Are you missing Analog Hour? Need somewhere cool to beat the heat this weekend? Come join us for Craft-urday, hosted by our summer intern, Dream Mattison, on Saturday, July 18, at 12:30PM.
Learn how to create fun and easy stickers using packing tape that can be added to your artwork. Step-by-step instructions will be provided as well as assistance from Studio Programs Specialist, Ursula Bell, from the Fralin Museum of Art at UVA. You’re also welcome to bring your own arts and crafts projects to work on while you’re here.
This drop-in workshop is free and open to all ages. Materials will be provided, but personalized notebooks and tools are always welcome. Close out your summer with creativity as a tool for joy and self care.
Meet the Craft-urday Hosts
Ursula Bell (she/her) is an artist and educator based in Virginia. In her role as Studio Programs Specialist at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, she directs and assists with various programs at the museum, offering art making programs for visitors, giving guided tours of artwork, and engaging with community partners.
She is the director of Early Visions at the Fralin, a mentorship program that pairs UVA students with elementary-aged Boys & Girls Club members to engage them with art in the museum. Prior to her time at the Fralin, Ursula worked as an art teacher for several years in Virginia public schools.
She earned her BFA in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2017, with concentrations in Craft & Material Studies and Art History. As an artist, Ursula is most interested in working with fibers and needlecraft, painting, printmaking, and ceramics.
Dream Mattison (she/her) is the 2026 Summer Intern for New City Arts Gallery. She supports exhibition installation, event programming, and general gallery needs. Working at the intersections of Urban & Environmental Planning and Art History, the University of Virginia has fostered her passion for creative placemaking and arts-based third spaces.
Co-hosting “Craft-urday: Stickers with Style”, with Ursula Bell, the programming was dreamt up with the vision of giving community members an opportunity to partake in analog creative practice, without a need for perfection or formal art training.
In her free time, she engages with mixed media projects, often merging photography, graphic design, and painting in her studio art practice. Her craft often centers girlhood’s evolution and the role of BIPOC in building our urban fabric. When she is not at the gallery, you can find her baking pastries or at a local vinyl record store.