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2022 Arts & Crafts Workshops
Shake Rag Alley
Center for the Arts
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Workshop students enjoy 10% off Shake Rag Alley lodging!
www.ShakeRagAlley.org
ADULT WORKSHOP CALENDAR
Jan 8-Nov 12 Driftless Poets Writing Workshop (2nd Saturdays) p. 8
Jan 22-Dec 17 Monthly Prose Writers Group (4th Saturdays) p. 8
Feb 12-13 Weaving with Four Harnesses p. 12
Mar 5 Pathways to Publication p. 9
Mar 6 Pathways to Publication Manuscript Consultation p. 9
Mar 19 Mending Hearts: Stitching Recycled Fibers Into
Sculpture p. 32
Mar 26 A Trio of Family History Projects p. 9
April 2 Geometry and Nature Patterns p. 35
April 2-3 (Virtual) Creative Visioning: Writing From Visual Images p. 9
April 9 Simple Fold Formed Jewelry p. 18
April 10 Blacksmithing & Welding Open Forge Day p. 27
April 10 Robust Rag Rug p. 12
April 10 Stamped Band Rings p. 18
April 11 (Virtual) The Business of Art: Brick and Mortar Retail p. 14
April 12-May 31 Drawing the Head: An Introduction (8 Tuesdays) p. 35
April 18 (Virtual) The Business of Art: The Online Store p. 14
April 22-24 Coppersmithing 101 p. 27
April 23-24 Building Community Through Haudenosaunee
Raised Beadwork p. 13
April 25 (Virtual) The Business of Art: Art & Craft Fairs, Festivals,
& Tours p. 14
April 29-May 1 JEWELRY BOOT CAMP:
A Jewelry Making Retreat pp. 15-17
May 2 (Virtual) The Business of Art: Facilitating Workshops p. 14
May 7 Beginning Blacksmithing p. 27
May 9 (Virtual) The Business of Art: Pricing Your Products p. 14
May 12 Altered Grid Journaling p. 32
May 13 Painted Paper Quilts p. 33
May 14-15 Gas Forge Blacksmithing p. 27
May 14 Poured Painted Surfaces p. 33
May 14 Crushed Glass Inlay Gourd p. 26
May 15 Transparent Stitched Color Pencil Book p. 33
May 16 (Virtual) The Business of Art: Managing
The “Business” End p. 14
May 20-22 MINING THE STORY:
Writing Retreat pp. 10-11
May 26 Cake Decorating With Royal Icing p. 25
June 2-5 Oil and Cold Wax Annual Retreat p. 35
June 3-5 Blacksmithing 101 p. 28
June 3 Stories Beneath the Skin p. 33
June 4-5 Frankenbook: The Art of Altered Journals p. 33
June 9-12 The New Nouveau p. 33
June 11-12 Make a Bent Willow Chair p. 26
June 11 Robust Rag Rug p. 12
June 11 Ceramic Flower Planters p. 26
June 11-12 Log Cabin Restoration p. 26
June 12 Blacksmithing & Welding Open Forge Day p. 27
June 16-19 Vertical Storytelling in Collage p. 34
June 17-19 Pinching & Coiling: Explore Functional Pottery p. 26
June 23-26 Crazed Anatomy p. 34
June 25-26 Explore Gas Forge Blacksmithing p. 28
July 7-10 WOODLANDERS GATHERING:
Rustic Arts & Nature Crafts pp. 21-24
July 15 Turquoise and Silver Inlay Ring p. 18
July 15-17 Moku Hanga: An Intro to Japanese Woodblock Printing p. 35
July 15-17 Refining and Expanding Wheel Throwing Techniques p. 26
July 16 Tensile Fabric Sails p. 12
July 16 Robust Rag Rug p. 12
July 16-17 The Braided Bracelet p. 18
July 16-17 Welding Wild Yard Art p. 28
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ADULT WORKSHOP CALENDAR Continued
July 22
July 22-24
Cider Styles and Tasting p. 25
Paper Printing Alchemy: Botanical and
Adult Workshops
Rusting Methods p. 34
Art Adventure pp. 29-32
July 23 Blacksmithing a Washroom Set p. 28
July 23-24 Hands-On Masonry p. 26 Blacksmithing & Welding pp. 27-28
July 28 Needle Felted Animal Sculptures p. 12 Business of Art p. 14
July 29 Hot Wired Rings p. 18
July 30 Metal Clay Alchemy p. 18 Ceramics & Pottery p. 26
July 31 Beach Glass Rings or Pendant p. 18 Creative Writing p. 9
Aug 1 Watercolor From the Beginning p. 35
Culinary Arts p. 25
Aug 2 Color Theory Through Watercolor p. 35
Aug 3 Watercolor Landscapes p. 36 Fiber Arts pp. 12-13
Aug 4 Abstract Watercolor Exploration p. 36
Jewelry pp. 18-20
Aug 5 Watercolor Still Life With Flowers p. 36
Aug 6 Beginning Blacksmithing p. 27 Jewelry Boot Camp pp.15-17
Aug 6-7 The Beautiful Basics of Bezels p. 18 Mixed Media, Paper & Books
Aug 12-14 Blacksmithing a Garden Gate p. 28 Arts pp. 32-34
Aug 13 Fresh Tomato Galette p. 25
Aug 13-14 Classic Woodblock Prints Plus Paint p. 36 Painting & 2-D Art pp. 35-37
Aug 13-14 Hand Stitching Design for Art Quilts p. 12 Rustic Arts & Nature Crafts pp. 26-27
Aug 14 Robust Rag Rug p. 12
Aug 14 Homemade Apple Pie p. 25
Woodlanders Gathering pp. 21-24
Aug 18-21 Photo + Encaustic: Layers and Surface p. 34 Writing Retreat pp. 10-11
Aug 19-21 Storytelling Through Illustration p. 36
Aug 20 Fine Silver Leaves from the Garden p. 19 Community Events &
Aug 20-21 Welding Wild Yard Art p. 28
Aug 21 Fine Silver Rings in a Day p. 19 Programs
Aug 25-28 ART ADVENTURE: Alley Stage Reading Series p. 9
A Mixed Media Art Retreat pp. 29-32
Antiracism Book Club p. 8
Sept 9-11 Gary’s Flea Market: Some Assemblage
May Be Required p. 34 Makers & Shakers Art Parties p. 6
Sept 10-11 Explore Gas Forge Blacksmithing p. 28 Spring Garage Sale p. 7
Sept 10 Fine Silver and Dichroic Glass Pendants p. 19
Sept 11 Link Bracelet p.19 A Ghostly Gathering p. 5
Sept 15 Knife Skills p. 25 Jewelry Boot Camp Vendor Night p. 15
Sept 16 Chandelier Earrings p. 19
Sept 16 Bead Ring p. 20
Make-a-Fairy House Workshop p. 6
Sept 17 Free-Form Bracelet p. 20 Mineral Point Museum Night p. 6
Sept 17 Contemporary Boro Scarf p. 12
Mineral Point Pride Festival p. 7
Sept 17 DIY Cider: Fermenting Cider at Home p. 25
Sept 17-18 Make a Bent Willow Chair p. 26 Mixed Media Vendor Night p. 29
Sept 18 Blacksmithing & Welding Open Forge Day p. 27 Tour of Fairy Homes p. 6
Sept 18 Cabochon Pendant: Beaded Ribbon Design p. 20
Sept 23-25 Exploring Oil and Cold Wax Painting p. 36 Youth Program Workshops pp. 37-41
Sept 24 Spoon Carving Fundamentals p. 27 Trick’r Treat p. 6
Sept 30-Oct 2 Blacksmithing 101 p. 28
Sept 30-Oct 2 Primitive Rug Hooking Retreat With Wide Cut
Santa Day p. 7
Wool p. 13 Winter Writers Reading Series p. 8
Oct 1 Leaf Vein Bowl p. 27
Oct 2-7 Metamorphosis: Creating a Figurative Sculpture p. 34
Retail, Rentals, Policies,
Oct 4-Nov 22 Drawing to Painting (8 Tuesdays) p. 37
Oct 8 Intro to Torch Welding p. 28 Dining & Lodging
Oct 8 Robust Rag Rug p. 12
Oct 8 Gathering Gold: A Poetry Workshop p. 9 Artisan & Youth Marketplaces
Oct 9 Intro to Torch Welding p. 28 pp. 40-41
Oct 16 Blacksmithing & Welding Open Forge Day p. 27 Custom Retreats & Site Rentals
Oct 28-30 The Black-and-White Woodcut p. 37 pp. 42-43
Nov 4-5 Oil Pastels p. 37
Nov 5 Tube Set Stones p. 20 Shake Rag Alley Lodging pp. 44-45
