We have an absolutely amazing two-part workshop and demo on Sunday March 24th 2024! Note the Sunday date!
You are invited to attend a two-hour workshop in Asian arts with local artist Bayda Asbridge. The first 30 minutes will revolve around Saori (Japanese weaving) where you will see the artist weave on her portable loom. You may even get a chance to run the shuttle yourself and experience weaving personally. She will introduce this art form and explain in what way it is different from traditional weaving. Meanwhile, there will be a Powerpoint presentation of her fiber art playing in the background. She will be able to answer any questions that arise during that period of time.
In the remaining 90 minutes, you will learn about Classical Asian Brush Painting – the 4 gentlemen. The focus will be on two of them by practicing the basic strokes of the bamboo stalk and leaves & wild orchid flowers and their leaves.
This workshop is FREE and is open to the community. If you want to participate in the brush painting portion, please RSVP to info@bvaa.org so that we know how many stations to set up for the brush painting. We have a hard limit of 24 brush stations. All materials will be supplied for the brush painting portion of the session.
The date for this workshop is Sunday March 24th, 2024. Bayda will start setting up at 12:30pm and we’ll get started at 1pm. Feel free to arrive at 12:30pm to chat and get updates on our spring schedule. We’ll aim to start with the Saori weaving portion right at 1pm.
Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569
This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.
Please note the SUNDAY DATE! In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced. For March 2024 we are moving this meeting to SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY :).
All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!
For more about Bayda –
The RSVPs we have are:
Deb B
Carrie N
Edith D
Susan H-S
Mike Z
Joyce I
Ann W
Marcia C?
Marcia T?
Monika S (via website)
Lisa S
Carol F
Our meetings are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
I would like to attend the Chinese brushstroke workshop.
I would love to drop in on Sunday, March 24th. Thank you!