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2008 ESSA Staff

Executive Director
Peggy Kjelgaard, Ph.D.
Eureka Springs

Assistant Director
Patt Carmichael
Eureka Springs

Program Coordinator
Sabina Miller
Holiday Island

2008 Board Members

President - Eleanor Lux
Eureka Springs

Vice President - Ron Morrison
Eureka Springs

Secretary - Mary Springer
Eureka Springs

Treasurer - Bobbie Foster
Eureka Springs

LeRoy Gorrell
Eureka Springs

Dana Jones
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Sandra Lockhart
Rogers

Elise Roenigk
Eureka Springs

Doug Stowe
Eureka Springs

Dick Trammel
Rogers

Larry Wagner
Cassville, Missouri

Jan Wallace
Eureka Springs

Session Four/June 25-29

Vicki Hardcastle
Sculpted Needle Felting

All Levels
Studio
5 Day Class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $265 (includes lab fee)
Materials: $25

Needle felting is a process of sculpting with very special needles and roving (100% wool, cleaned and carded), to get the various shapes. Students will learn to create very controlled designs and three-dimensional shapes. They will also discover that needle felting can be used in conjunction with wet felting. (Wet felting involves using soap and water to blend felt together, usually to make hats or mittens.)

Vicki attended East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma where she majored in Art with a minor in Art History. She is a member of the AFTA National Rug Hooking Association and the Shady Ladies Doll Club. She has appeared in both Native American and National Art shows and would like to bring back the art of primitive rug hooking.