Nov 6 Robust Rag Rug p. 12 Local Dining & Lodging p. 46
Nov 12 Batiked Copper and Glass Enameled Necklace p. 20
Nov 19-20 Quilting Made Easy p. 13
Workshop Registration Policies p. 47
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SHAKE RAG ALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
CULTIVATING CREATIVITY IN COMMUNITY
Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts is a nonprofit
501(c)3 organization that exists to provide
educational experiences in visual, performing, and
literary arts for adults and children; cultivate the
creativity that thrives in our rural community; and
rehabilitate and preserve our historic buildings
and rustic campus. Created in 2004 by community
members and artists, our organization is located
on a lush, 2.5-acre campus of gardens and historic
buildings in the heart of the charming arts
community of Mineral Point in beautiful, hilly,
southwestern Wisconsin.
In March 2021, the Shake Rag Alley community
received sad and shocking news. Co-founder, past
At a Woodlanders Gathering from years past, Judy Sutcliffe ties Board member, instructor, donor, volunteer, and
haikus to the Haiku Tree on the Shake Rag Alley grounds. artist Judy Sutcliffe had passed away peacefully at
Photograph by Frank Beaman. her home with her life partner, Sandy Scott, by her J
side. In 2004, this imaginative and daring duo took o
the leap to create Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. Without Judy, Sandy, and a handful of others, we would
not have become the source of inspiration and creativity for so many over the past seventeen-plus years. C
Through planned giving, Judy left our nonprofit organization $10,000 that our Board of Directors agreed to invest e
in an endowment fundraising campaign. Thanks to Judy’s gift and the support of more than 200 donors, we a
successfully raised $100,000 in 100 days for the Sutcliffe Endowment Fund.
As we prepare for a new year of creativity – one that will feature nearly 200 workshops for adults and youth and
numerous inspiring events and community programs – we can be confident in the work we safely do in support of
our mission, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, because of the support of so many. Come create with us!
WE CAN’T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU
We’re not only running an art school for children and adults that plays host Staff
to several community events and programs each year: We’re also commit- Sara Lomasz Flesch, Executive Director F
ted to preserving and maintaining nine historic buildings and Alley Stage, Meghan Dudle, Program Director i
as well as keeping the weeds pulled, the trees trimmed, and the flowers Elizabeth Johanna, Youth (
blooming on our lovely campus. We do all that we do with a small but Program Director
N
mighty staff of seven, a dedicated Board of Directors, and an indispens- Brenda Walter, Bookkeeper & Registrar
w
able core of volunteers. But we can’t do what we do without the financial Mike Kutzke, Buildings & Grounds
support of individual donors. Jacki Thomas, Internet Marketing
When you give a financial gift, participate in one of our fundraising events, Technician & Webmaster
volunteer your time and energy at Shake Rag Alley — you are supporting Ryan Newhard, Hospitality Manager
us. To volunteer and to learn more about giving a gift of annual support Board of Directors
and including Shake Rag Alley in your estate planning, please see our Mike Christensen, President
website or contact Executive Director Sara Lomasz Flesch at Josh Petit, Vice President
(608) 987-3292 or sflesch@shakeragalley.org. Deb Donaghue, Treasurer
Betty Hogan, Secretary
Kevin Clougherty
Molly Walz Huie
Julia Marr
Lorraine Reynolds
A portion of Shake Rag Alley’s operating budget was supported in 2021 by Lisa Spady
grants from the Mineral Point Community Chest, Mineral Point Commu- RuthAnn Steuber
nity Foundation, the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Board Emeritus
Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Sandy Scott
Rescue Plan Act provided by the NEA and granted through the Wisconsin Cheryl Smeja
Arts Board. In 2021, Shake Rag Alley also received a second forgivable Sharon Stauffer
Paycheck Protection Program loan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Judy Sutcliffe, 2004-2021
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COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
SAVE THE DATE: October 22, 2022
Join us for A Ghostly Gathering, our second annual freakishly fun festival featuring a variety of experiences on
our 2.5-acre campus in the historic heart of Mineral Point!
Come explore our spookified buildings and grounds in your Halloween best; costumes and decorative masks are
encouraged. Here’s what you can look forward to while supporting Shake Rag Alley arts and crafts programming
and historic preservation:
• Live entertainment at Alley Stage
• Fortune telling in the historic Log Cabin
• An outdoor Night Market of unique crafters, makers, and artists
• A costume contest with a cash prize for first place
• Halloween photo booth
• Warming fires to gather around
• Gourmet S’mores and hot cocoa at the Blacksmith Barn forges
• Seasonal food and beverages from a variety of local vendors
• And more!
r For ticket sales, vendor registration, sponsorship opportunities, and more
information, see www.ShakeRagAlley.org/ghostly-gathering or call
(608) 987-3292.
Note: This evening is not recommended for children. We look forward to
welcoming families to our annual Trick’r Treat night on October 31! Photo credit: Lease Photography
Unique crafters, makers, and artists of
the unusual are invited to show their
wares and talents in the evening’s
one-of-a-kind Night Market, which will
be held outside under tents on the
Green. The registration fee will include
a 6-foot table and two chairs. Vendors
are encouraged to dress in costume
and decorate their tables.
For more information about A Ghostly
Gathering, see www.ShakeRagAlley.
org/ghostly-gathering/ or call (608)
987-3292.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS & PROGRAMS
MAKERS & Make your own fairy home.
We supply the materials and you create the fairy
SHAKERS ART habitat / $20
PARTY Create your own fairy wand.
3rd Wednesdays, We supply the materials and you create your very own
March-November powerful wand / $3
6:30-8:30pm
Design a fairy jar / See Youth Program, p. 37.
