Hopkinsville Art Guild slates jewelry-making workshop

Hopkinsville attorney and artist Sarah Brechwald will teach the workshop on Feb. 18.

The Hopkinsville Art Guild will offer a jewelry-making workshop taught by Sarah Brechwald from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center

“This workshop will focus on basic jewelry-making, including bead necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings. Participants will work with beads, elastic, wire, and a variety of clasps and hooks,” a guild representative said in an email. 

Registration, limited to 12 people, can be completed online. A supply list will be provided with registration. The workshop is free to guild members. It is $35 for non-members. 

Brechwald, a Hopkinsville attorney, is a U.S. Army veteran and mother of three young children. She is a painter and enjoys all kinds of arts and crafts. 

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.