacher who recently moved back to Pittsburgh after living for more than a decade in a studio apartment in Brooklyn, NY with a spouse and two cats. They attended public school from grade school through graduate school. Jamie’s first weaving teacher was the artist Ann Hamilton, in whose studio they worked for several years after completing an MFA in sculpture. Subsequently, Owyn Marisol Ruck, Kira Silver, Isa Rodrigues, Kelly Valetta, and Jose Picayo taught Jamie who to use a multi-harness floor loom as a tool for weaving. They have had the great honor of sharing a love of weaving with communities of...
