2 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 20 through Sunday, March 21______________________________ 2

101: Surprise! ─ Dawn Donnelly ______________________________________________________________2

102: Renew, Refresh, Reconnect Teachers Retreat and Forum ─ Diane Herrmann ______________________2

103: Tidal Treasures ─ Celeste Chalasani _______________________________________________________3

104: Mix It Up with Mixed Media ─ Laura Smith _________________________________________________3

105: Ginger Jar ─ Margaret Kinsey ____________________________________________________________4

106: Art Deco Nine-Patch ─ Wendy Moore _____________________________________________________4

2 - Day Classes: Monday, March 22 through Tuesday, March 23 _____________________________ 5

201: Winter Lights ─ Jennifer Riefenberg _______________________________________________________5

202: Art and Needleart en Plein Air ─ Do Andrew ________________________________________________5

203: Flame Lily – Celeste Chalasani ___________________________________________________________6

205: Arabesque with Blue and Gold ─ Margaret Kinsey ___________________________________________6

206: Once in a Blue Moon ─ Toni Gerdes _______________________________________________________7

Teacher Biographies _________________________________________________________________ 8

National Academy of Needlearts

2021 Assembly

Class Offerings and Teacher Biographies

March 19 – 23, 2021

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2 - Day Classes: Saturday, March 20 through Sunday, March 21

101: Surprise! ─ Dawn Donnelly

Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $115 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 6” x 10” What a “Surprise” it will be to share this cake with the person you are celebrating. After decorating this topsy-turvy cake with fun stitches and bright colors, you will top it off with a birthday celebration sign made of scrapbook paper and a burst of wire. The cake’s icing is created using these stitches: Medallion, Satin, Couching, Criss Cross Hungarian, Trellis Variation and Padded Plaited Cross. Finishing touches include buttons, beads and sequins. Student to Bring: 10” x 14” stretcher bars, tacks, frame weight or clamp and small sharp scissors. Pre-work: none

102: Renew, Refresh, Reconnect Teachers Retreat and Forum ─ Diane Herrmann

Proficiency Level: Basic Kit Cost: $30 Ground: n/a Design Size: n/a Teaching needlework can be a solitary activity most of the time: ordering supplies, stitching models, submitting proposals. When teachers get together to talk about what happens in needlework classes, time flies! We want to stay up late to share stories, ideas, and dreams.

At NAN’s 2021 Assembly, we are offering an opportunity for needlework teachers to come together and spend time focusing on issues that will further their development as effective teachers. We propose to build on our collective knowledge about teaching and learning of needlearts, to share innovative ideas and approaches, and to promote relationships within and beyond our teaching community. By working together we hope to promote ideas that will

improve the quality of teaching in the broader needlework community. Anyone who considers themselves to be a needlework teacher, whether for a shop or a guild or a local organization, is welcome to attend. Student to Bring: An open mind and some magazines or pictures for collaging. Pre-work: none

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103: Tidal Treasures ─ Celeste Chalasani

Proficiency Level: Advanced Kit Cost: $60 Ground: Silk dupioni and silk shantung Design Size: Needle minder: 2”, Pin cushion: 2¾” x 2”; Needle book: 3½” x 3” Some of my fondest memories are of walking along the beach picking up sea shells. As the waves gently roll in, I search the sandy beach to see what treasure I might discover. Each shell is a mystery, a question of what sea creature once inhabited it. In this class, you will create your own tidal treasures: a starfish needle minder, a sea urchin pin cushion and scallop needle book.

