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Basket Weaving
November 5 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$30 – $35
Learn to weave a basket by soaking and shaping natural reeds.
Space is limited—register in advance. Registration will open to members on October 5 and to non-members on October 9.
Click here for the November 7 class
The basic twining method of basket weaving used in this workshop appears in diverse basketmaking traditions, including those of Indigenous peoples across North America, Appalachian and Euro-American communities, and English wickerwork.
Each participant will make a small, round-reed, chained basket.
Meets in Gathering Room A.
$30 members, $35 non-members
About Simone Montemurno
Simone Montemurno is an interdisciplinary artist who makes paintings, sound works, and photographic books inspired by the cultural artifacts encountered at regional folk-art museums and overlooked archives. She earned her MFA from CalArts in 2011, and lives and works in Los Angeles
This program is generously funded, in part, by Perenchio Foundation.
