Maria Shell

Sun, October 25 to Sat, October 31 2026

Big Botany with Maria Shell

Medium: Fabric

Level: All Levels

Location: Studio

Status: Open For Enrollment

Instructor's Website: https://mariashell.com/

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Abstraction through color, pattern, and repetition. Working from several sources of inspiration grounded in the natural world, students will work through a design process that emphasizes sketching, developing color palettes, creating pattern, and problem solving organic construction issues.

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About Maria Shell

Maria Shell’s work is grounded in the tradition and craft of American quilt making. She strives to take the classical components of a traditional bedquilt and manipulate them with the hope of creating surprising combinations of pattern, repetition, and color for the viewer.

Maria is the recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation 2011 Winter Award, a Rasmuson Foundation Project Award and two Rasmuson Fellowships (2009, 2013, 2017). She has had several solo and small group shows including Off the Grid which was on view at the Shelburne Art Museum in Shelburne, Vermont from May—October 2022 and On the Grid—Structure as Visual Aesthetic at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiberarts Museum in La Conner, Washington. Her book Improv Patchwork—Dynamic Quilts Made with Line & Shape was published in 2017.

 

Rates & Enrollment

Day Student Tuition: $1,045.00

Full 5-Day Package*: $2,762.85 – $2,976.69

*5-Day Workshop Package includes: Tuition for 5 full class days, 6 nights of dinner, lodging, breakfast, daily cookie and fruit breaks, unlimited coffee and tea, and welcoming wine and cheese reception. Your choice between a room to yourself (single occupancy) or bring a friend and split a room (double occupancy).

Get more information about your options to enroll here.