In the 17th century, variations of the Detached Buttonhole Stitch were used extensively to create many of the flora, fauna and animal motifs that can be found on caskets and

mirrors of that period. You will learn some of these same needle lace variations to create the textures found on seashells. Your kit includes the fabric, threads and padding to embroider and finish three small tidal treasures. Student to Bring: 4” and 6” embroidery hoops, 10” x 10” Evertite frame or stretcher bars with brass tacks and tightening tool, 6” ruler, white tissue paper, tweezers, masking tape, scissors for cutting paper and felt, mechanical pencil or similar, straight pins, cream colored sewing thread, needle threader, and usual stitching supplies. Magnification is highly recommended. Pre-work: None

104: Mix It Up with Mixed Media ─ Laura Smith

Proficiency Level: All Kit Cost: $96 Ground: Paper book, Lutradur and fabric samples Design Size: Folding book with 5" x 7"

pages Explore the range of textures that are possible by combining stitches, mixed media, and a source of inspiration such as a poem or quote of the student’s choice. Learn to build up surfaces with color, seal edges, construct layered effects, and deconstruct in various ways to create unusual textures. Materials include Lutradur (heavy and ultra-light), heat sensitive film, Tyvek, Angelina fibers and film, PearlEx pigments, an embossing tool, a wood burning tool, fabric paint, and gel media. Safety and archival quality are emphasized. Students can integrate the materials into a folding book (as shown) or leave them as separate works. A book with 5” x 7” pages and workable covers is provided. It can be displayed standing so that both sides may be seen. Its ties provide a closure. Student to Bring: Usual stitching supplies including a metal thimble, scissors for embroidery, fabric, and paper. For students who wish to work with heat tools, bring a respirator. Details supplied in welcome letter. Pre-work: None

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105: Ginger Jar ─ Margaret Kinsey

Proficiency Level: All Kit Cost: $85 Ground: Ro Design Size: 5 ½” x 7½” Our Ginger Jar is decorated with wisteria (fuji). Wisteria originally grew wild in the mountains of Japan. Growing in the wild it winds itself around trees. Domesticated, it grows on trellises and is easily contained. When it blooms it form cascades of beautiful purple flowers. If you travel through the south of our country in the springtime, where wisteria was planted in what is now abandoned home places, the wisteria will cover an extensive area of trees. It is a beautiful sight to behold.

Our Jar with its "tamed" wisteria is worked in Rozashi silks, brocade, and metallic threads. The purples and blue are true to the color palette of the Heian period in Japan.

Student to Bring: Scissors for cutting silk, scissors for cutting metals, thimble, needle threader, beeswax, pencil and paper, light, magnification and dark lap cloth. Pre-work: None

106: Art Deco Nine-Patch ─ Wendy Moore

Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $130 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 8” x 10” Into the quilt shop we go, looking for that perfect Art Deco print. Well, here it is – all finished. Utilizing a subtle color palette and including simple stitches like Gobelin, Cashmere, and Mosaic Stitches as well as more complex oblique and composite stitches, students will learn how to make a “perfect circle” on canvas, create a Chottie’s Plaid, and “float” a Squared Herringbone motif. Students will explore the matte finishes of Mandarin Floss, Impressions, and Soy Luster, the sparkle of Silk Lame’ Braid and Kreinik Braid, and

the versatility of Waterlilies over-dyed silk. Understand the inspiration of this design through visual examples of Art Deco textiles. Have fun stitching these nine areas and the borders, creating a piece designed to fit a standard frame size. Student to Bring: 12” and 14” stretcher bars, tacks/staples, frame or frame weight, a laying tool and usual stitching supplies. Pre-work: None

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2 - Day Classes: Monday, March 22 through Tuesday, March 23

201: Winter Lights ─ Jennifer Riefenberg

Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $125 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 6” x 8” The magical warmth of lights in the cold, snowy winter months glow in this peaceful and engaging design. A splendor of stitches and the palette of blues and purples are complemented by the fiery, orange and gold flames. Learn some new stitches or possibly, new adaptations on some known stitches plus, you get to try out some of the new mesh tubing in your piece. Come, sit by the lights and share the beauty of winter.

