Mending Basics is a workshop where arts-educators from The WasteShed will help visitors develop and practice basic sewing skills, and Hull-House educators will share stories of the people and histories of Chicago’s garment industry.

Paired Repair, the 3rd session of the Radical Craft series, is a mending workshop where visitors can repair an item for a friend, sibling, partner-anyone they love! Mending items for loved ones can be a radical act of care, join this workshop to work alongside others and share in the act of community love.

Mending Basics is a workshop where arts-educators from The WasteShed will help visitors develop and practice basic sewing skills, and Hull-House educators will share stories of the people and histories of Chicago’s garment industry.

Sewing Stories, the second installment in the Radical Mending series, is a workshop centered around the creation of a textile tapestry to share personal stories. For this workshop, visitors are encouraged to bring a textile object of significance to contribute to a collective tapestry.

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum has partnered with Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Ukrainian Institute for Modern Art, and Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture to present Weaving Stories. This series of community-building weaving sessions will connect our shared stories of heritage and culture to material practice. Visitors will work with experienced art-educators to learn how to use a hand loom and are encouraged to bring in materials from home (fabric scraps, fibers, ribbons, twigs etc.) to contribute to a collective tapestry. The sessions will take place at three different locations over a year with the intent of meaningfully strengthening our social fabric. 

This series is family-friendly, for all ages, and open to the public. Materials will be provided as well as refreshments. This series is presented with generous funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Mending Basics is a workshop where arts-educators from The WasteShed will help visitors develop and practice basic sewing skills, and Hull-House educators will share stories of the people and histories of Chicago’s garment industry.