$5 project fee;
additional materials
fees may apply MINERAL
From March to November, POINT
let’s gather in the Lind Pavilion for creative camara-
derie! Newcomers are always welcome. Each month a
MUSEUM
new project is planned and announced. Participants NIGHT
and/or local artists take turns leading projects, Thursday,
introducing new materials and sharing techniques. June 16, 2022
There’s no need to bring anything but yourself, as all 5-8pm
necessary supplies will be waiting when you arrive. FREE
Open to all skill levels ages middle school and above. Swing in to
summer by
celebrating
VOLUNTEER Mineral Point
MAKE-A- history during
FAIRY-HOUSE the fourth annual Museum Night. Shake Rag Alley
WORKSHOP Center for the Arts and several other sites will be
open and offering free admission where applicable.
Saturday, April 2, 2022 Come tour our campus of historic and reproduction
9am-3pm buildings representing Mineral Point architecture from
FREE the 1830s through 1940s and, as we approach the
Youth and adult volun- Summer Solstice, partake in the celebration of Shake
teers are invited to drop Rag Alley benefator Roland Sardeson for whom the
in to make clever homes first day of summer is named Roland Sardeson Day in
fit for fairies that will be Mineral Point.
featured throughout the 2.5-acre Shake Rag Alley
campus during the annual Tour of Fairy Homes on
June 4. All sorts of natural, fun materials and tools
will be provided, but you are welcome to bring goodies
to add to the stash.
TOUR OF
FAIRY
HOMES
Saturday,
June 4, 2022
9am-3pm
Admission:
Adults
(12 and above)
$5. TRICK’R TREAT
Children 11 Monday, October 31, 2022
and under 5-7pm
FREE FREE
Don your wings and stroll the magical grounds at If you are a kid or want to act like a kid … put on
Shake Rag Alley to track down whimsical fairy homes your most creative costume and come to our
built especially for this special fundraising tour. (Think Halloween-decorated Shake Rag Alley campus.
small, really small!) Each home will be situated in a Children of all ages will meet friendly (not scary)
special spot on our campus for visitors to delight in. costumed characters who will be passing out
If you should fall in love with one, you will be able to Halloween treats at each of our buildings. This
bid in a silent Auction of Fairy Homes and support our Mineral Point community tradition is enjoyable for
nonprofit school of arts and crafts. (Bidding will end the whole family and a way to meet up with friends,
at 3pm.) neighbors and fellow free spirits.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS & PROGRAMS
EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC IN 2022
Beyond our arts and crafts workshops, Shake Rag Alley offers bountiful opportunities to make meaningful
memories in our buildings and on our grounds. Save the date for the creative events and programs we have in
store for you in 2022! For more information and updates throughout the year, see our website, follow our social
media, and subscribe to our e-newsletter.
January-March (Virtual) Winter Writers Reading Series (see p. 8)
January-November (2nd Saturday of the month) Driftless Poets
(see p. 8)
January-December (4th Saturday of the month) Prose Writers
Workshop (see p. 8)
January-December (3rd Thursday) Antiracism Book Club (see p. 8)
March-November (3rd Wednesday of the month) Makers & Shakers
Art Party
April 2 Free Make-a-Fairy-House Volunteer Workshop
April 22-23 Spring Garage Sale
April 30 Jewelry Boot Camp Vendor Night (see p. 15)
June 4 Tour of Fairy Homes
June 25, August 20, Sept 10, October 1 Alley Stage Reading Series
(see p. 9)
June 16 Mineral Point Museum Night
July 30 Mineral Point Pride Festival, Shake Rag Alley Campus
Aug 27 Art Adventure Mixed Media Vendor Night (see p. 29)
Oct 22 A Ghostly Gathering at Shake Rag Alley (see p. 5)
Oct 31 Trick’r Treat
Dec 3 Santa Day Photos Courtesy of Mineral Point Pride
SANTA DAY
Saturday,
December 3, 2022
Photos with Santa 10am-noon, $10
Christmas Crafts 10am-1pm, $5
Come make special family memories at
Shake Rag Alley! Photos with Santa are
a beloved holiday tradition, and Santa’s
Workshops make for a fun family day
decorating gingerbread houses, drinking
hot cocoa and making Christmas crafts.
You’ll receive the printed photo(s)
before you leave from a professional
photographer!
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WINTER WRITERS & MONTHLY CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAMS
2022 Winter Writers Reading Series
Enjoy Wednesday winter evenings with Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts as Wisconsin's
award-winning writers-in-residence share their work and creative inspiration virtually via Zoom.
Events start at 7 pm and are free, although donations are welcome in support of the series.
Since 2011, Shake Rag Alley has partnered with Wisconsin’s leading writing associations to offer week-long
residencies to their annual writing contest winners. This winter, contest-winning writers and poets recognized
by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine, the Wisconsin Poet
Laureate Commission and Wisconsin Writers Association will be provided with a week of uninterrupted time in
Shake Rag Alley’s inspiring lodging facilities surrounded by the nurturing environment of historic Mineral Point’s
creative community.
January 12: Jennifer Fandel February 9: Allison Uselman February 23: Dasha Kelly
Wisconsin People & Ideas Wisconsin People & Ideas Hamilton
1st Place Poetry Award 1st Place Fiction Award Wisconsin Poet Laureate
January 26: Owen Aibric February 16: Kathie Giorgio March: Lora Hyler*
Wisconsin Writers Association Wisconsin Writers Association Wisconsin Writers Association
Jade Ring Fiction Winner Jade Ring Poetry Winner Jade Ring Nonfiction Winner
*Speaking to Mineral Point School District students
For more information and to register, see www.ShakeRagAlley.org/writers-reading-series.
ANTIRACISM BOOK CLUB
To continue the crucial conversations that began during 2020’s NEA Big Read of Claudia Rankine’s award-win-
ning Citizen: An American Lyric, Shake Rag Alley is hosting another year of monthly book discussions via Zoom.
Meetings start at 6:30pm and are free, although donations are welcome. New in 2022, we’ll spend two months
per book for a total of six titles, which will include: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette
Gordon-Reed; The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois; I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin; The Heartbeat of
Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer; Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the
Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Reuben Jonathan Miller; and The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom.
For more information and to register, see www.ShakeRagAlley.org/nea-big-read.
MONTHLY DRIFTLESS POETS & PROSE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Driftless Poets Monthly Prose
Writing Workshop Writers Group
2nd Saturday, Jan-Nov 4th Saturday, Jan-Dec
2-4pm 2-4pm
Seeking feedback on your poetry Writers need readers: ideally from
from a supportive group? The tentative first draft to hopeful
Driftless Poets are saving a last. Looking for a second pair of
seat for you to join Shake Rag Alley’s monthly workshop, which eyes? Why not six or ten? If you are interested in deepening your
since 2019 has been meeting the second Saturday of the month. writing craft in prose — fiction and nonfiction, short story, novel,
Registration required to receive the Zoom link and on-campus narrative journalism, memoir, essay, and more — this is the place
meeting location. New members — published or not — are to meet monthly for feedback and support. At least two writers
always welcome, but only those who have submitted work prior will have submissions of up to 20 pages workshopped each
to the workshop will receive feedback and critique. Group mem- month. Fellow writers will provide written feedback and discuss
bers take turns leading the workshops by sharing a poem that the work. January-March the group will meet via Zoom. Begin-
demonstrates a form or craft technique and monitoring time. ning in April the group will meet in person at Shake Rag Alley.
