Pinney Studio Residency
Pinney Studio Residency
Ellie Braun
A World Beyond: Reconstructing Our Reality
Pinney Studio Residency
April 15 - October 15, 2025
A World Beyond offers opportunities to connect with others, create community and thus change our individual and collective realities, expand our knowledge and our imaginations. On Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm, Ellie facilitates an art & community connection space for adults and teens (16+), together building a cozy, creative, encouraging environment each week.
Bring along a personal creative project-in-progress, reconstruct and refine your creation, or start something completely new in community with other makers. Light assistance, nurturing artistic experimentation, and developing your creative practice(s) will be encouraged among attendees with an emphasis on textiles, fiber and stitching, jewelry making, beading, and drawing.
Explore more of Ellie’s work here.
Check the Madison Public Library’s calendar for all events at Pinney Library!
“In many non-Western cultures, color and pattern are used to communicate culture and celebration. The folk art of these cultures, made by the people for the people, creates symbolism and visuals that connect to the environment that surrounds them. Many of these works are hand-crafted, honest, and representative of the human experience.
Much of my work comes from the influence of folk art. Grottos, shrines, and textiles serve as main inspirations. Through extensive exploration and trial-and-error, I have created my own protectors, manifestations, and representation of my environment in my work. I utilize colored pencil, gouache, and hand-painted ceramics to create my pieces.”
-Ellie Braun
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Thursdays from 6:00-8:00pm at Pinney Library
** no Open Studio on June 19 as public libraries are closed for Juneteenth
Ellie facilitates an art & community connection space for adults and teens (16+), together building a cozy, creative, encouraging environment each week.Bring along a personal creative project-in-progress, reconstruct and refine your creation, or start something completely new in community with other makers.
Light assistance, nurturing artistic experimentation, and developing your creative practice(s) will be encouraged among attendees with an emphasis on textiles, fiber and stitching, jewelry making, beading, and drawing.
Drop-in, no registration necessary
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Ellie Braun is a midwest-based artist currently residing in Madison, WI. Her work explores the tradition of craft, textile, and home decoration. She engages in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, glasswork, tattoos, and textiles.
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More coming soon!
Workshops
Bead Earring Design
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm
oin Pinney Library Studio's Artist-in-Residence Ellie Braun to learn how to design and make your own beaded earrings. Ellie will teach you how to use jewelry findings and combine beads to create small dangly earrings. No experience necessary and all supplies provided. Each attendee will come away with one or two pair(s) of earrings.
Both beaded earrings workshops (5/20 & 5/27) are the same content and are in high demand; please select one session date. This 2-hour workshop is ideal for older teens 16+ and adults. Space is limited and registration is required, opens two weeks prior to the workshop. If full, call Pinney Library information desk at 608-224-7100 to be placed on a short waiting list in case of cancellations.
Embroidery Embellishment
Monday, June 2, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm - register here!
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm - register here!
Join Pinney Library Studio's Artist-in-Residence Ellie Braun to learn how to revamp pieces in your wardrobe with embroidery! Ellie will teach you how to draw out a design and use stabilizing fabric to make your own embroidered design on clothing.
**Bring along 1-3 pieces of your own clothing or fabric to add embroidery to.
Both embroidery workshops (6/2 & 6/11) are the same content and are in high demand; please select only one session date. This 2-hour workshop is ideal for older teens 16+ and adults. Space is limited and registration is required, opens two weeks prior to the workshop. If full, call Pinney Library information desk at 608-224-7100 to be placed on a short waiting list in case of cancellations.
Relief Printing & Protest Poster History
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm - register here!
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm - register here!
Join Pinney Library Studio's Artist-in-residence Ellie Braun to learn the art of relief printing and the history of the protest poster. Artist-in-residence Ellie will take you through significant historical posters created with relief printing. She will then show you how to design, carve, and print your own poster design.
Both relief printing workshops (7/9 & 7/16) are the same content and are in high demand; please select only one session date. This 2-hour workshop is ideal for older teens 16+ and adults.
**Space is limited and registration is required, opens two weeks prior to the workshop. If full, call Pinney Library information desk at 608-224-7100 to be placed on a short waiting list in case of cancellations.
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This unique residency is made possible with a gift from Madison Public Library Foundation, the Friends of Pinney Library, and funding from the Pinney Library Capital Campaign.
