April 23, 2009

Laura Cater-Woods will be returning once again to teach here at the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops – May 11 – 17, 2009. This is right after Mother’s Day. What a great way for a mother or any woman to spend a week! You deserve it, so come on and join us.

We always look forward to seeing Laura and so do her students. She has been nominated for Professional Quilter’s Teacher of the Year in 2004, 2006, and 2009.

Here are some pics from her workshops here in 2006 and 2007.

In 2006, everyone spent so much time laughing around the dinner table, it’s a wonder that they were able to eat anything!

In this picture, they are learning about gel printing. Laura teaches a number of different techniques.

This is Mary B from Canda and the piece she started in the 2006 workshop.

This is Pat D. working on her project in the 2006 workshop.

As an added bonus in Laura’s workshop, she leads evening discussions on topics such as nurturing the creative self, getting around an “artist’s block” and building a series.

Laura is a working studio artist with an extensive international exhibition record and numerous awards. Her mixed media and fiber art work is held in international public, private and corporate collections.
After completing an M.F.A. in Painting (Ohio University, 1990) she began to integrate her love of fabric and thread with her approach to drawing and painting. Her images explore the textures and rhythms of details from the landscape, often interwoven with eccentric grids.

In addition to Public Art Projects, Percent For Art Commissions, and gallery exhibitions, Laura teaches Internationally for conferences, guilds, shops and private groups. She juries and judges for fiber exhibits, all media shows and quilt shows. In 2008 she was honored to be one of the Juror/Judges for the International Bead Museum’s first juried show.

Nominated for Professional Quilter’s Teacher of the Year, 2004, 2006, and 2009, she is known as a nurturing and inspiring facilitator who offers highly personalized instruction. She is also a Creativity Coach and works with private clients: writers, musicians and visual artists.

In 1998-99 she was honored with a Montana Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts, Mixed Media.