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Create-ive Offerings

These are the workshops, gift & gabs and 2nd chance workshops currently available on the NAME Site. Click the links at the top of each picture for all the details and to sign up. ZOOM Session times are US Eastern.

We don't have any Create Shares scheduled right now.

Is the offering you wanted to sign up for marked as "SOLD OUT"? Send an email to Barbara Thornton-Hill and let the Create Team know what you missed out on. We'll use this information to see if a workshop or gift & gab can be reoffered or made available as a 2nd chance offering.

If you are interested in offering a workshop in the future through Create, please contact Barbara Thornton-Hill. If you are interested in offering a Gift & Gab in the future through Create, please contact Debbie Colombo.

Applications for both can be found under Instructor Info at: https://create.miniatures.org/InstructorInfo. We do have people available to help you learn to use ZOOM, so don't let that stand in your way!

If you are a NAME member and would like to be a Workshop Instructor on Create, download and fill out this application and send it to Barbara Thornton Hill. If you have other questions about teaching an online workshop, please contact Barbara . A Workshop includes a kit that your students will assemble/finish along with you during a Zoom session. If you have other questions about teaching an online Workshop or doing so on Zoom, please contact Barbara. Once accepted as a Workshop Instructor, you will receive an agreement from the NAME office. This is a sample agreement .

If you are a NAME member and would like to present a Gift and Gab on Create, download and fill out this application and send it to Debbie Colombo. A Gift and Gab typically includes a finished product and a 1-2 hour zoom session where you present information about the product that might include demos/discussions of techniques used to make it, historical information, etc. The content of the presentation is quite flexible. If you have other questions about presenting a Gift and Gab, please contact Debbie Once accepted as a Gift and Gab Presenter, you will receive an agreement from the NAME office. This is a sample agreement .

If you are a NAME member and would like to present a Quick Mini on Create, please contact Alician Pearce so that she can add you to the list of vendors for our next round of Quick Minis Offerings. Quick Minis are small kits that typically take less than an hour or two to assemble and cost up to $15 each. Quick Minis are not offered continuously, but in batches once or twice per year. Alician will work with you on due dates for your applications. You are allowed to offer up to three Quick Minis at a time. Download and fill out this application and send it to Alician. Once accepted as a Quick Minis Instructor, you will receive an agreement from the NAME office. This is a sample agreement. In addition, you will be offered an opportunity to advertise your Quick Minis in the Miniature Gazette.

Our Mission Statement

It is the mission of the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts to promote miniatures through education, collecting, and building friendships and skills through the sharing of experience and ideas.

NAME House and Museum

and also our Mailing Address:

130 N. Rangeline Road,

Carmel, IN 46032

Phone: (317) 571-8094

FAX: (317) 571-8105

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