Soapstone Bead Workshop with Elizabeth James-Perry
May 17, 2025, 1:00 pm - May 17, 2025, 5:00 pm
Deerfield Community Center 16 Memorial Street Deerfield, MA 01342 + Google Map
Category: Hands-On Workshops
Photo by Tim Pich.
Soapstone Bead Workshop with Elizabeth James-Perry
Date: May 17
Time: 1–5 p.m.
Location: Deerfield Community Center
Join 2023 NEA Heritage award recipient Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) for a workshop on making soapstone beads. She will teach you how to use a pump drill so that you can drill and take home your own special bead. Perry engages with Northeastern Woodlands Native cultural expressions, primarily in sculptural forms of wampum shell-carving and bead-making with its connection to identity and sovereignty, maritime traditions, and restorative Native gardening.
$100/$95 (members)