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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, AND MORE!
photo of doll WDCC stages a variety of special programs, workshops, and seminars throughout the year. As a WDCC member, you will receive special mailings about our programs. You will also receive a discounted rate on all workshops and trips.

Here is a sampling of the many exciting special events and programs WDCC has sponsored over the past few years:
  • DOLLMAKING WORKSHOP with Gretchen Lima.
  • CRAFT MARKETING SEMINAR with national craft marketing expert Bruce Baker, who writes for The Crafts Report.
  • DAY TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. with guided tour of Renwick Gallery and panoramic tour of monuments.
  • BUS TRIP TO SOFA SHOW at Chicago's Navy Pier and an overnight stay at the "W" Hotel right off Michigan Ave.
  • MEMBER PANEL DISCUSSIONS
  • THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP based on the best-selling novel by Julia Cameron.
  • METALS WORKSHOPS with nationally known jewelers Andy Cooperman from Seattle, Wash, Don Friedlich from Madison, Wis, and Deb Karash from Rockford, Ill.
  • WEEKEND TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY with museum-guided tours.

Upcoming Events for 2009

METAL WORKSHOP WITH BETTY HELEN LONGHI
October 3-4, 2009
Join us for this exciting weekend with nationally recognized metalsmith, Betty Helen Longhi. Ms Longhi’s work has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum, Delaware Art Museum, American Craft Museum, South East Center for Contemporary Art and the Renwick Gallery Museum Shop as well as numerous retail galleries. In this workshop the techniques of shell forming and roll printing will be used to make a series of bracelets and cuffs from sheet metal. Students will experiment with ways to add texture and change the form of a metal pattern with the rolling mill. Students will gain a new insight into ways to manipulate sheet metal as well as creating a unique group of jewelry items. This workshop is limited to WDCC members. Click here to download a registration form.

SHIBORI DYEING WITH MARY MENDLA
Shibori October 3, 2009
We are pleased to have Fiber Artist Mary Mendla offer a shibori dyeing workshop. Shibori is the Japanese word for a variety of techniques of shaping and securing cloth before dyeing known as bound resist. In this workshop, participants will explore various techniques of fiber dyeing and color discharge to create beautiful, colorful one of a kind silk scarves. No previous experience is necessary. Registration forms will be available later this summer.

THE DIGITAL IMAGE
November 7, 2009
With the change from slide jurying to digital jurying many of you are wondering how to show your work to it’s full potential. There still seems to be quite a bit of confusion over the process after five years. Photographer and WDCC Board Member Larry Sanders will present a workshop on November 7th on Zapp Image Review. He will also do a short review of the difference between Zapplication and JAS (Juried Art Services).This is an opportunity to review your images as seen by a zapp jury and receive valuable tips on how to present your work in the most effective way. Images to be critiqued should be sent to Larry as Zapp formatted digital files. Files can be e-mailed or sent to him on disk up to one week before the workshop at: 1522 W. Pierce; Milwaukee, WI 53204. Registration forms will be available later fall.