Small Grants
Small Grants
Attend the North House Folk School workshop - Traditional Swedish Folk Dress: Women's Fitted Vest.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community.
Drew Digby: ARAC Executive Director; Holly Hackett-Rich: ARAC Grants Manager; Erin Turner: ARAC Operations Manager; Steve Wick: ARAC Office Coordinator.
ACHF Arts Access
Through this opportunity I hope to achieve the following: - Learn Swedish traditional hand sewing stitches (backstitch, hemstitch, and buttonhole stitch and more), - Learn techniques for modifying patterns, pressing wool fabric, and properly cutting and lining a garment - Discuss with the instructor how to apply these techniques when using hand woven material to create such garments - Construct a traditional Swedish fitted vest. I will gauge my success on the following: - By acquiring the knowledge and skill of traditional Swedish hand sewing techniques as backstitch, hemstitch, and buttonhole stitch and more), - Learning techniques for modifying patterns, pressing wool fabric, and properly cutting and lining a garment - Complete the workshop feeling prepared to apply these new skills to the creation of garments using my hand woven fabric - Construct and complete of a traditional Swedish fitted vest.
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