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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Hunterdon County Senior Center, Flemington, NJ
Free to members and guests - pre-registration required. |
| Wendy Ellsworth is an internationally recognized artist. She is a frequent contributor to Beadwork and Bead & Button, and teaches classes at leading craft centers, bead shops, major bead shows, and bead society gatherings nationwide. Her work is represented in the permanent collection at the Museum of Art and Design, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For more information visit www.ellsworthstudios.com |
| She will discuss topics in her new book Beading - The Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center through the Art of Beadwork. Wendy will bring examples of the bead projects illustrated in her book as well as other examples of her work. Copies of the book will be available for sale. |
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Wendy also works with tribal women's beading groups in Kenya. She will show a documentary, Umoja, The Village Where Men are Forbidden, a refuge for raped and abused women. The women in the village make magnificent beadwork that supports the community. The 52-minute documentary, filmed in 2008 by a French team, is in English with some subtitles.
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Guest Fee: $5; Free to society members. |
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