National Academy of NeedleartsCategory: Teacher Certification
It’s Not Your Mother’s Gaming
By Denise Beusen, NAN Website and Social Media Editor First published in the Winter 2022 issue of NANthology. For each of us, there comes a defining moment when you realize you may have exceeded your shelf life…that you might have…
Read MoreCreating a Teaching Piece: All that goes on behind the scenes. Part 2 – Materials Preparation
by Lois Kershner, NAN Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2021. Part I described the planning activities that go into turning an idea into a design developed as a teaching piece. Yet to…
Read MoreCreating a Teaching Piece: All that goes on behind the scenes. Part 1 – Planning
by Lois Kershner, NAN Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in summer 2021. Sometimes I have an idea that I think would be lovely to stitch, but as a teacher, I have to think…
Read MoreTrue Confession: I’m a Mid-Life Teachers’ Certification Dropout
By Denise Beusen, NAN Website and Facebook Editor This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2020. Back in 2003, one of my St. Louis friends – fellow NAN member Felicite Pollnow – showed me what she was…
Read MoreCopyright or Copy Wrong? Issues Hiding in Plain Sight
By Denise Beusen, Website and Facebook EditorThis article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in winter 2020. Click here to see the original publication. All of us – probably on several occasions – have been on the receiving end of admonishments to…
Read MoreTHE BEST NEEDLEARTS CLASS… EVER!!! (Part 2)
By Diane Herrmann, NAN-Certified Teacher and Assistant Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in winter 2019. Last issue we focused on the way that a teacher’s behavior and attitude can make or break the…
Read MoreTHE BEST NEEDLEARTS CLASS… EVER!!! (Part 1)
By Diane Herrmann, NAN-Certified Teacher and Assistant Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2018. Isn’t it great to attend a seminar or workshop and come away feeling that your class was the…
Read MoreThree Ways To See the NAN Permanent Collection
By Patricia Tector, NAN-Certified Master Judge This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2018. The National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) is very fortunate to have an admirable collection of needleart. The collection is housed at the Gregg…
Read MoreWhy Enter The Exemplary?
By Cheryl Christian, 2018 Exemplary Administrator and NAN-certified Judge This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in winter 2018. The Exemplary, the NAN national exhibition, is a highlight of Assembly in the spring. All manner of work is displayed,…
Read MoreFILMING A CLASS – Something for Everyone
By Lois Kershner, Director of Teachers’ Certification This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in summer 2016. In early 2015 The Greater Pacific Region (GPR) of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) announced the availability of an educational project…
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