Rug Making Workshop with Annie Hayes at the Headwaters Arts Center in October

STAMFORD — In this five-day workshop meeting every Wednesday evening in October, Annie Hayes will teach participants how to make a hooked rug, including all aspects of rug design, from concept to display. Participants will develop their own rug design from photos, drawings or other folk art and make their design into a functional piece of rug art. 

Participants will meet at Headwaters Arts Center in Stamford, NY, on October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 5–8p to learn this American folk art form. All tools and materials will be provided. The workshop is offered with tiered equity pricing at $160–$275. For more information about equity pricing and to register visit roxburyartsgroup.org.

Originating in the northeastern United States, hooked rugs are a truly American folk art. Traditionally, these primitive rugs were both practical and decorative, and made with materials already on hand, such as burlap potato sacks and fabric scraps. 

Teaching artist Annie Hayes celebrates the playful designs on primitive rugs, which demonstrate the maker’s freedom and abandon in developing their motif. Annie will assist workshop participants in developing their own unique designs. No drawing skills are required.

Annie Hayes has been making rugs for 20 years, and has exhibited her work in numerous galleries. Her rugs have been featured in The New York Times, Early Homes and Old House Interiors, as well as having been selected for inclusion in Early American Life’s Directory of American Craftsmen. Her rugs are held in many private collections across the country and over the world.

This event is sponsored by Margaretville Telephone Company. All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, The Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and individual supporters.