22R008O / Free; donations welcome 22R026O / Free; donations welcome
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Pathways to Publication + Optional Creative
Manuscript Consultation Visioning:
Jacquelyn Thomas Writing From
Sat-Sun, Mar 5-6 / 9am-4pm Visual Images
Literary magazines. Contests. Anthologies. All are eager to (Virtual Workshop)
receive and consider your work. Learn how to submit poetry, Beverly Gordon
fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, graphic narrative, hybrid/
Sat-Sun, April 2-3 / 10am-1pm
experimental, and excerpts of longer works for publication.
In this online workshop, we use images (paintings, photos,
Make this the year you break into print and share your work!
patterns, etc.) to open ourselves to the richness of our inner
We’ll spend Saturday morning exploring markets and opportu-
experience, and the magic and profundity of our embodied world.
nities. Over lunch we’ll examine dozens of print magazines and
The images serve as prompts for guided free-writing exercises
journals. In the afternoon, we’ll walk through the submission
that allow us to attune ever-more deeply to ourselves and our
process, including bios and cover letters. Each session offers
environment. Through color, texture, form, and evocative associ-
ample time for Q&A. Spend the night in Mineral Point and take
ation, the images stimulate intuitive, non-linear ways of knowing.
advantage of a one-on-one manuscript consultation on Sunday.
We allow the writing to take varying forms that show us what
Class size 20. Registration deadline Feb 21.
wants to emerge or come through. It may yield dialogue, poetry,
Mar 5 Workshop / 22R064L / Tuition $100 or total surprises. Writers and “non-writers” alike are welcome as
Mar 6 Optional Manuscript Consultation / 22R065L / Tuition $45 these sessions are concerned with experience rather than prod-
uct. We create a safe, supportive space where all contributions
A Trio of Family are valued. Class size 10. Registration deadline Mar 21.
History Projects 22R092O / Tuition $100
Doris Green
Sat, Mar 26 / 9am-12pm Gathering Gold: A
Wondering how best to share your
family history research? Sometimes
Poetry Workshop
short projects are best. Easier to Catherine Young
create than a 300-year family tree, Sat, Oct 8 / 10am-1:30pm
they are also easier to explain to “October,” writes the poet Bar-
people who may not share your genealogy obsession. Spend the bara Crooker, “is the golden
morning exploring these manageable projects: Creating Family hour of the clock of the year.”
Heirloom Recipe Books; Building Useful Ancestor Timelines; and Using inspiration from poems,
Researching Cemetery Research. Tips and examples provided. songs, and imagery centered on the themes of October bounty
Come with your own comments to share and questions to ask and transformation, we will work through creative prompts and
on how to proceed and best practices. Leave with answers and exercises to generate and craft poetic gems. Open to all writers
ideas for completing a manageable project or two to share at a and to anyone who loves sharing autumn’s gold. Bring your lunch
family reunion or as a gift for loved ones. Class size 12. or plan to get lunch in town during our 30-minute break. Class
Registration deadline Mar 14. size 9. Registration deadline Sept 26.
22R085L / Tuition $55 22R281O / Tuition $55
ALLEY STAGE READING SERIES: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Building on the success of 2021’s inaugural staged reading series at our
intimate outdoor amphitheater, Shake Rag Alley announces a call for
submissions for our 2022 series that brings together playwrights and
their works in development with a cast and an audience.
Playwrights who are current residents of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and
Minnesota are invited to submit an original play that has not been
produced. If selected, playwrights will receive a stipend and a free
one-night stay for the reading at Alley Stage June 25, August 20,
September 10, or October 1.
Readings are scheduled to begin at 4pm and will be followed by a talk-
back session with the audience. Prior to the readings, at 3pm audience
and cast members will be invited to enjoy High Tea and live music at
Shake Rag Alley’s Art Cafe.
For priority consideration, submissions are due Feb. 28. For more
information and submission details, see ShakeRagAlley.org/alley-stage.
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WRITING RETREAT
MINING THE STORY: 6th Annual Writing Retreat
Friday-Sunday, May 20-22, 2022
Registration deadline May 9.
Join us for the sixth annual Writing Retreat at Shake Rag Alley, open
to writers of all levels. Enrich your talent and prospects in one of three
genres taught by either Patricia Ann McNair (Memoir and Personal
Narrative; Retreat Artistic Director), Christine Maul Rice (Writing Fiction),
or Sheree L. Greer (Digging In: Research and Writing). These in-depth
workshops will challenge you across the three days and are led by award-
winning published authors and active, experienced teachers of writing.
Interwoven around these main workshops are optional and inspiring cre-
ative activities that will make for a retreat jam-packed with opportunities
to learn, share, network, and write. Manuscript consultations with the retreat leaders also are available on a first-come,
first-served basis and at a very affordable price.
We are pleased to work in partnership with Hypertext Magazine & Studio, a social justice writing nonprofit organization.
Retreat price $305 includes main workshop selection,
optional workshops and activities, and lunches.
Class size limited to 12.
Friday, May 20 Scheduled optional activities:
10-10:30am: Welcome & Faculty Introductions • Morning Pages: Journaling in quiet and community
• Craft Talks: Octavia Taught Me: Creative Practice and
10:45-11:45am: Craft Talk: Feeding the Habit:
Accountability with Sheree L. Greer; Feeding the Habit:
Writers’ Journals, Patricia Ann McNair Writers’ Journals with Patricia Ann McNair; and Making
Noon: Lunch Sense of it All: Literary Response to Historic
(& Personal) Events, Christine Maul Rice
1:30-4:30pm: Workshop Groups (see descriptions p. 11)
• Manuscript Consultations
• Patricia Ann McNair, Memoir and Personal Narrative
• Lunchtime Participant Open Mics
• Christine Maul Rice, Writing Fiction
• Evening Meet & Greet
• Sheree L. Greer, Digging In: Research and Writing • Faculty and Local Author Readings
4:30-6pm: Meet & Greet • Mineral Point Gallery Crawl
5:30-7pm: Manuscript Consultations | Registration • Publishing Panel
required for nine spots ($40) Manuscript Consultations:
Free Evening to Explore Mineral Point and/or Write Registered Writing Retreat participants may sign up for a
Saturday, May 21 25-minute one-on-one manuscript consultation (one piece
no longer than 12 pages) with Sheree L. Greer, Patricia Ann
9-10am: Morning Pages, Patricia Ann McNair
McNair, or Christine Maul Rice. Nine consultation appoint-
10:15-11:15am: Craft Talk: Octavia Taught Me: Creative
ments are available Friday evening by online registration for
Practice and Accountability, Sheree L. Greer | open to
$40. See the website for details.
the public ($15)
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch & Participant Open Mic
12:45-3:45pm: Day Two Workshops
4-6pm: Mineral Point Gallery Crawl
7:30pm: Faculty and Local Author Reading | open to the
public (free)
Sunday, May 22
9-10am: Morning Pages, Patricia Ann McNair
10:15-11:15am: Craft Talk: Making Sense of it All:
Literary Response to Historic (& Personal) Events,
Christine Maul Rice | open to the public ($15)
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch & Participant Open Mic
12:45-3:45pm: Final Workshops
4-6pm: Publishing Panel
5:15-5:30pm: Closing Remarks & Toast
10 www.ShakeRagAlley.org (608) 987-3292 info@shakeragalley.orgWRITING RETREAT Continued
Memoir and Personal Essay – Patricia Ann McNair,
Retreat Artistic Director
Our lives are filled with exciting moments and ordinary ones, good times and trying times, bits
and pieces that make us who we are now. During this intensive three-day workshop, we will
mine our memories and experiences in order to render our memoirs and short personal essays.
