Relax, create, unplug,
and get away from it all!

Jeanne Dudley

I am a retired High School Visual Arts teacher---teaching 33 years at North-Linn Community Schools. I have my MA in Fiber Arts and Art Education. I have been a basket weaver since 1985---weaving over 4400 baskets. Designing most of my own patterns. Several of my basket weaving skills are incorporated into the making of my hand tied brooms. I have been tying brooms for 16 years. I have taught basket weaving and broom making in Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. I have a weaving studio in my home, where I give classes. I am a member of many local and national Weaving Guilds.

Instructor For:

Villages Folk School
P.O. Box 532, 809 1st Street
Keosauqua, Iowa 52565

Join others as they gather in the Villages of Van Buren to learn from the resident artisans in their personal studios. Spend a weekend plein air painting along the Des Moines River, or step back in time as you throw bowls in a Pottery Shop. The inspiring and relaxing atmosphere of scenic Van Buren County, Iowa is, and will continue to be, a haven for creative beings.