LEARNING WITH NORGARD DESIGNS

The More You Know.

Norgard designs is dedicated to preserving the tradition of handmade beaded art. We are pleased to offer free lessons and lectures as well as workshops to help inform and improve your beading.

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LEARNING WITH NORGARD DESIGNS

Lectures You Won't Sleep Through.

Norgard designs is dedicated to preserving the tradition of handmade beaded art. Learn technique through project focused work. Become informed about design basics and/or historical and contemporary bead knowledge through focused sessions on creativity and the world of beading ideas.

Lecture catalog: 2023

Georgette Mayo: Intro to 👁️❤️ Bead Embroidery Sessions

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Session 1: Origins Native American Bead Embroidery

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Session 2: The OG's of Bead Embroidery

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Session 3: The New Bead Design Innovators

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Session 4: Bead Embroidery on Display

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Session 5: Beads on a Base

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Lecture catalog: 2022

Anvi Shah: Lecture Series Intro

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Wendy Ellsworth: Catching The Light

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Ingrid Wangsvik: Triangle Love Global 2022

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Sharmini Wirasekara: Process And Inspiration

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Teresa Sullivan: Process Of Beadwork

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Lecture catalog: 2021

Anvi Shah: Beading In The Present, Living In The Past

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Rowena Henderson: Altiora Peto, Ever Striving Higher

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Kate McKinnon: Contemporary Geometric Beadwork

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Sam Interviews Kadi Flory

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Kathryn Shriver: Bead Behavior: Shape-Shifting, Transforming, & Mimicry

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Lecture catalog: 2020

Session 1 Companion Video: “Get To Know Sam”

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Session 2 Companion Video: Large Scale Projects, Through Work By Liza Lou

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Session 3 Companion Video: “Representing And Telling Stories”

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Session 4 Companion Video: Non-Objective And Geometric Work

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