Saturday, April 25
12-4 pm | Danial Family Education Center
$35 Non-Members | $28 Members
This workshop introduces participants to embroidery as a contemporary, expressive art form rather than a representational or decorative craft. Through guided exercises and open-ended exploration, participants will use stitch, color, and texture to create abstract embroidered compositions. The focus is on mark-making, layering, and intuitive decision-making, allowing participants to engage with embroidery as drawing with thread.
Learning Objectives
- Learn basic embroidery stitches and techniques
- Explore abstraction through line, texture, and repetition
- Build confidence in using fiber as a mark-making tool
- Encourage experimentation and personal expression
Materials provided. Participants will receive and keep an embroidery hoop and needle, included in the class cost. This class is suitable for ages 13+.
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About the Instructor:
Catherine Spencer is a Central New York–based artist whose work explores the intersections of human experience, ecological resilience, and constructed environments. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes and materials of her childhood, she transforms found and human-made materials into biomorphic sculptures and imagined ecosystems that invite viewers to consider the shifting relationships between nature, memory, and transformation. Spencer holds a BFA in Painting from Alfred University (2013) and an MFA from Syracuse University (2021). Her multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, expanded painting, soft sculpture, and installation, often incorporating memory foam, embroidery, and mixed textiles to create sensory, organism-like forms. She has participated in several notable artist residencies, including the Cleveland West Art League Residency, the Turner Residency in Los Angeles, and the Chautauqua School of Art Residency in Chautauqua, New York. Her work has been exhibited nationally at venues such as the Muskegon Museum of Art in Michigan, Axis Gallery in Sacramento, Governors Island in New York City, Dama Gallery in California, Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio, and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. In 2025, Spencer was selected for the Everson Museum of Art’s CNY Artist Initiative Cohort, which culminated in a solo exhibition showcasing her recent explorations of transformation, ecological metaphor, and material experimentation.