Our own stories will be our foundation, and we will learn elements of the craft of writing and ef-
fective ways of capturing these moments on the page. We will read from published models and
essays, we will write each day. We will leave with work-in-progress and creative paths to pursue
after the workshop. Whether your goal is publication or preservation, this workshop is for you.
Open to all levels of skill and experience.
22R140-W01 / Tuition $305
Patricia Ann McNair’s short story collection, Responsible Adults, was named a Distinguished Favorite by the Independent Press Awards.
The Temple of Air (stories) was named Chicago Writers Association’s Book of the Year, Southern Illinois University’s Devil’s Kitchen
Readers Award, and Society of Midland Authors Finalist Award. Her collection of essays, And These Are the Good Times, was a Montaigne
Medal Finalist for Most Thought-Provoking Book of the Year. McNair’s fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in Barrelhouse,
American Fiction: Best Unpublished Short Stories by Emerging Writers, Hypertext Review, River Teeth, Fourth Genre, Brevity, Creative Nonfic-
tion, and other publications. She was named to Chicago’s NewCity Lit 50 list, and A Writer to Watch by Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex.
She is on the editorial board of Solstice Lit Magazine, and the curatorial board of the Ragdale Foundation. McNair taught at Columbia
College Chicago for more than three decades and was nominated for the U.S. Carnegie Professor of the Year. She lives in Tucson with
her husband, visual artist Philip Hartigan. www.patriciaannmcnair.com
Writing Fiction – Christine Maul Rice
Well-crafted short stories and novel chapters have a lot in common: They employ many
of the same elements of writing -- solid narrative arc, strong voice, the right point of
view, among various and sundry other elements. Publishing houses and literary journal
editors are on the hunt for beautifully crafted work, so whether you want to start a new
short story/novel chapter or work on existing material, this workshop is for you. We will
focus on elements of scene including point of view, character development, dialogue,
sense of place, and story movement. You will learn how to incorporate basic storytelling
principles, forms, and techniques into your writing. This class will be useful for writers
at any level of experience who wish to develop new or ongoing material. We will read from published models and write each day.
22R140-W02 / Tuition $305
Christine Maul Rice’s novel-in-stories Swarm Theory (University of Hell Press) was awarded an Independent Publisher Book Award, a
National Indie Excellence Award, a Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year award, and was included in PANK’s Best Books of 2016
and Powell’s Books Midyear Roundup: The Best Books of 2016 So Far. In 2019, Christine was included in New City's Lit 50: Who Really
Books in Chicago 2019 and named One of 30 Writers to Watch by Chicago's Guild Complex. Most recently, Christine's short stories and
essays have been published in the anthologies 2020 The Year of the Asterisk (University of Hell Press), MAKE Literary Magazine, BELT’s
Rust Belt Anthology, The Literary Review, and online at The Rumpus, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Big Smoke, The Millions, Chicago
Tribune, Detroit’s Metro Times, among other publications. Christine is the founder and editor of Hypertext Magazine. hypertextmag.com,
christinemaulrice.com, Twitter: @ChrisMaulRice
Digging In: Research and Writing – Sheree L. Greer
From memoir and fiction to poetry and playwriting, research can provide nuance, set
scenes, and inspire narrative voice across narrative projects. We'll take an in-depth
look at how research can contribute to our storytelling and explore research tech-
niques that can ground our creative practice. This workshop is open to writers of all
levels of skill and experience.
22R140-W03 / Tuition $305
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native, Sheree L. Greer is a text-based artist and educator
living in Tampa, Florida. In 2014, she founded The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center
to showcase and support the work of Black women and women of color writers and
is the author of two novels, Let the Lover Be and A Return to Arms. Her work has been
published in First Bloom Anthology, LezTalk Anthology, VerySmartBrothas, Autostraddle,
The Windy City Times, Bleed Literary Journal, and the Windy City Queer Anthology:
Dispatches from the Third Coast. Sheree has received a Union League of Chicago Civic
Arts Foundation award, earned her MFA at Columbia College Chicago, and is a VONA/VOICES alum, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Jus-
tice grantee, Yaddo fellow, and Ragdale Artist House Rubin Fellow. Her essay "Bars," published in Fourth Genre Magazine, was nominated
for a Pushcart Prize and notably named in Best American Essays 2019, and her latest essay, "None of This Is Bullshit," was published at
The Rumpus and featured in "Memoir Mondays." www.shereelgreer.com
Students enjoy 10% off Shake Rag Alley lodging! See www.ShakeRagAlley.org 11FIBER ARTS WORKSHOPS
Weaving with Needle Felted
Four Harnesses Animal
Carole Spelić Sculptures
Sat-Sun, Feb 12-13 Tamara Tsurkan
9am-4pm Thu, July 28
Learn to set up and 9am-4pm
weave on a four-harness In this fauna-in-
loom. We will wind a spired workshop,
10”-wide 3-yard warp, thread it onto the loom, and explore some we will learn how to make incredibly realistic 3-dimensional felt
basic weave structures and techniques. You will be introduced sculptures of our beloved animals. The class will start with an
to reading a pattern draft and, after some sampling, can use the overview of wool types and needles that are used for felting.
remaining warp and time for a project of your choice. It can be We will then experiment with various felting techniques and will
a wall hanging, a runner, mug rugs, or a scarf. It can be loose work on prepping the wool and creating a wire skeleton for your
and experimental, structured and predictable, or somewhere in sculpture. In the second half of the class we will add wool to the
between. Warp yarn is provided in a few color options. Students skeleton and apply the needle-felting techniques to complete
are encouraged to bring favorite yarns, fabric strips, and special the felted animal. All materials will be provided. Class size 12.
objects that can be woven into a wall hanging if desired. Weft Registration deadline July 18.
yarns are available in class, too. Class size 6. Registration 22R209C / Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $20
deadline Jan 31.
22R043L / Tuition $195 / Materials Fee $25
Hand Stitching
Design for
Robust Art Quilts
Rag Rug
Suzi Dillinger
Carole Spelić Sat-Sun, Aug 13-14
Weave a traditional
9am-4pm Sat,
"rag" rug on an antique
9am-12pm Sun
heavy-duty loom made
Hand stitching is often associ-
just for this purpose.
ated with “active meditation,”
You will be making a serious piece of floor covering, about 28"
because while your hands are
wide and 5' long. The looms are warped and ready to go — just
busy, your mind is free to relax and wander. This class will focus
show up and weave! We have tons of new fabric available, so you
on hand stitching a small and elegant fabric art quilt. Students
can choose your favorite colors and patterns. The finished prod-
will quickly compose a simple abstract design from a kit
uct will be durable, washable, and uniquely yours. No previous
supplied by the instructor. The majority of class time will focus
weaving experience needed. Class size 4.
on enhancing the composition with simple embroidery stitches.
Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $20 / 9am-5pm
Although the stitches are quickly learned, the opportunity for
Sun, April 10 / 22R100I / Registration deadline Mar 28.
creativity is endless. Class size 9. Registration deadline Aug 1.
Sat, June 11 / 22R162I / Registration deadline May 30.