Student to Bring: 10” x 12” stretcher bars, laying tool and usual stitching supplies. Pre-work: None

202: Art and Needleart en Plein Air ─ Do Andrew

Proficiency Level: All Kit Cost: $20 Ground: n/a Design Size: Up to 8” x 10” Everyone knows that drawing and seeing skills improve with practice – lots of practice. We will begin on our class with several small exercises, planned to help improve our drawing and our observation skills of the world around us. On day two, we’ll apply those skills on a field trip as we study around Somerset Inn. With those sketches in hand, we’ll find that they offer many opportunities for new directions in our needle art. Student to Bring: Note taking supplies, typing paper for sketching, a camera, colored pencils, and/or watercolors and usual stitching materials. Pre-work: none

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203: Flame Lily – Celeste Chalasani

Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $60 Ground: Silk shantung Design Size: 8” x 5” Capture the fiery essence of the Flame Lily as you transform vivid red and yellow silk thread into magical flowers. Let the vibrant colors entrance you as you employ contemporary Stumpwork techniques. You will use wired slip and surface embroidery methods to create the striking flower petals and leaves, needle lace to create the fruit capsules, and a wrapped wire technique to create the flower stamen. Your kit includes cream silk shantung, stranded silk thread, felt and wires to embroider the Flame Lily flowers, bud and leaves. Student to Bring: 4” embroidery hoop, 12” x 12” Evertite frame or stretcher bars, tacks, 6” ruler, tweezers, light green acid free marking pen, acid free glue stick, mechanical pencil, masking tape, wire cutters, small sharp scissors, scissors for cutting paper and felt,

cream colored sewing thread such as Coats & Clark, needle threader, and usual stitching supplies. Magnification is highly recommended. Pre-work: None

205: Arabesque with Blue and Gold ─ Margaret Kinsey

Proficiency Level: Basic/Intermediate Kit Cost: $80 Ground: Silk Satin Design Size: 8” x 8” Inspiration for this piece was found in the beautiful iron work decorations in architecture. The acanthus leaves and arabesque scrolls abound on buildings in the older cities of the United States, Europe, and the world. These metal work designs were my inspiration for this piece.

Join us in creating this beautiful silk and metal thread embroidery, Arabesque in Blue and Gold, a study in techniques of metal thread embroidery with silk. The gold work is a combination of couching and satin stitch work with fly stitch, couching Japan metallic, gilt kid, couching pearl purl and check thread, satin stitch with Japan gold. Student to Bring: 13” x 14” stretcher bars Pre-work: None

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206: Once in a Blue Moon ─ Toni Gerdes

Proficiency Level: Intermediate Kit Cost: $145 Ground: Mono canvas, 18 ct Design Size: 12” x 8” When the sun has set and the moon is full over the ocean a special blue cast comes over the earth that is both a little spooky and beautiful at the same time. The second full moon of the month is often referred to as a blue moon. Since this only happens occasionally, the phrase “once in a blue moon” came about. Also, when certain atmospheric conditions occur that cause a blue tint to the moon, it is called a blue moon. This design creates a band sampler of the varying colors of the sky over the fabric appliquéd ocean. The edge of the fabric has couched unraveled Flair to create the ocean foam. The moon is appliquéd Ultra Suede® with colored-pencil shading to craft the spooky clouds. The moonlight glow on the moon, ocean, and sky will be fashioned by couching fine Sulky holographic lines throughout the bands and on the fabric.

Student to Bring: 16” x 12” Stretcher Bars & Usual Stitching Supplies Pre-work: None

