Participants will create a beaded picture frame out of stiff felt and glass seed beads! Each participant will take home a frame that fits a 3 x 5″ photo. This multi-session class, taking place at Cuba Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday & Thursday, May 3 & 4 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm and Saturday, May 6 from 12 – 2 pm, is taught by Samantha Jacobs, a Native American beadworker. There is a $5 fee to participate, and patrons must attend all 3 sessions to complete the project. Patrons ages 14 & up are invited to participate. Space is limited, and registration is required. Please contact Cuba Library at (585) 968-1668 or email cuba@stls.org to sign up.

Samantha Jacobs is a Haudenosaunee artist, making traditional arts such as beadwork, moccasins, and regalia accessories, as well as providing displays, demos and presentations on Haudenosaunee style artwork & stories.

This project is made possible with funds from Friends of the Cuba Library, Inc. and the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Arts Council for Wyoming County.