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Weavin' Impact - Schools
Put Down the Phone & Craft
Imagine allowing students to explore their creativity through a craft that encourages environmental awareness and less screen time?
Whether it’s gourd crafting, pine needle basket weaving, or broommaking, these workshops let students create, express themselves, and develop focus and confidence while connecting with natural materials.
At the end of each workshop series, students can showcase their work, celebrating their creativity with peers and families.
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Community Event + Exhibition
Let's weave and break bread together!
Join me for a special weaving event where basket weavers can come together to create, connect, dine, and showcase.
How it Works:
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Bring a finished basket you plan to submit to the exhibition (participants must have taken one of my workshops).
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Fill out the Exhibition Participation Form. (You decide whether your personal basket is for sale or just display.)
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Participate in Group Weaving activities, exploring different materials and prompts alongside fellow makers.
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Share your work with the group before it’s stored for the exhibition.
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End the day with a meal, connecting, celebrating, and enjoying the company of the community.
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Reunite on the opening day of the exhibition to see your baskets alongside those created at the event.
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Fiber Arts Tour
In 2026, I’m taking my fiber arts workshops to communities across the United States! Starting in Illinois in May, I’ll be teaching weaving, gourd crafting, broommaking, and more in Chicago, Kentucky, and beyond.
To keep an eye on upcoming classes!
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If you’re interested in having a workshop come to your community, fill out the form below:
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Biography Basket
This project invites seniors in retirement homes to create baskets that tell their life stories. Whether representing memories, experiences, or personal symbols, each basket becomes a piece of living history.
Fill out the form on the homepage if interested in this program.
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Fundraiser for Fire Department Project
I’m working on a project with the local fire department that brings craft and community fundraising together.
I'll be teaching firefighters how to weave pine needle baskets. The baskets would then be sold at local shops and community spaces, with proceeds going directly back to the fire department.
Firefighters already spend their days caring for the land and protecting the community.
For the community, buying one of these baskets is a direct way to support the fire department while taking home a useful, handmade object. Each basket reflects local labor, local materials, and shared responsibility.
The goal is simple: support the fire department, keep a traditional craft alive, and strengthen community ties.
