Workshops
Workshops
We are committed to educating, inspiring, and supporting new and evolving artists. Our Guest Artist will often offer a variety of special workshops and classes which encourage learning and exploration, as well as demonstrate their unique style of beadwork.
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Bead Mosaics with Sabrina Frey
March 22nd & 23rd, 2025
3 classes that can be taken individually,
or all three together!
Help take beads where they have never gone before!
Skill Level: Beginner, no prior knowledge needed!
March 22nd, 9 am to Noon
In-Person Class only
Workshop, materials, AND tool kit all included.
$195 for Members (please add your membership number to the notes at checkout)
$215 for Non-members
How to create beautiful bead mosaic art easily while having fun and letting your creative juices flow. In this beginner course you will learn techniques to get you started creating bead mosaics that look like stained glass art.
Sabrina’s innovative techniques are easier and much faster than you think, and will give you a freedom with beads you never thought possible. During this workshop you will complete a personalized 8x10 seed bead project and learn new and creative ways to get beads working together no matter the shape or size. We are making jewelry for your walls instead of your body!
Let's bring a forest to life with trees and beads!
Skill Level: Beginner
March 22nd, 2pm - 6pm
In-Person Class only
Workshop, materials, AND tool kit all included.
$195 for Members (please add your membership number to the notes at checkout)
$215 for Non-members
Description: Trees, Trees, and more trees! Sabrina Frey is famous for her life like tree mosaic artwork. How does she use the beads to make trees come to life? What are the trees made of?
In this workshop you will create two 6”x6” season tree pieces. Sabrina will share her secrets for easily creating life like tree trunks in various styles and using the beads to represent leaves that pop with life and color. It’s fun and easy and a bit addictive too! Most students are able to complete both pieces during the class, so what is your favorite season?
Make a bird come to life with bugles beads and a bit of know-how!
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
March 23rd, Noon to 4pm
In-Person Class only
Workshop, materials, AND tool kit all included.
$195 for Members (please add your membership number to the notes at checkout)
$215 for Non-members
Description: Have you ever wanted to create dimensional 2D artwork using beads? Let’s make animals come to life with texture and shine using bugle beads in a unique way.
In this slightly more advanced workshop Sabrina will teach students special glueing techniques that allow bugle beads to mimic feathers and fur while creating beautiful animal mosaics that are interactive and immersive works of art. During this workshop you will get well started into an 5”x7” Bird mosaic project that you can finish at home with confidence in the techniques you learned to get started.
2 Classes in CRAW
Details coming soon!
Born and raised in Italy, Mara Colecchia (Maracole Bijoux) graduated in Rome with a specialization in Drawing Animation and game design from IED. She worked in the animation industry until 2008, when she took a chance on relocating to Los Angeles, CA, with the aim of consolidating her career in children’s entertainment.
Instead, she started making visual art and exhibiting her work in local galleries, specializing in Pop Surrealism. Mara experimented with many mediums over a decade, until she discovered seed beads. Since 2019 Maracole Bijoux – a line of high end handwoven jewelry– is her main endeavor.
Mara exhibited her work at The Smithsonian’s Craft Show in 2024, and her collections have been featured in magazines dedicated to art and fashion. One of her necklaces is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Beadwork in Portland, Maine, and one of her brooches is on view at the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, in Athens. Mara has been teaching workshops in various art and crafts centers in the USA since 2021.
Betsy Youngquist 2-Day workshop!
September 6th & 7th, 10-5pm, lunch break.
In-Person class only
Details coming soon!
(roughly $500-$600, this may change as we are working out material needs now.)
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Beading at the Museum of Beadwork with Betsy Youngquist and Nancy Josephson
October 21st-28th, 2023
Join internationally recognized teachers/artists Betsy Youngquist and Nancy Josephson for an exciting week turning unadorned substrates into magical, evocative works of art. We'll teach you every technique we know to create your own piece of art using various glues, adhesives, bits and pieces and, of course, BEADS! In this no sew workshop you'll leave having learned (and mastered) our very particular ways of adhering beads to any surface you can think of. The artwork you create during the week will be the training wheels for what's next as you take what you've learned back out into the big wide world.
Kumihimo with Rebecca Combs
April 6th, 2024 10am
Oasis Bracelet
All levels & Beginner friendly
6 hour class
April 7th, 2024 10am
Water Dancer Necklace and Earrings
All level / Adventurous Beginner
4 hour class
April 7th, 2024 3:30pm
Kumihimo Math
(lecture/workshop, learn to create your own Kumihimo patterns)
Intermediate / Advanced
2 hour lecture
June 29th & 30th, 2024
July 13th &14th, 2024
Mask workshop with Melissa Shippee (2-day class)
Join renowned artist Melissa Shippee for a 2-day workshop of technique and design to create your own Beaded Mask! You will learn the ins and outs of constructing masks and bringing your imagined concept to life. Materials are not included, as you will be creating your design individually (with help) before the class.
Details and tickets here.
August 3rd & 4th, 2024
Laura McCabe Class
In-person, 2-day workshop
Includes class and material kit
Details and tickets here.
Bead Embroidery with Holly Bean
September 28th, 10am
Bead Embroidery Gator Bracelet with Holly Bean
In-Person, 6 hour class.
Includes class and material kit.
September 29th, 10am
Tatsu Japanese Dragon Necklace
In-Person, 6 hour class.
Includes class and material kit.