22R225S / Tuition $165 / Materials Fee $20
Sat, July 16 / 22R197I / Registration deadline July 4.
Sun, Aug 14 / 22R226I / Registration deadline Aug 1. Contemporary
Sat, Oct 8 / 22R281I / Registration deadline Sept 26. Boro Scarf
Sun, Nov 6 / 22R310I / Registration deadline Oct 24. Maday Delgado
Sat, Sept 17 / 9am-4pm
Tensile Fabric With an emphasis on the Japanese
Sails Boro aesthetics, we will use
improvisation to create a wearable
Aris Georges scarf, or surface design panel
Sat, July 16 /9am-4pm to use in another project if you
Learn the art of creating choose, using a sewing machine.
fabric sails based on the The scarf panel will be adorned with
hyberbolic-paraboloid principle, a 3-D geometry that generates the rich textures of improv Sashiko
strong curves that soar in space! Instructor Aris Georges will hand-stitching using colorful
demonstrate basic principles of shapes, simple knots and an- threads to give your work textural
choring methods. The group will create an installation at Shake elegance. The big stitch look invigorates the maker's creation for
Rag Alley, with each participant on the team stretching a shape an unparalleled, textural, bespoke piece. These techniques will
in space. Fabrics for the installation will be provided. Students accent your current sewing projects beautifully, ranging from
can transfer the skills to home and garden projects of their own quilts to garments. Beginners are welcome, but confidence in
later, i.e., garden shades/sculptures or interior space decor. Class setting up and using a sewing machine is necessary. Class size
size 13. Registration deadline July 4. 14. Registration deadline Sept 5.
22R197C / Tuition $100 22R260L / Tuition $110 / Materials Fee $20
12 www.ShakeRagAlley.org (608) 987-3292 info@shakeragalley.orgBUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH
HAUDENOSAUNEE RAISED BEADWORK
NEA HERITAGE FELLOW KAREN ANN HOFFMAN
Sat-Sun, April 23-24 / 10am-4pm Sat, 11am-3pm Sun
Karen Ann Hoffman Photo of Thunderbird Whimsey,
Chicago Field Museum Permanent
Collection, by James Gill Photography.
Shake Rag Alley is honored to present a two-day community-building class with 2020 NEA National Heritage Fellow Karen Ann Hoffman
this spring. Karen Ann has been beading peace, beauty, and meaning through her Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork since the 1990s.
Raised by her first teachers — parents Robert and Betty Ann Messner — as a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Karen Ann grew
up in Oshkosh, south of the Oneida reservation. As an adult, she settled in Stevens Point and built a Native tradition-centered life with
Michael Hoffman (Menominee/Ottawa). She learned Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork from Samuel Thomas and Lorna Hill, Cayuga
artists who traveled to Wisconsin from Ontario to teach.
Karen Ann is a respected national leader in this art, known for reimagining existing forms to expand their significance for today and the
future. Her beading combines these two ways of beading to create a third: objects that arise from traditional forms and are infused with
Haudenosaunee understandings but that otherwise are new.
Also known as Iroquois Raised Beadwork, Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork is unique to the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confed-
eracy, characterized by lines of beads that arch above the textile surface for a three-dimensional effect, typically sewn onto velvet. The
history of Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork derives from 19th-century tourism at Niagara Falls. Around 1850, Mohawk and Tuscarora
beaders developed ornately decorative items to appeal to Victorian tastes, selling them as souvenirs, or “whimseys.” The aesthetic
endured and expanded onto objects for internal community use.
Join Karen Ann at Shake Rag Alley to make an approximate 6″ x 4″ “whimsy,” enjoy a Native 3 Sisters Soup, and most importantly, leave
with a group of new-found friends. Although an intermediate project, this class is open to all skill levels. Participants will gain apprecia-
tion for the meditative and patient process of beading, learn more about the Iroquois world view, and learn the way culture is represented
through needle and thread, food, and art. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Class size 12. Registration
deadline April 11.
Building Community Through Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork
22R113L / Tuition $195 / Materials Fee $35
FIBER ARTS WORKSHOPS Continued
of exciting wool that Kris will bring to the workshop. Class size
Primitive Rug Hooking 16. Registration deadline Sept 19.
Retreat With Wide 22R273L / Tuition $260 / Materials Fee variable (payable to
Cut Wool instructor at class time)
Kris Miller Quilting Made Easy
Fri-Sun, Sept 30-Oct 2 / 9am-4pm Dierdra Stary
Fri-Sat, 9am-3pm Sun Sat-Sun, Nov 19-20 / 9am-4pm
Explore primitive rug hooking using Interested in making a few quilt
soft muted colors and wool textures tops but don’t want to purchase fab-
such as plaids, stripes, herringbones, checks, etc. Kris teaches ric yardage? This class is for you!
primitive rug hooking, which encompasses wide cuts of at least Have a stash of loved fabric and want something new to do with
#8 and above. All the color planning will be done in class with it? This class is for you! Come join Dierdra for a low-stress, fun
old and new friends, and we will build the colors as we go to weekend using pre-cuts to make lap-size quilts. Learn different
ensure a lovely rug. As time allows, different techniques and tips patterns and new ways to sew and cut the pre-cut fabric. Bring
will be discussed to make your rug hooking journey easier and your own pre-cuts, or Dierdra will have some available in class
more creative. You may hook any primitive/wide cut rug hooking for $60. Class size 8. Registration deadline Nov 7.
pattern of your choice. You may bring textured wool from your 22R323L / Tuition $150 / Materials Fee $60 (applicable if pre-
own stash, or you may select and purchase from the wide variety cuts needed, payable to instructor at class time)
Students enjoy 10% off Shake Rag Alley lodging! See www.ShakeRagAlley.org 13BUSINESS OF ART (VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS)
Join woodworking artist and went virtual — but these outlets increasingly will be viable in
entrepreneur Paul Pendola in a 2022 and beyond. Paul has taken his Galena Spoon Company
virtual and interactive series of on the road for art fairs as well as thematic festivals, and has
six 90-minute workshops de- opened his studio doors during tours. He’ll share the highlights,
signed to help artists of all types lowlights, and many lessons learned through these experiences.
explore a variety of topics critical 22R115O / Register by April 24 E
to their success as creative o
entrepreneurs. In each session, Facilitating s
the first portion will consist of Workshops o
a presentation by Paul followed by Q & A. Students may submit
May 2
a case study prior to the workshop. Every effort will be made to T
You know how to create
address your particular situation, time permitting. Paul holds a t
something special. You w
master’s degree from the Cornell University School of Business
have developed a unique c
and lives and works in Galena, IL, specializing in hand-carved
process. You are passion-
wooden spoons and other hand-crafted woodenware.
ate about your art or craft,
Register for one, two, three — or all six of these Zoom-based and you love sharing. You
Business of Art classes and enjoy a 20% off coupon for Paul's want to lead a workshop! Paul had these feelings, too, and went
Galena Spoon Company online or in store. Class size 25. on to teach spoon carving to groups and individuals, whether
8 Mondays, 6:30-8pm / Tuition $50 per session at art fairs, art centers, or from his studio. Get some practical
advice and tap into another way to come to generate income via
Brick and your art making.
