Your registration for the Full Art Education Conference will be added automatically at checkout. 

Conference schedule and other information will be posted here when available.

Deadline for Registration: November 1, 2026
Registration will not be accepted after November 1st.

Art Education Conference Fee: $100 (Register as Adult)
Student Fee for Currently Enrolled Graduate Students: $40.00. Lunch is included. (Register as Current Grad Student)
Student Fee for Visiting Undergraduate Students: $20.00. Lunch is not included. ((Register as Non-KU Student)
Kutztown University Students may attend all morning sessions for free. Afternoon workshops and lunch are not included. (Contact Art Office to Register)

Botanical Quilt Artwork
Jody Graff
Sharadin Studio 114

This workshop teaches participants to create a tangible artwork using provided natural materials (leaves, petals). A brief overview introduces artists using botanicals as part of their artwork and the collection and pressing of botanicals using botanical specimen guidelines. The hands-on process will include sketching at small scale, cut-paper compositions at full scale, selecting leaves (both pre-cut and raw) and cutting them for their selected composition, and finally glue-down. The skills learned will allow participants to create future works using their own yard or garden, a favorite spot they visit, or locations visited on vacation.

I am a multimedia visual artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA, and formerly a Graphic Design Associate Professor and consultant. I create work driven by my joy, curiosity, and awe of nature—a synthesis of art, design, environmental science, culture, and craft. My work exists at two scales in distinct materials: original botanical artwork created with hand-cut leaves, and super-sized prints of the original artwork on outdoor textiles that are then finished in the form of 2-sided narrative quilts, allowing the viewer to see and appreciate details and structures of botanicals in an intimate and contextualized way.