JENNIFER REIS
MINI ART QUILTS
CREATE MINI ART QUILTS INSPIRED BY ORVIETO CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE
Join Jennifer Reis to learn new or improve existing art quilting techniques and incorporate them into projects of your own design. This is an extremely beginner friendly workshop – also an excellent opportunity for traditional quilters and sewists to learn hand-stitched art quilting techniques!
DATES: September 27 – October 3, 2026
PRICE: $3495 USD
THEME: Learn art quilting techniques as you create your own series of mini art quilts
Meet Jennifer
Jennifer A. Reis is a textile and mixed media artist who creates intensively hand-worked, ornately beaded, and embellished paper doll icons on cloth using traditional and alternative materials. Her artistic practice has been honored with numerous awards and prizes, including Kentucky’s Al Smith Fellowship, national adjudicated and invitational exhibitions, and teaching opportunities at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, Cleveland Institute of Art, Society of Contemporary Craft, and the Southwest School of Art. Her teaching style focuses on collaborative creative making in a low competitive environment and former workshop participants describe her instructional approach as empathic, kind, supportive, and individualistic. She also has a production textile line of Indigo Shibori art to wear and homegoods and is currently represented by Troika Gallery in Floyd, VA. She is on the Teaching Artist Roster of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and resides in Martinsville, Virginia with her husband and an unruly pack of dogs and cats.
Find her online at www.jenniferannreis.com or @jenniferareis on social.
Your time with Jennifer includes:
Spend a fantastic week in Italy learning art quilting techniques and creating your own series of Mini Art Quiltsinspired by regional culture and architecture! In this class, hand-stitched textile techniques applique, quilting, thread and bead embroidery, and utilizing found objects are just a few of fiber skills you will learn and incorporate into projects of your own design. Other techniques will include creating “shaped” art quilt surfaces; one-on-one mentoring in color, design, and composition; and presentation options for textile art. We start off a sampler to learn various techniques, and then move to make a series of related (or not!) mini art quilts approximately 6×6”.
Tour Details
Mornings will be spent in creative exploration, either in the studio or out around Orvieto. In the afternoon you will experience the culture of Italy. It might be a tour into the Etruscan caves, a cooking class, or a vineyard visit. There will also be plenty of free time to explore Orvieto on your own. You will receive a more detailed itinerary for the week in your final information packet sent before you travel.
A traditional continental breakfast is served each morning in the B&B. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, some meals are not prearranged allowing you the freedom to choose where and what to eat. Recommendations are offered and no one eats alone!
WITH EACH ARTISTIC ENRICHMENT TRIP, YOU WILL RECEIVE:
- Workshop instruction
- Pre-trip notes and guidelines
- Six nights double occupancy lodging – Sunday – Saturday
- Six Continental breakfasts
- Cooking class including lunch or dinner
- Vineyard tour and wine tasting
- Wine and olive oil tasting including dinner
- Two additional dinners
- Two additional lunches
- Cathedral tour and visit to San Brizio chapel
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:
- Travel costs
- Passport fees, photos and processing where applicable
- Transfers to and from the airports
- Meals, except where indicated in itinerary
- Personal items such as individual journaling and art supplies, wines, liquors, valet/laundry charges, and other items not specifically mentioned as included
- Optional activities, if any
- Supplement for single room
- Additional nights lodging
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Travel costs are not included.
The balance including single room supplement of $150 USD and optional activities, if any, is due as indicated on the registration form, which is approximately 90 days prior to trip commencement. Payment installments can be arranged directly with Adventures in Italy Inc. Methods of payment accepted are check, Visa and Mastercard.
* HOLD MY SPOT: A $250 USD non-refundable deposit secures your spot today! You will be contacted by Adventures in Italy to arrange your additional payment schedule.
