Heather Kojan & Elizabeth Berger

Heather Kojan smiling and holding a Fodder School Live tote bag
Heather Kojan
Elizabeth Berger smiling and holding a fan of brightly colored gel prints
Elizabeth Berger

We have teamed up to create a textile event we’d want to attend… creative, welcoming, inspiring, and full of opportunities to try something new.

We will handle the details.

You bring your curiosity.

And maybe an apron.

Wendy Solganik

Wendy Solganik is the artist and creative force behind Willa Workshops and Fodder School, the beloved online mixed media program that has brought thousands of artists from around the world together to learn, experiment, and make.

 

Known online as Willa Wanders, Wendy believes deeply in the power of showing up for a creative practice—not to make perfect art, but because the act of making can bring joy, connection, curiosity, and a little more breathing room into our lives.

 

Wendy created Fodder School around the idea that creativity is even richer when it happens in community. Over the years, that community has grown far beyond anything she initially imagined, connecting artists and students across countries, time zones, backgrounds, and experience levels.

 

Fodder School LIVE brings that online community into the same room. For Wendy, there is something especially wonderful about watching people who have made art alongside one another through screens finally sit down at a table together—to make, laugh, learn, share supplies, and experience the creative community of Fodder School in real life.

Wendy Solganik smiling in her studio, in front of shelves filled with art supplies

Francine Dunigan

Art and design have been part of Francine Dunigan’s life since childhood, a passion that eventually led her to earn a BFA in Communication Design.

 

In 2018, she discovered gel plate printing and quickly became fascinated by the possibilities of the process. As she experimented with printing on paper, she wanted to incorporate her own patterns and imagery, a curiosity that ultimately led her to begin designing stencils. You can shop at Joggles for her stencils.

 

What continues to excite Francine about gel plate printing is its seemingly endless versatility. She enjoys experimenting with color combinations, pattern, texture, and layers, allowing each element to build upon the next to create unexpected and compelling compositions.

 

In addition to her gel plate work, Francine creates original artwork and participates in several art shows each year. 

 

As an instructor, Francine enjoys helping students discover their own creative direction, whether through learning a new technique, exploring an unexpected idea, or simply receiving the encouragement to experiment.

Francine Dunigan in a paint splattered apron, working on a gel print at a workshop table