In this class, students will make one mini basket made out of black ash splint material. Students will work with already prepared base and weaver pieces to weave a mini basket in the continuous weave style. Students will learn how to finish a basket by tucking in the uprights and how to fashion a rim system onto the basket with prepared rim and lashing pieces. A log pounding and splint splitting demonstration will be done where students can participate in the intricate process of attaining ash splint material. Students will also learn about Haudenosaunee traditions and histories of black ash basket weaving. A display table of baskets and basket books will be available for students to interact with.

Instructions: Feel free to bring water and a notebook for any notes you'd like to take.

Dates: Saturday, March 23
Times: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Ages: 8+
Location: People's Food Co-op, 315 5th Ave S, La Crosse, WI 54601
Materials Fees: $85
Lunch will be provided.

Sliding Scale Course Fee Guidelines (not including Materials Fees)

Supporter Level Ticket: $115

Sustainer Level Ticket: $90

Supported Level Ticket: $65

Instructor Bio — Liandra Skenandore

Liandra Skenandore is an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and also belongs to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation, and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. She apprenticed as a black ash basket weaver under renowned black ash basket maker April Stone (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) through the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship Program with the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Liandra continues to practice black ash basket weaving and now enjoys sharing and teaching the craft with various communities. She lives in Oneida, Wisconsin.