Saturday School at Irving Arts Center
Classes meet on six consecutive Saturdays from 2pm-4pm from October through May. Ages 6-10. Tuition is $95 per session including supplies. Tuition for each 6-week session is $95 (art supplies included). Art Connection members with a Smithsonian Affiliate/Family and above membership receive a 10% discount.
Session Four: My Quilt, My Way
April 5-May 10, 2025 | 2pm-4pm | Ages 6-10
$95 for 6-week session (supplies included)
Instructor: VET
Join us and have fun learning to work with fibers! Artist VET will demonstrate easy step-by-step techniques to weave, wrap, twist and braid an assortment of yearns and threads of various textures to create different designs and embellishments. Projects will include hand-building stuffed animals decorated with fringes, tassels, charms, beads and other items; weaving brightly colored wall hangings and creating fabric artist cards to share and trade.
ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS
Clara Limberg
Clara is an emerging artist and K-12 teacher who specializes in oil painting. She grew up in Irving, Texas and participated in many summer art programs at Irving Arts Center that inspired her love for the arts. She currently teaches sculpture at Irving High School.
Linda Disoway
Linda is a mixed media artist and educator who teaches and exhibits throughout Dallas, Fort Worth and the surrounding areas. She has taught classes for Irving Arts Center since 1995.
Sheila Cunningham
Sheila is a fine art photographer exploring the world through cell phone photography, digital collages, Polaroid transfers and artist books. She teaches workshops at universities and fine art centers throughout the country and exhibits her work in one-person and national juried shows.
VET
VET, a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts award, is a native Texas artist who incorporates environmental recycling awareness through her artwork, commissions and various workshops.