S
Mortar Retail 22R122O / Register by May 1
April 11
Pricing Your
What’s involved in starting
and successfully main-
Products
taining a physical sales May 9
space? Using his experience You created it, you love it,
owning and managing the and now it’s time to sell it. S
Galena Spoon Company retail store as just one example, Paul Sure — but for how much?
will explore the advantages and challenges of this conventional Paul will address that
business model. Buy or rent? Square footage? And of course: oh-so-difficult topic of how
location, location, location. Additionally, Paul will discuss advan- to put an appropriate price on the things you make. Multiple con-
tages and disadvantages of other models such as cooperatives, siderations like the cost of materials, time spent on production,
retail partnerships, selling to boutique retailers via wholesale local and regional market forces, wholesale pricing, commission
marketplaces, etc. arrangements, stature of the artist, and gallery representation
22R101O / Register by April 10 will be addressed.
22R129O / Register by May 8
The Online Store
April 18
Managing The
It seems that many busi- “Business” End
nesses have stayed afloat May 16
by adding an online pres- Not every creative indi-
ence to their sales channel vidual is inclined toward
assortment—or have gone “the business end” of their
completely virtual. How is a artistic practice, but if
web-based selling platform best created and conducted? Look- you’re going to actually
ing at aspects of layout, hosting, payment processing, and other make money with your art, you do need to know some company
practical matters, Paul will provide examples of best practices management and structure basics. For instance, how can you
for producing a compelling online store. tap into low- and no-cost marketing opportunities? Paul will
22R108O / Register by April 17 apply his substantial academic background and corporate work
experience in laying out the nuts and bolts of the business side
Art & Craft Fairs, of being an artist.
Festivals, & 22R136O / Register by May 15
Tours SURPRISE A SPECIAL SOMEONE WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE!
April 25 Redeemable for Shake Rag Alley workshops or lodging and
The COVID-19 pandemic good for one year from purchase, gift certificates are perfect for
may have disrupted fairs, friends and family. Set any amount you choose and we’ll email
festivals, and art tours — a gift certificate to any addresses you supply.
many were canceled, or www.ShakeRagAlley.org/gift-certificates
14 www.ShakeRagAlley.org (608) 987-3292 info@shakeragalley.orgJEWELRY BOOT CAMP
JEWELRY BOOT CAMP: A Jewelry Making Retreat
Friday-Sunday, April 29-May 1, 2022
Registration deadline April 18.
Explore jewelry making methods! Beginners and experienced students alike can choose from a variety of classes
offering a range of techniques and styles from funky to fine. Use this weekend to explore different approaches, learn new
skills, network with other jewelers, and leave with a lot of new ideas and jewelry. Come for the weekend, enjoy our gem
of a town, and take several classes!
This year’s Jewelry Boot Camp features 11 jewelry workshops taught by a diverse group of dynamic artists all in town at
the same time. This lovely weekend of workshops is just in time to prepare you for Mother’s Day. Plan to treat the special
women in your life with a handmade gift you create, or join us for the Saturday Vendor Night — a showcase of jewelry
creations by our instructors, students, and volunteers. It’s a sparkling celebration of the Shake Rag Alley community!
Friday, April 29
9am-4pm Power Pendant & Chain Making Ali Kauss
9am-12pm Broken China Pendants Katie White
1pm-4pm Broken China Pendants Katie White
1pm-4pm Fabulous Fibulas Deb Donaghue
4:30-5:30pm After-class Social Hour Lind Pavilion
Saturday, April 30
9am-3:30pm Making Glass Beads Julie Lukosaitis
9am-4pm Fused Loop Earrings Leslie Perrino
9am-4:30pm Intro to Precious Metal Clay Sherry Viktora
9am-4:30pm Riveting Deb Donaghue
5-7pm Vendor Night + After-class Socializing Lind Pavilion
Sunday, May 1
9am-12pm Making Art Jewelry with Glass Beads Julie Lukosaitis
9am-2pm Embossed Enameling Leslie Perrino
9am-5pm Fine Silver Rings in a Day Sherry Viktora
Students enjoy 10% off Shake Rag Alley lodging! See www.ShakeRagAlley.org 15JEWELRY BOOT CAMP Continued
Broken China In this workshop you will learn the basics of fibulas: springs, pin
stems, and catches. Then, you will be free to work with what’s
Pendants in between. Hang objects or beads, set stones, create elaborate
Katie White patterns from the wires, make them tiny, make them big. What-
Turn broken china shards ever. Class size 8.
into beautiful pendants using 22R119N-B / Tuition $60 / Materials Fee $8
stained-glass soldering tech-
niques. The china is broken into
the desired size before grinding
the edges. We use a copper
foil that is burnished before
soldering. A jump ring is added
to produce a functional pendant. Materials fee includes copper
foil, solder, flux, jump rings, waxed cotton cord, and china shards
(but feel free to bring your own!). Class size 6.
Tuition $60 / Materials Fee $20
9am-12pm Fri, April 29 / 22R119C-am-B
1pm-4pm Fri, April 29 / 22R119C-pm-B
Riveting
Deborah Donaghue
Power Pendant & Sat, April 30 / 9am-4:30pm
Chain Making Rivets are part of a large family of cold connections that join
pieces together without heat. You can rivet virtually any type
Ali Kauss
of material together, from paper to metal and everything in be-
Fri, April 29 / 9am-4pm
tween. Rivets can be large or small, basic or elaborate, invisible
Create a necklace infused
or highly decorative. In all cases the concept is the same and is
with the power found in
a basic metalworking skill: Connect layers of material together,
setting an intention. Using
generally using round wire or tubing. The ends are enlarged to
techniques such as cutting,
form a secure connection, all without using heat. Join Deb to
filing, making a bezel,
learn the basics. After practicing, we’ll concentrate on creating
soldering, and texturing, you
a pendant or pair of earrings. Techniques covered include an-
will begin this intermediate
nealing, texturing metal using a variety of tools, creating shapes,
project by making a pen-
refining edges, patina, and riveting using both wire and tubing.
dant with a crystal of your
Class size 8.
choice (multiple options will
22R120J-B / Tuition $100 / Materials Fee $10
be available). Next, you will hand fabricate your own fused chain.
Upon completion, you will have a piece of jewelry that not only
is beautiful, but that you can wear as a reminder of your own
internal beauty. Materials fee includes 2″ x 2″ piece of 20 gauge
sterling silver, 8mm cabochon, and 18 gauge sterling silver wire
for the chain. Class size 8.
