The Craft Center is thrilled to welcome Laura McClain as our Spring 2026 Visiting Artist. Laura McClain is a wet felting artist and educator who works with wool to create functional and expressive décor, accessories, and wearables. At the heart of her practice is a method she calls Felt by Feel—a playful, embodied conversation between maker and material that allows her to stay connected to the wool’s changing textures, while tapping into her own responses as the work evolves. Laura has been creating with fiber arts since childhood and brings a balance of technical knowledge, curiosity, and fun to her teaching. To learn more about Laura McClain, please visit www.lauramcclain.art. Exhibition On View: March 30 - June 12 The Craft Center Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Erb Memorial Union by the Adell McMillan Gallery. Artist Talk & Reception: April 24, 12pm-1pm Join us at the Craft Center for an inspiring artist talk with Laura McClain. This event is free and open to the public. Please register at myemu.uoregon.edu. (Community Members without a Community Card must email craftctr@uoregon.edu to be added to our roster.)

Wet Felting Workshop: April 24, 1pm-4pm This hands-on workshop introduces wet felting, guiding you as you transform soft wool fibers into a strong, cohesive piece of felt. Using merino wool, water, soap, heat, and pressure, you’ll layer, embellish, and shape fibers by hand while learning how the material changes at each stage. This workshop is free. Registration is required at myemu.uoregon.edu. You must have a UO ID or Community Card to register. Space is limited.

Faculty and GE instructors, do you have questions about making your course materials digitally accessible, want help identifying next steps, or are you seeking supported co-working time? We’re hosting drop-in hours every Thursday in spring term between 10am and noon at this Zoom link. These will be held until June 11.

No registration needed.

These weekly drop-in hours are your place to get help applying practices from the Digital Content Accessibility Training to your course materials or using automated tools like Pope Tech to find and fix accessibility issues. You can also bring questions for UO's Digital Accessibility Architect (dates they attend will vary; for more info, contact lbastian@uoregon.edu). 

These hours are hosted by the Teaching Engagement Program and UO Online, with support from the Digital Accessibility Architect. For more information, visit Digital Accessibility in Teaching. 

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