February Vacation (Ages 9-12): Fiber Arts & Woodworking 1W27
Our February Vacation Program offers instruction in four media: visual arts, mixed media, fiber arts, and woodworking. Students have four enrollment options:
- Fiber Arts & Woodworking
- Fiber Arts & Mixed Media
- Visual Arts & Woodworking
- Visual Arts & Mixed Media
This is the class page for 1: Fiber Arts & Woodworking. Click on the hyperlinks above to view the other options for the 9-12 age group.
Each class will be capped at 12 students to allow for individual attention. We only offer full-day programming during February Vacation week. All instruction will take place inside the Eliot Schoolhouse. Lunch will take place two blocks down Eliot Street at Eliot Hall (7A Eliot Street). If the weather allows, students will have outdoor play time in the Schoolyard during their snack and lunch breaks.
Fiber Arts (Morning Instruction)
For students that want to learn a variety of fiber arts. Possible projects include embroidery, felting, crochet, machine and hand sewing, weaving, and more! Students will apply these techniques to create beautiful artistic and functional pieces. As they gain more experience and skill, more complex projects follow. Students will love making things for themselves and their loved ones!
Woodworking (Afternoon Instruction)
For kids that want to learn or build upon the basics of woodworking. Children will build projects in wood with basic tools and techniques in an environment that emphasizes creativity and safety. Students will experience the pleasure of building things and completing them to take home.
Wyatt Seto
I started woodworking a couple years ago when I began working as a teacher's aide for the Eliot School but it didn't take long to find out how much I enjoyed it. Whether it's making furniture or making toys, to me it's always enjoyable and especially rewarding to teach and help students make something they can be happy with and proud of at the end of the day.
Specialty:
woodworking
Hollis Hickerson
Hollis Hickerson is a multidisciplinary artist working in fiber arts and illustration, practices united by themes of transformation and identity. Whether felting raw wool or illustrating character-driven imagery, Hollis seeks to reveal the textures of personal and collective experience, inviting reflection on how social constructs, perception, and connection shape our identities. They received Rhode Island State Council on the Arts’ Make Art and Community Engaged Project grants for felted workshops and artist talks in 2023 and 2024. In 2025, they exhibited in Don’t Be Absurd at The CAMP Gallery in Miami during Art Basel Miami.
Teaching and collaboration are inseparable from their practice. Over the past decade, Hollis has led workshops across New England for students of all ages and backgrounds, emphasizing hands-on experimentation in fiber arts, printmaking, papermaking, and bookbinding. Hollis believes that engaging directly with materials makes creating a form of empowerment: a reminder that art is a tool available to everyone.
Materials to bring to class:
All materials provided with registration.