- May 2, 2024
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Seven Ormond Beach residents found peace and joy through the Ormond Memorial Art Museum’s weaving class.
When Kristin Heron set up her “Weaving the Fabric of Your Life” class, she set the mood with soft music and prepared for an afternoon of mediative creating. But thanks to the seven amateur weavers that attended, the atmosphere was anything but quiet.
“My daughter wonders what I do all day,” Sherr Colbeth said with a chuckle. “But I do way more things than her. I’m busy.”
Part of the “Art in Therapy” series from the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, the class focused on creating an original wall hanging with fabric strips, yarn and trim. Participants could also write a personal message in their contemporary tapestry.
“It’s basically a woven wall hanging,” Heron, director of education and outreach for the museum, said. “It’s a very mediative process. I think one of the reasons it is healing is that you can set aside a time to focus on something, set your intention and actually complete a project. You can fulfill you expectations. It’s a time to be mindful and take your mind off whatever is going on in your life. Be in the moment.”
And her students without a doubt, agree.
“It totally stops time,” Roberta Sappington said. “The whole time I’m here, there is not time. it’s just like magic.”
“Art, whether it is music, singing, painting or tapestry,“ Linda Ashe said, “is the best therapy.”
The museum partnered with the Cancer Care Center at the Florida Hospital and will host two more classes there over the next two months. Heron said the museum will be hosting a variety of adult workshops and classes in the very near future.
“They are adult workshops for anyone in the community,” Heron said. “We have a lot of new topics like printmaking, wearable art including jewelry, shoes and bags. It’s more of a variety and more opportunities to come and experience art.”
