Layered Collage and Running Stitch Workshop

Layered Collage and Running Stitch Workshop

Drawing inspiration from the tradition and history of Kantha quilts, participants in this workshop will create hand stitched small

By Kansas City Artists Coalition

Date and time

Saturday, December 7 · 11:30am - 1pm CST

Location

Kansas City Artists Coalition

3200 Gillham Kansas City, MO 64109

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Drawing inspiration from the tradition and history of Kantha quilts, participants in this

workshop will create hand stitched small (~12” square) layered fabric collages with textile

scraps.


Artist and instructor Hadley Clark will demonstrate her own approach to collage both

creatively and functionally in her studio, and will provide participants with basic instruction

about layering and connecting textile remnants with the running stitch central to Kantha

quilts. This workshop will include identification of woven textiles versus knit textiles,

discussion about basic design elements such as composition, color, and texture, and

ongoing creative direction and functional instruction. This is a workshop open to sewists of

all skill levels.


Participants will be provided with textile remnants, one hand sewing needle, and embroidery

floss. You are welcome and encouraged to bring your own textile remnants and other

sewing supplies like embroidery floss, scissors, thimbles, etc.

Organized by

The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri.

On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976.

The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC or Artists Coalition) is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists' work in its galleries.