22R119J-B / Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $65
Making Glass Beads
Julie Lukosaitis
Sat, April 30 / 9am-3:30pm
Julie will demonstrate how to make glass beads in the small
flame of a torch. You will learn heat control and techniques
of different styles, the basics of hot head torch set up and
Fabulous Fibulas safety. Round beads will be made first. Next, you’ll pull glass
Deborah Donaghue stringers from the glass rod to use for decorative details such
Fri, April 29 / 1-4pm as dots, scrolls, and swirls on your own beads. Other shapes and
Learn to make fibulas! First used by the Greeks for fastening techniques using additional glass inclusions and metals will be
garments, spread throughout Europe by the Romans and brought included as well as making copper head pins for bead assembly.
to an elaborate decorative peak by the Etruscans, fibulas are A discussion of common problems associated with bead making
essentially based on the safety pin design. In other words, a will be covered early in the day. Materials fee includes glass and
fastener where the spring, pin stem, and catch are fashioned silver foil. Class size 7.
from a single wire. In between, well ... that’s where the fun starts. 22R120L-B / Tuition $135 / Materials Fee $35
16 www.ShakeRagAlley.org (608) 987-3292 info@shakeragalley.orgJEWELRY BOOT CAMP Continued
Intro to Embossed
Precious Enameling
Metal Clay Leslie Perrino
Sherry Viktora Sun, May 1
Sat, April 30 9am-2pm
9am-4:30pm Learn how to
Learn how to use embossing
make beautiful folders to create
fine silver a deep pattern
jewelry from on thin metal to
soft, workable create lightweight,
“clay-like” silver. colorful, and dramatic pendants. Learn how to apply liquid and
Precious metal clay is a safe, non-toxic material made of tiny powdered glass enamel for contrast and color. Class size 10.
silver particles embedded in an organic clay/water base. In this 22R121J-B / Tuition $100 / Materials Fee $20
one-day class, you will learn all about PMC — how to form, refine,
fire, and finish jewelry pieces using the clay, paste, and a syringe.
You will make a pendant with a rollover bail and either a stone
or dichroic glass cabochon and gain the knowledge to continue
creating beautiful jewelry at home with just a few basic tools and
a small hand-held butane torch. Your pieces will be fired in a kiln
in class, but Sherry will teach you how to torch-fire your pieces at
home. Class size 8.
22R120N-B / Tuition $110 / Materials Fee $45 (payable to
instructor at class time)
Fused Loop
Earrings Fine Silver Rings in a Day
Leslie Perrino Sherry Viktora
Sat, April 30 / 9am-4pm Sun, May 1 / 9am-5pm
In this workshop you will dis- Create your own unique .999 pure silver ring using precious
cover how to fuse fine silver metal clay silver and wear it home. Learn the techniques to size,
wire using a small butane form, refine, embellish, and set a fire-in-place stone into your
torch to make shining beauti- ring. Make your ring as plain or glitzy as you wish, with or without
ful loops. In addition, you will a stone. After it’s fired and polished, you can leave it bright silver
create head pins for beads, or add patina. You’ll also learn to torch-fire PMC. If you have clay
and craft ear wires. Once you left over from your ring, you can make earrings or charms and
master earrings, try your hand at making pendants or bracelets. torch-fire those. Materials fee paid to instructor in class includes
You will learn everything you need to make a dazzling variety of silver metal clay, use of silver paste and syringe, appropriate
handmade jewelry to keep or give. Class size 10. stone, disposables, and use of tools. Class size 8.
22R120S-B / Tuition $110 / Materials Fee $25 22R121N-B / Tuition $110 / Materials Fee $45 (payable to
instructor at class time)
Making Art
Jewelry Smejas' Jewelry Studio
With Glass Is a Shake Rag Alley Gem
Beads Shake Rag Alley is proud of its remarkable jewelry
Julie Lukosaitis program. With skilled instructors teaching a wide
Sun, May 1 variety of techniques and using diverse materials,
9am-12pm students at any level can find a workshop that
This half-day class will challenge and inspire. To make it even more
will transform your attractive, our Smejas' Jewelry Studio is fully
handmade glass equipped with eight full kits that include all of the
beads from Jewelry basic hand tools, numerous additional pliers and
Boot Camp or beads from home into art jewelry! Julie will have cutters, and shared specialty equipment like a
sterling silver and copper metal findings, chains, and beads rolling mill, bench shear, and several flexible shaft
available for purchase. This class is open to everyone. Bring your sets. Workshop participants can try out a new
own jewelry tools and supplies if you like or use Julie’s tools and method or style without having to invest in all that
purchase supplies from her (payable to Julie at class time). project-specific gear. Find a jewelry workshop that
Class size 7. catches your eye and join us to create a gorgeous
22R121C-B / Tuition $60 piece of personal adornment!
Students enjoy 10% off Shake Rag Alley lodging! See www.ShakeRagAlley.org 17JEWELRY WORKSHOPS
o
Simple Fold Formed b
Jewelry e
Leslie Perrino a
Sat, April 9 / 9am-4pm r
Try your hand at hammering 8
metal into sculptural forms and 2
turning it into distinctive jewelry.
All skill levels will enjoy this
class. We will begin with mal-
leable copper, and progress into aluminum, brass, and possibly
silver. Optionally add texture, holes, beads, patina, jump rings,
Hot Wired Rings
and wire to your creations. Expect to create mostly earrings and
pendants. No experience needed. This is a beginner-friendly Eva Sherman
workshop! Class size 10. Registration deadline April 1. Fri, July 29 / 9am-4pm
Create several dramatic rings by fusing multiple layers of sterling
22R099J / Tuition $120 / Materials Fee $30
silver wire in an organic weave pattern. Embellish the ring with
Stamped Band tube set cubic zirconas soldered in place for added glamour.
Materials fee covers three rings. Class size 8. Registration
Rings deadline July 18.
Leslie Perrino 22R210J / Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $55
Sun, April 10
9am-2pm Metal Clay
Make a one-of-a-kind tex- Alchemy
tured sterling silver ring. In
this half-day workshop you will learn to size, stamp, form, solder,
Eva Sherman
and polish a sterling ring (or two). It’s the perfect introduction Sat, July 30 / 9am-4pm
to jewelry making for beginners, a great way to get back into If you prefer a bit of rough in your
jewelry making after a break, and a fun exercise for the advanced designs, creating rings with metal
student. Class size 10. Registration deadline April 2. clay may be right up your alley! In this class students will create
three rings using a PMC3 syringe, while adding faceted stones,
22R100J / Tuition $110 / Materials Fee $35
and tube bezels. Students will also learn to allow for shrinkage to
be sure their rings are the right size. No prerequisites required.
Turquoise and Class size 8. Registration deadline July 18.
Silver Inlay Ring 22R211J / Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $55
Richard Salley
Fri, July 15 / 9am-4pm
In this intermediate class,
you will learn the classic
technique of inlay using
small turquoise fragments.
You will also learn how to
properly size a ring for any given metal thickness. The inlay tech- Beach Glass Rings or Pendant
nique can be applied to other projects like bracelets, pendants, Eva Sherman
and earrings. Class size 10. Registration deadline July 4. Sun, July 31 / 9am-4pm
22R196J / Tuition $180 / Materials Fee $30 Create a beach glass ring or pendant to wear year round as a
souvenir of golden summer days! In this class students will learn
The Braided to make a bezel that will hold the glass securely in place and
Bracelet give the jewelry a polished, professional look, while practicing
and perfecting soldering skills. This is an intermediate class and
Richard Salley previous soldering experience is recommended. Class size 8.
Sat-Sun, July 16-17 Registration deadline July 18.
9am-4pm 22R212J / Tuition $130 / Materials Fee $55
This class is for interme-
diate through advanced
The Beautiful
jewelry artists. We will
learn how to incorporate
Basics of Bezels
braided silver wire in a bracelet band. We will also be fabricating Leslie Perrino
a thick wall bezel and prong setting to complete the look. The Sat-Sun, Aug 6-7 / Sat
resulting bracelet will be a stunning treasure. Class size 10. 9am-4pm, Sun 9am-2pm
Registration deadline July 4. Learn to create a bezel setting
22R197J / Tuition $400 / Materials Fee $60 and bail in silver for a round
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