04/06/24 Kids’ Fabric Portraits with Hoodie Crescent

Saturday, April 6, 2024
10:00-3:00 pm
Ages 7 -12
One day workshop

$110 per student

Enjoy a day of playful creativity and out of the box thinking with this fun self portrait class.

Students will start with pencil doodles and sketches to draw a self portrait which Hoodie will coach them on simplifying it to a few lines and shapes.   Kids will cut and layer fun printed fabrics to create the portrait and learn how to use the pieces as appliques, double-sided fuse sheets are used to bind it all together (teacher will handle the iron).  Optional hand stitching can add detail and increased stability.  It’s a fun challenge which gets kids thinking in layers!

Hoodie Crescent will provide high-quality quilting fabrics from her own design line which is sold worldwide.    You will find that the printed fabric creates playful images with unexpected effects of depth and color combinations.

All materials will be supplied… but bring a lunch for the mid-day break!

Artist Statement: “Most people say that my work is kitschy but modern and happy. Any art should reflect one’s life. If my efforts give rise to joyful thoughts, that is the greatest compliment. My creative passion includes original fabrics, vintage kimono fabrics, recycled products, paint, mixed media, layer work, applique, patchwork, sewing techniques, painting and drawing techniques! I am usually described as a fiber artist or mixed media artist.

 I have been teaching classes for children, mainly in the summer, for five years. Incorporating art therapy programs into my teaching methods, which are tactile and hands-on, provides a sense of satisfaction that digital teaching methods cannot.”

Biography: Hoodie Crescent is an artist, fabric designer, graphic designer, illustrator, web designer, arts and crafts instructor and art therapy coach. She was born in rural Japan, Nagano, and grew up in Osaka, Japan. Crescent traveled to the United States many times and worked in both countries from 1975 until 1992. Crescent moved here permanently in 1993.

Hoodie Crescent has established a name for herself in her 20-year career as a fabric designer in the quilt industry. She has over 1,000 licensed designs that are still sold all over the world. Crescent’s arts and crafts career evolved during her trade show days (2001-2016) where she created original craft patterns for fabric collections. Simplicity published and sold her aprons and bags for ten years. Author Jo Packham introduced Hoodie Crescent to a larger audience in her 2013 book, Quilters, Their Quilts, Their Studios, Their Stories.

Hoodie Crescent moved to Brooklyn New York in 2017 and began offering art classes to children and adults. After moving out of New York City, she continued teaching and began creating art and exhibiting it at galleries in the New York Hudson Valley where she currently resides.

“Hoodie’s Goodies”  – handmade line. 

“Fab-a-la-carte” –  online store

“The Ghobbuls” Hoddie’s philosophical creatures

Exhibitions:

• 1980 – 1997 Several Group shows in OSAKA, TOKYO, KANAZAWA Solo Show in OSAKA
• 1994 – New York Frameworks “Blooming Woman” MAY IE.19th, NYC (Now at DMBO)
• 2001 – 2018 International Quilt Market (Houston and spring shows. 5 cities in the US)
• 2020 – Gallery 40 MAR 7 Opening “E pluribus Unum” (Closed on 15th due to COVID-19)
• 2021 – Howland Cultural Center – Several shows/ Woman’s shows & Members shows
• 2021 – Howland Cultural Center – Curated “Comtenpo EAST to PERFORM” MAY
• 2022 – Barrett Art Center POK “Body Beautiful” / This was Barrett’s last show JAN
• 2024 – WAAM / Woodstock Artists Association & Museum “By the Thread” JAN to FEB

www.hoodiescollection.com