Coiling and Twining: Backyard Basketry Workshops Every time I teach a basketry workshop it becomes more and more clear that people want to learn how to go out into their backyards and harvest plants for basketry. As students from all…
October 2017 Wild Basketry Mentorship Once again we've done it. To the tune of warm breezes and blue skies of just after rain a wonderful group of women spent the day making baskets using plant materials that we harvested and…
KATIE GROVE: WOVEN SPACES A Solo Show at Wired Gallery August 5 – 27, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday, August 5, 2017, 5:00 - 7:00pm Hello Everyone! It has been a busy summer of gathering materials, weaving baskets, teaching workshops, and preparing…
This year I have had the opportunity to launch a class that has been a dream of mine for sometime: the Wild Basketey: 8 Month Natural Basketry Series. Sunday, June 11 we met for the second time and there were…
How to get started with harvesting cattails for basketry? I've been getting lots of questions on the subject of harvesting cattails over the past few years. Cattails are one of my favorite materials to use for both coiled and twined…
Wild Basketry Mentorship 2017 It's Here! Are you inspired to develop a deep connection to the art of basketry and the abundant plant materials in our natural landscape? Do you want to learn how to go out into the forests…
Etchings, birds nests, and holiday sales... Getting all of my art in a row, as they say, for the holiday 2016 season has been occupying most of my time this November. I've been focusing a lot on feather paintings, but…
This past month I've been busy printmaking... Since September 5th I've had the opportunity to work in the etching studio at Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale NY as a recipient of the Ora B Schneider Regional Artist Grant. It's been huge…
For the month of September I am so grateful to have been awarded the opportunity to spend the entire month at Women's Studio Workshop as a recipient of the Ora B Schneider Regional Artist Residency Grant. To have the opportunity…
I teach workshops at many different venues throughout the year, but there is something special about the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck. Partly it is the energy, the food, and just knowing that there are sheep, llamas, and…