Jeanne Brady

Designing the Surface: Painting, Drawing & Printing on Fabric

October 4 - 9, 2026

Open to All Skill Levels

Textiles, Printmaking

Overview

Discover the exciting world of surfacing fabric using basic tools and materials. This workshop is perfect for all skill levels and covers a variety of versatile techniques, including painting, stencil printing, mark making, monotype, and screen printing. Students will use non-toxic pigments with infinite color mixing options to create their own unique color palette. Demonstrations will cover all surfacing techniques, detailed instruction on color mixing, and the proper method for heat setting pigments. Through lively dialog and printed fabric examples, students will build skills and confidence while exploring their own unique approaches to transforming textiles.

Course Fee : $760.00

Scholarships & Material Fees

Need help covering workshop costs? Arrowmont offers financial aid opportunities to broaden access to our arts and craft programs. We believe a diverse community enriches the learning experience for all.

Material fees are not included in our national workshop costs, but are included with the cost of our winter short workshops. A material list with estimated costs will be emailed about 30 days before the national workshop begins.

TUITION & FEES

SCHOLARSHIPS

Cost Breakdown

Registration Fee

$50.00

One Week Workshop Tuition

$760.00

Estimated Cost*
*Fees exclude housing and meal plans

$810.00

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Artist Bio

Jeanne Brady

Jeanne Brady is an artist, gardener, and educator living in central Tennessee. She holds a BFA in Printmaking/Drawing and an MFA in Surface & Textile Design from East Carolina University. Her primary loves and areas of expertise are screen printing, block carving & printing, painting, and drawing. Jeanne is a Professor Emerita of Fibers from Tennessee Tech University's Appalachian Center for Craft, where she built and ran the textile program for nineteen years. She currently creates screen and block printed textiles using professional quality, non-toxic pigments. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Germany, published in Surface Design Journal and American Craft, and is sold in galleries across the Southeast. Jeanne is also a sought-after instructor, having taught workshops at major institutions including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, Penland School of Craft, and internationally in Germany.

Artist Website

Explore the Textiles Studio

Located on the second floor of the Turner Building, the Textile Studio looks out over a sunny hill towards the Wood Building and downtown Gatlinburg. A bright and spacious space equipped for all things fabric and textiles, the workshop rotation in this space is as diverse and wide-reaching as the students and artists that populate our campus. A peaceful atmosphere with intimate corners for quiet sewing and contemplation give way to joy and laughter when the room is filled with the repetitive whir of the sewing machine or the plop of a freshly dipped garment in a vat of dye.

Explore the Textiles Studio