WDCC
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, AND MORE!
photo of doll

Our annual meeting took place at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, on March 11th. The annual meeting is open to all members and guests and coincides with the election of WDCC Board of Directors for the upcoming year.

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:
  • Creative Workshops with Felting Artist Chad Alice Hagen, Papermaking with Kirsten Christianson, Mixed Media with Patrick Luber and Shibori Dyeing with Mary Mendla
  • Craft Marketing Seminars with national craft marketing expert Bruce Baker, who writes for The Crafts Report and artbizcoach.com founder Alyson Stanfield.
  • Studio Tour of Vanguard Foundry
  • Member Panel Discussions
  • Metals workshops with nationally known jewelers Marlene True, Charles Lewton Brain and Betty Helen Longhi

Faythe Levine, a Milwaukee resident who has been traveling the world to discuss her book and documentary Handmade Nation, fielded those questions and more during her presentation at the annual meeting on March 11


Tom Lidtke, Executive Director of the Museum of Wisconsin Art sharing plans for the new museum and its mission to collect, conserve, document and exhibit visual art representing the state's history.

Coming this October:

SAVE THE DATE: Fall Metals Workshop Oct. 1 & 2

If you work in metals, don't miss our fall workshop with Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez. He'll be teaching Creative Patterning and Textual Forms for the WDCC at Mt. Mary College. Here's what Juan Carlos says about the course:

Students will explore and compare various surfaces and texturing techniques for the creation of jewelry and metal objects. Using thin metal sheet and fine-gauge wire while focusing on processes such as roll-printing, hammer texturing, chase and stamping, fire texturing and the use of the flex-shaft as a texturing device, students will create and develop surface blocks. Workshop will cover an exploration of a variety of fabrication. and finishing techniques to enhance ideas for design exploration.

You can see his impressive portfolio of work at: www.caballero-studio.com/work.html

We'll be sending out registration forms to members soon, but this is the time to get our workshop on your calendar. The fee is $250 for the 2-day course.


Annual Meeting 2011

The WDCC Annual Meeting is held each year in March. The meeting, open to membership and guests, provides an opportunity to network with other craft professionals and elect the board of directors for the coming year. This year's event featured guest speakers Faythe Levine and Tom Lidtke.