An Online Workshop Support Group: A New Kind of Study Group
About An Online Workshop Support Group: A New Kind of Study Group
In 2021, WSSA member Fazia Rizvi signed up for the MAIWA School of Textiles' online course, The Natural Dye Workshop. She followed along with the online class, watching videos, reading PDFs, and participating in the student discussion as modules were released. However, time and work responsibilities meant she only managed to complete a handful of the hands-on exercises.
Flash forward to 2024, and Fazia was determined to finished all the exercises and get the full experience of working with these natural dyes. What she needed was something to keep her on track. So she reached out to her guild to see if anyone was willing to sign up for the workshop and work through it together with her. A handful were, and a support group was born. Members of this small group worked on their own through the modules as they were released online. They then met once a month at Fazia's studio to catch up on the modules, explore more with other fibers and dyes, share successes and failures, have lunch and socialize. The following spring, several people continued the support group through MAIWA’s "Journey Into Indigo" workshop.
In this presentation, Fazia will share how the group was organized and how they adapted to changing needs, as well as how they made the most of the monthly in-person meetings and the chat-like environment of Discord. She'll also share some of the beautiful work that resulted. You'll learn how your guild can create a similar kind of support group to supplement your online courses.
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MAFA - The MidAtlantic Fiber Association
The MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) represents and supports a community of fiber arts guilds in the greater Mid-Atlantic region.
Fazia Rizvi
Fazia Rizvi is an actor and web developer with more than thirty years experience in information technology in higher education. Her multicultural family background (Finland, India, Pakistan) and B.A. in anthropology is what inspires her weaving, spinning and natural dyeing craft as well as an obsession with old or vanishing tools and techniques.
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