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Mini Mosaic Make & Exchange Extravaganza with Barbara Dybala

Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 12:00pm
Workshop: Hands-On
All Levels: Artistic Development
Price: $185  (Includes $10 Materials Fee)

In this 4 hr workshop, you will leave with a new mosaic friend, well, probably several friends.  As well as experiencing a double blind mosaic exchange. All mosaics will be exhibited for discussion.

We may labor for weeks, months, or years on a mosaic in our studio; these quick mosaic challenges help the mind shift and reboot. This process can be a recurring event or whatever you wish it to be.  In the process, you will start to collect mosaic art. This is the gateway to purchasing larger pieces of art as well.

What to expect…..

  • VIEW a collection of mini mosaics from 3 years of double-blind exchanges that occurred four times a year.
  • HEAR about the challenges, which could have been a material, shape of surface, combination of unlike items, or even a theme.
  • ANNOUNCEMENT of the day’s workshop mini mosaic challenge!!!!!!
  • CREATE  your mini mosaic 3hrs
  • BLIND EXCHANGE,  Ohh, WOW PHOTOGRAPH! 20 min
  • The mosaic you will be creating is only 2×3 in (give or take)

Students, please bring:

Nippers, glue. Any fun glass, think small. Your Mini topic will be given to you at the start of class.

Texas artist, Barbara Dybala, lives art… and art surrounds her. Creating art with mosaic has been part of her creative journey for many years. It is Barbara’s creative thought process that encompasses everything she sees. Barbara’s love affair is with designing and creating one-of-a-kind works of art that inspire others to feel deeply, to think, and to passionately create.  People of all ages have come to discover their own creative passion through her workshops and classes. In 2010, Barbara and her husband, David, decided to free themselves from the tightness of suburban living and build and live in an environment that feeds the soul.  They purchased 8 acres of land in rural Rockwall County and developed a comfortable home, studio, and area they named Hidden Mosaic. barbaradybala.com

Dragonfly detail by Barbara Dybala
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2025 Orlando Mosaic and Cultural Tours

2025 Education Program

2-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30 AND Friday, October 31, 2025
~Miniature Landscapes with Darcel Deneau
~Fun with Figures in Stained Glass with Shug Jones

1.5-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30 AND Friday, October 31, 2025
~Air Dry Clay Tiles for Mosaic with Carol Shelkin
~Wet Concrete Carving with Elder Jones

Half-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30, 2025
~Get Wired with Mosaics with David Jarvinen

1-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30, 2025
~Building a Landscape with Color and Texture with Laura Rendlen
~Andamento Drawing & Expression in Mosaic with Ahmed Ibrahim with Ahmed Ibrahim
~Small and Mighty Smalti Flowers with Karen Sasine - SOLD OUT

1-Day Courses: Friday, October 31, 2025
~Mastering Gradations and Shading with Yulia Hanansen - SOLD OUT
~Creating Unique Tessera for Stunning Mosaics with Maria Sarmiento

Half-Day Courses: Friday, October 31, 2025
~Mini Mosaic Make & Exchange Extravaganza with Barbara Dybala
~Architectural Mosaics- Designing, Fabricating, and Installing Permanent Installations with Jessica Gorlin Liddell
~Translucent Grout! Come Try A New, Non-toxic, Way to Grout Mosaics! with Jolynn Foreman
~Invisible Temporary Substrate with Sharon Plummer

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