Registration is now open for our Summer 2017 Creative Camps for Kids and Teens!
This Summer, we're offering week-long day camps in fiber arts and bookbinding/paper arts for ages 8 through teens.
Find out more by clicking the button below.
This Summer, we're offering week-long day camps in fiber arts and bookbinding/paper arts for ages 8 through teens.
Find out more by clicking the button below.
Join us on August 12 for Peace Felt Silver City.
On Saturday, August 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Makery is happy to host a local Peace Felt event,
a global art exchange to promote peace and connectivity among nations and individuals.
You are invited to drop in and make a small felted piece representative of peace, unity, and unconditional love,
which you will exchange with someone from across the country or around the world.
Make art, celebrate peace, and make a new friend!
Global exchange of pieces will occur in time to celebrate International Day of Peace on September 21.
All pieces will be displayed at The Makery from August 18 through September 9
Pieces received from exchange partners will be displayed September 21 to 23.
On Saturday, August 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Makery is happy to host a local Peace Felt event,
a global art exchange to promote peace and connectivity among nations and individuals.
You are invited to drop in and make a small felted piece representative of peace, unity, and unconditional love,
which you will exchange with someone from across the country or around the world.
Make art, celebrate peace, and make a new friend!
Global exchange of pieces will occur in time to celebrate International Day of Peace on September 21.
All pieces will be displayed at The Makery from August 18 through September 9
Pieces received from exchange partners will be displayed September 21 to 23.
- No felting experience required--we will have volunteers on hand to guide you through the process.
- This is a free event (although donations of fiber or money will be accepted to help defray the costs; also, you will be in charge of shipping your piece off to your Peace Felt partner).
- No need to sign up in advance, just come on down and join us. in this celebration of peace!
Here's how it works:
- Join us on August 12, anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (be sure to allow 45-60 minutes to complete your project), and create your peace-honoring felted work of art. Don't worry if you don't know how to felt. We will help you learn--it's easy and fun!
- Join the Peace Felt Facebook group and email list, then complete your registration form online with a photo of your piece, by August 15. (We can help you do this if you would like!)
- Your piece, and all the others made, will be displayed at The Makery from August 18 to September 9. (We'll have a special opening reception on August 18.)
- After September 1, you will receive an email from the Peace Felt group with name and contact information of the person you will swap your peace piece (!) with. Contact them via email.
- Mail your piece to your exchange partner by September 15. Wait to receive your exchange partner's piece.
- When you receive your exchange partner's piece, bring it by The Makery for display. All exchange pieces will be displayed at The Makery from September 21 to September 23.
- After September 23, come and pick up your exchange partner's piece, then take it home and cherish it!
For more information about the Peace Felt project, visit the Peace Felt website at www.peacefelt.org.
Register now for our Summer 2017 creative workshops!
This Summer, we are offering workshops in many styles of weaving, including our Simple Looms series, lots of different fiber arts, including spinning yarn on a wheel, several needle tatting workshops, freeform crochet, and a couple of felting methods, and some fun new summer-only surface design and paper arts workshops, like suminagashi, upcycled papermaking, and paper pulp workshops. And so much more! Find out more (and register) by clicking the button below.
Register now for our Summer 2017 creative workshops!
This Summer, we are offering workshops in many styles of weaving, including our Simple Looms series, lots of different fiber arts, including spinning yarn on a wheel, several needle tatting workshops, freeform crochet, and a couple of felting methods, and some fun new summer-only surface design and paper arts workshops, like suminagashi, upcycled papermaking, and paper pulp workshops. And so much more! Find out more (and register) by clicking the button below.
