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WORKSHOPS

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Deconstruct Screen Printing Workshop

One Day class

minimum 5 students

maximum 10 students

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Learn on to print using a silk screen image onto fabrics and papers.

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COST - $75.00

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All supplies provided except fabrics and papers

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Eco Dyeing and Art Journals Workshop

One, Two or Three Day class

minimum 5 students

maximum 10 students

Day One - Learn the basics of eco dyeing by boiling plants

Day Two - Continue to dye using fabrics and introduction to the heat press

Day Three - All Art!  What to do with all these lovely papers and fabrics to turn them into art and journals.

COST - $75.00 for one day

          $125.00 for two day

          $175.00 for three day

All supplies provided except fabrics and papers

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Batik - Layer by Layer Workshop 

One Day class

Minimum - 5 students

Maximum - 10 students

Learn how to use soy wax resist to create a batik effect 

on fabrics and then add layers of textures.

COST - $75.00

All supplies provided except fabrics

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Using Nature as Your Teacher

Five day retreat in the mountain of Colorado

Located in The Ranch of The Rockies

Arrive on Sunday and spend 5 day in nature and quiet to 

create your own unique and individual art.  Departing

Saturday morning.

Each day will start with a nature walk, followed by a group teaching of how to recreate what you experienced in nature.

All day instructions and dinner followed by an evening of hand stitching and comraderie.

All food provided with breakfast and lunch prepared by your group and dinner provided by catering or me!

Each meal will meet dietary restrictions and be made from organic products.

Minimum - 5 students

Maximum - 9 students

COST - $1,200.00

Home is located:

East of Buena Vista (30 minutes)

West of Colorado Springs (90 minutes)

and south of Fairplay ( 30 minutes)

Main bedroom/bath on main floor

Two large bunk rooms and bath upstairs

Abundance of hiking in the area as well as great shopping in Buena Vista and Fairplay.  A day trip to St. Elmo's or the hot springs.  It is truly the quietest place to experience!

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LECTURES

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The Healing Art of Hand Stitch

​Join me as I take us on a journey of my

discovery of hand stitching, through my deep and profound healing and forgiveness of my mother.

Then continue the adventure of the women of Uganda and going deep into the village to teach 50 women how to use art for their own healing and to provide an income for their families.  

COST - $300.00

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Hear My Voice: Art Inspired by the stories of Marginalized Women From Prison to Uganda

Hear the stories of women from prison, rescued from trafficking, Lebanon, and Uganda, who have shaped and influenced my art through the telling of their stories.

COST - $300.00

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All workshop and lectures are scheduled by the participants.  Please contact me and I will make arrangements for times and places at your convenience.

  I am willing to travel with the cost of transportation or travel expense in my car and the living expenses on the road to be provided by the organization or students.

  Please conttact me with any interest.

Thanks so much and looking forward to meeting you and making art together. 

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Susan Brooks

susanbrooksis@gmail.com

303-884-5779

Louisville, Colorado

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