Contact for more information and brochure: Laura Olah, Education Coordinator and Gallery Curator, snipped-for-privacy@egausa.org; 502-589-6956
The Embroiderers' Guild of America
Presents
Textile Design for the Liturgical Space:
A Christian Perspective
Spring 2008Extended Study Program Class
MARYLYN H. DOYLE, INSTRUCTOR
MARCH 27-30, 2008
Registration deadline:
February 14, 2008
Location:
Embroidery Museum and Resource Center
426 West Jefferson Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Class Fee:
EGA members: $250
Non-EGA members: $280 (non members receive a year's membership in EGA with their registration)
Kit Fee:
$35, includes a 40-page
notebook of instructions, tracing
paper, copy paper, scotch tape,
muslin, pencil, and eraser.
No prior experience necessary
Expressing faith through textiles is the focus of this course, which will take place in Louisville at the Embroidery Museum and Resource Center.
The class will cover a wide range of textiles used in the Christian liturgy, such as bookmarks, banners, altar covers, and vestments. The focus will be the design of specific textiles for worship spaces using contemporary and traditional approaches.
An overview of liturgical textiles and group design exercises will set the stage for creative expression of traditional or contemporary works for the church year, specific occasions, or scripture references. Inspiration will come from the Embroidery Museum Collection, slide lectures, museum visits, and other sources.
Although this is a design class, there is no prerequisite that requires the participant to be an artist. Participants will be asked to provide photographs of their liturgical space, and the majority of the class will focus on designing and gathering information on how to complete the projects. Each participant will create design sketches that can be used after returning home.
An advance deposit of $100 is required to secure placement. Request a registration brochure from EGA by phone (502-589-6956)
or online at
ABOUT MARYLYN DOYLE
Marylyn Doyle is an adjunct professor of liturgical arts and artist-in- residence at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. She has an EGA certification in silk and metal threads and has taught liturgical textile design embroidery since 1972 at churches and seminars throughout the country. She has published articles in many magazines, including Creator Magazine, Needle Arts, and Needlepoint News. She views her needlework as a form of prayer. "To create is to pray. We who love to embroider take thread and needle and stitch our thoughts and feelings . . . no, we stitch our lives onto the fabric."