Registration for the 2010 Winter Celebration Faerie Academy workshops is now open. These classes are a rare opportunity to learn from Faerieworlds artists and performers in an intimate setting. This year's academy classes will take place at the Lane Events Center in Meeting Room #2. Class spaces are very limited so register now and be part of the magic! Complete descriptions and registration links are below the schedule.
SATURDAY JANUARY 30TH
11:00-12:30 Making a Faerie Wand - Stephanie Lostimolo
12:45-2:15 SOLD OUT! Small Goblin Sculpting Class - Patricia Hedegaard
2:30-5:00 Leaf Mask Making - Toby Froud
SUNDAY JANUARY 31ST
10:30-12:00 JUST ADDED! Small Goblin Sculpting Class - Patricia Hedegaard
12:15-1:45 Making Beaded Faerie Stars - Dancing Hands
2:00-3:30 Making it Real: Storytelling for Everyone - Mark Lewis
3:30-4:30 A Stroll with the Faye - Billy Scudder
MAKING A FAERIE WAND - Stephanie Lostimolo
Master artist, designer and costumer Stephanie Lostimolo will show you her professional secrets to create your own unique faerie wand from her amazing assortment of sticks, crystals, feathers, stones and leathers and other objects born of the earth and air. All materials provided.
Saturday: 11am-12:30
Workshop length: 1.5 hours
Maximum: 20 students
Price: $35.00
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SMALL GOBLIN SCULPTING CLASS - Patricia Hedegaard
Come make adorable, little polymer clay Goblin figurines with Trish.
Learn the basics of creature creation and sculpting. Goblins make wonderful
friends as well as gifts. Come play and let your inner Goblin out!
All supplies included. No experience needed.
Saturday 12:45-2:15
Workshop Length: 1.5 hours
Youngest age is 10
Maximum: 8
Price: $25.00
SOLD OUT! (SUNDAY CLASS ADDED BELOW)
LEAF MASK MAKING - Toby Froud
This workshop will use Greenman / leaf mask imagery in a personal exploration of the seasonal faces of the spirit of the forest. After a short, guided meditation contacting personal and individual forest spirit images, we will make foliate masks reflecting those images. Toby will both help each individual in the mask making process and will bring examples of his work using foliate images and leaf masks. No experience of meditation or mask making is needed.
Saturday 2:30-5pm
Workshop length: 2.5 hours
Maximum: 20
Price: $40.00
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JUST ADDED! SMALL GOBLIN SCULPTING CLASS - Patricia Hedegaard
Come make adorable, little polymer clay Goblin figurines with Trish.
Learn the basics of creature creation and sculpting. Goblins make wonderful
friends as well as gifts. Come play and let your inner Goblin out!
All supplies included. No experience needed.
Saturday 12:45-2:15
Workshop Length: 1.5 hours
Youngest age is 10
Maximum: 8
Price: $25.00
REGISTER NOW
MAKING BEADED FAERIE STARS - Dancing Hands
An experienced bead designer of over 30 years and bead store owner, Dancing Hands will share her techniques and secret to making beaded Faerie Stars. These stars will be used to make willow wands in class, or participants may choose to keep the star for a car decoration or window hanging. Students will use semi precious stone beads (amethyst, rose quartz, citrine, clear quartz), Swarovski crystals, and czech beads, both new and antique. Beginning beaders welcome; all materials are included.
Sunday: 12:15-1:45
Ages 10 and up.
Workshop length: 1.5 hours
Maximum: 20 students
Price: $25.00
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MAKE IT REAL - STORYTELLING FOR EVERYBODY - Mark Lewis
Mark weaves his Word Pictures to enchant and instruct you in the hands-on secrets of how to become a great storyteller. Come and explore your imagination as you create your own Word Pictures! Mark is first and foremost a storyteller. His 35 years of professional experience have most notably won him two Emmy awards and a performance on The Tonight Show. His goal is to re-awaken the art of storytelling in the world of today and to re-introduce this world to its imagination.
Sunday: 2:00-3:30
Workshop length: 1.5 hrs
Ages 16 to Adult.
Maximum: 20 students
Price: $35.00
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A STROLL WITH THE FAYE - Billy Scudder
Mythology, Folklore, and Magic all come together as we explore the world of the Faye. Learn how to allow yourself to be guided by the Magical world of the Faye. This weekend is a Full Moon in Leo, the energy’s that will work through you today will be interesting. Also this is the time of Imbolc, Candelmas, or Brigit’s Day. If you are ready to enter the realm and more deeply discover your personal connection to the Magical world of the Faye, this is your opportunity. The path to Faerieland is within you learn to see the doorways of their reality. The keys that unlock these doors are, Trust, Believing, and Love. Allow the unseen world of the Faye to guide you as we walk with them on, “A Stroll with the Faye”
Sunday: 3:30-5:00
Length of workshop, 1.5 hours
Maximum: 20
Price: $35.00
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