Craft as Container with Amanda Lee Lazorchack

Class Description: Craft as Container is a conversational exploration of the value of craft as a learning tool paired with a hand broom workshop! Hosted in the iconic Berea College Broom Studio, we will explore the educational landscape of craft as a container for deep learning and bind a hand broom together. Beginners welcome! All tools & materials provided. Including: Dyed & un-dyed fiber & a variety of colored cord. To take part in the broom workshop full faculty use of arms and legs, as well as hand strength is necessary.

Instructor Bio: Amanda Lee Lazorchack is an artist and educator. Her work explores placemaking and belonging. Using the forms of brooms and baskets, vernacular tools of domesticity, as a container to explore the relationship between labor and leisure, dignity and utility. She farms Willow as a regenerative weaving material on her land in SE Appalachia. Lazorchack teaches and demonstrates craft internationally and is the Director of Broom Craft at Berea College. You can find her work or strike up a conversation at pleasesendword.com.

Location: Berea College Broom Studio, 101 Chestnut St, Berea, KY 40404

Time: TBA