Craft Teachings
Do you need someone to lead a workshop or class to support artistic expression, creativity, and mindfulness? Lets talk. I am open to working with nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, California. Below is a snapshot of my original craft classes and workshops.
The Friendship Era: Bracelet Making
FREE Richmond Art Center, 4/25/2026
Have fun making bracelets at Spring Family Day on April 25, 2025 from 12-3pm. Students will learn the techniques to make two bracelet styles: custom word-beaded bracelets, and intricate fiber bands inspired by traditional Central American patterns. Students will design their own unique pieces and leave with finished bracelets and the skills to make many more.
Tenango Embroidery
FREE at Richmond Art Center, 4/8/2026
A two-hour workshop where students will practice the cheerful, Tenango embroidery style from Hidalgo, Mexico. Tenango is a Mexican folk art known for its vibrant colors and stylized animal and flower designs that really pop from the fabric. The workshop is part of the Richmond Art Center's Art Club "A Third Space for Creative Minds".
Mindful Cross Stitching
Salesforce Park in SF, 4/10/2026
The beginner-friendly needlework class will teach students how to read a cross-stitching pattern and master basic stitches. Students will create a unique needlework project featuring a federally endangered or threatened species.
Sponsored by Technovation's 2026 International Women's Day mini-grant and Techqueria that serves Latinx professionals in tech.
Petal Power Art
An in-person, five-week Saturday morning class. Students will explore the fascinating science of natural colors found in flowers, learning hands-on techniques to extract pigments to create beautiful botanical prints on both paper and cotton fabric. You'll gain practical experience using mordants for textile printing, leaving with your own unique paper prints, a sample of naturally dyed fabric, and the skills to continue your journey in eco-printing.
Huichol Yarn Painting
FREE at Richmond Art Center
A two-hour workshop where students will create a yarn paintings, inspired by the folk art of the Huichol people of Mexico. Instead of brushes, colorful yarns and felt will be pressed into canvas paper with glue to form a beautiful visual story of animals and sacred symbols. The workshop is part of the Richmond Art Center's Art Club "A Third Space for Creative Minds".
Zig Zag Weavers
Richmond Art Center
An in-person, six-week Saturday morning class. Students will explore the building blocks of textile art by learning to weave on small hand-held looms. We will focus on three key structures: the classic plain weave, the diagonal twill weave, and the distinct V-shape of the herringbone pattern. Students will leave with the skills to create their own lively, textured pieces.
Wild Threads:
Free-Form Nature Embroidery
Richmond Art Center
An in-person, one-week class for youth on beginner-friendly embroidery from July 21 to 24, 2026 at 10am to 2pm. Students will learn various free-form embroidery stitches to create organic shapes, landscapes, and textures inspired by nature. Drawing on the fabric is welcome, and students will have access to drawing paper for brainstorming.
Echos of the Gallery
Create art inspired by exhibitions at galleries, such as the Richmond Art Center and the SF Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. I am open to leading sessions inspired by artworks at other galleries or museums as well. Materials will be provided, and participants will be able to take their artwork home.
Learn how to use multi-media techniques (drawing, water color, pom poms, feathers, flexible wire with fuzzy fibers or pipe cleaners). My latest art gallery workshop was for youth and inspired by Luis Garcia’s work in the "Seeds of Tradition" exhibition, presented by the Richmond Art Center.
