Join Pinney Library Studio's Artist-in-Residence Ellie Braun to learn how to design and make your own beaded earrings. Ellie will teach you how to use jewelry findings and combine beads to create small dangly earrings. No experience necessary and all supplies provided. Each attendee will come away with one or two pair(s) of earrings.
Both beaded earrings workshops (5/20 & 5/27) are the same content and are in high demand; please select one session date. This 2-hour workshop is ideal for older teens 16+ and adults. Space is limited and registration is required, opens two weeks prior to the workshop. If full, call Pinney Library information desk at 608-224-7100 to be placed on a short waiting list in case of cancellations.
About the Artist:
Ellie Braun is a midwest-based artist currently residing in Madison, WI. Her work explores the tradition of craft, textile, and home decoration. She engages in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, glasswork, tattoos, and textiles. Find Ellie online at @email.brain & elliebraunart.myportfolio.com.
About the Residency:
A World Beyond: Reconstructing Our Reality
A World Beyond offers opportunities to connect with others, create community and thus change our individual and collective realities, expand our knowledge and our imaginations. Ellie's residency at Pinney Library focuses on making art to decorate and change our environment and to imagine a different world. On Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm, Ellie facilitates a drop-in art & community connection space for adults and teens (16+), together building a cozy, creative, encouraging environment each week. Ellie Braun's Residency at Pinney Library Studio is April 15 - October 15, 2025.