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Teacher Biographies

Do Andrew Do is an artist and designer, teacher, lecturer, judge, and author who creates work in a variety of media in the needle art and fine art disciplines, often depicting the same subject in each discipline. She has National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) certification as both a Master Teacher and Master Judge, as well as completing the Honors Level. Do was the Director of Judges’ Certification for six years and currently is the Monitor for the Master Judging program. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art. Do retired as Associate Professor of Art at Essex Community College in Baltimore County, MD. She has written and illustrated three books on textile subjects and is represented by several galleries. Her art work has been accepted in juried exhibitions throughout the U.S. www.DoloresAndrewDesigns.com Celeste Chalasani Celeste Chalasani is a graduate of the National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) Teachers’ Certification Program specializing in Stumpwork. She has taught extensively for the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) at chapter workshops, regional and national seminars; for the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada (EAC), and for NAN. Celeste currently teaches an online class for Craftsy and an Individual Correspondence Course on Stumpwork for EGA. www.celestechalasani.com Dawn Donnelly Dawn recently completed the NAN Teacher cum Laude program and holds Level II Teachers’ certification in canvaswork from NAN. She has taught nationally and locally for NAN, ANG and EGA. Dawn most recently taught for NAN’s Assembly, ANG’s CyberWorkshop and CyberPointers, and EGA’s Sun Region Seminar. She is Membership Chairman, Dean of Faculty and Co-Registrar for NAN and is in charge of programs for the Magnificent Obsession Chapter of ANG. She enjoys designing and stitching in several mediums using a wide variety of threads and techniques. www.threadupdd.com Toni Gerdes Toni holds Level II Teachers’ certification from the National Academy of Needlearts specializing in canvas embroidery. She currently serves on the Board of NAN as the Director of Education after serving 5 years as Assistant Director of Teachers’ Certification. Toni is a past President of the National Embroidery Teachers’ Association and has served on the Board of Directors for several ANG chapters as Program Chair and President. She has received numerous awards for her designs, and has taught for NAN, EGA, and ANG, as well as guilds & shops. Toni has been published in Needlepointers, Needlepoint Now, and in Needle Arts as the Artist Across America. She enjoys all types of stitching and especially sharing her knowledge with others. She currently resides in Colorado. See pictures of her work at www.tonigerdes.com Diane Herrmann Diane holds Level 2 Teacher Certification in canvas embroidery from NAN, where she is currently Assistant Director of Teacher Education. She has taught for local and regional guilds and chapters, and has received several prestigious awards and honors for her work. Diane often uses mathematical concepts as inspiration for her designs and presentations. She is a contributing author of Crafting by Concepts: Fiber Arts and Mathematics. Diane lives in Chicago. www.dianeherrmann.com Margaret Kinsey Margaret is an EGA Certified Teacher in Silk and Metal Thread techniques and is certified to teach Japanese Embroidery. She studies Rozashi with Fumiko Ozaki and is the designated Kunimitsu Studio teacher for the U.S. Margaret continues her studies with the Japanese Embroidery Center in Atlanta. She is the 2008 recipient of EGA’s Gold Thread Award and is the 2020 recipient of NAN's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

Margaret has taught at the national and chapter level for ANG, at the Embroiderers Association of Canada Seminar. She has taught at all levels of EGA, for the New Zealand Embroidery Conference in Christchurch, and

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lectured and taught for guild chapters throughout New Zealand. She has lectured for chapters of EGA, the Winning Ways Program at EGA Seminar 2013, and has served as guest lecturer for several museums. www.makincdesigns.com Wendy Moore Wendy brings both her MFA degree in Costume Design and fourteen years of teaching to her needlework design and teaching, with a great interest in color theory. She teaches her designs locally and has completed NAN Level II Teachers’ certification in canvas embroidery. Wendy is a member of EGA Monguagon Chapter and ANG Great Lakes Stitchers Chapter, holding offices for both. Jennifer Riefenberg Jennifer is an accomplished needleartist, meshing her love of the arts into new and varied mediums. She loves teaching others, both the skills and the pure love and joys of art and creativity. Jennifer holds certifications through NAN as a Teacher and as a Judge. Jennifer is on the board of NAN as the Assistant Director of Judging. Jennifer has taught at national seminars for ANG and NAN. Jennifer has won numerous awards for her needleart and other artwork. Her original design, Wine Wine Fruit of the Vine, was accessioned into the NAN Permanent Collection at the Gregg School of Art & Design at North Carolina State University. www.artofsunshine.com Laura Smith Laura is an embroidery innovator, nationally known designer, and teacher. Her work has been shown all over the U.S. She holds the Master Craftsman designation in Color from the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and served as chair for the Master Craftsman Program (2006 - 2018). She is past Chairman of EGA Fiber Forum (2011 - 2015) and former director of an arts center. Stitch4Fun.com