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Care & Repair: Starting a Mending Program

Study Room 211
Thursday, Sep 5, 2024, 12:00pm to 12:30pm

Interested in starting a mending project, or simply want to learn more? Join Bird Ross to learn more about what it takes to start a mending program. Participants are welcome to arrive early and see the Central Library’s Free Mending Program in progress.

This class is recommended for adults. No registration required.

This program is part of the Care & Repair program series, which is made possible thanks to support from Beyond the Page, National Endowment for the Humanities and Madison Community Foundation. See all upcoming programs at madpl.org/careandrepair.

About the artist: Bird Ross has been cultivating 2 + 3-dimensional and time-based work from textiles, paper, thread, ephemera, and her imagination over the years including costumes, lines of clothing, baskets, and puppets. Bird loves teaching folks of all ages about the joys of the mighty sewing machine and emphasizes its great qualities to solve many conundrums. She founded the Mending Project in Madison in 2016, as an initiative of the Sewing Machine Project. Visit her website to learn more: http://www.birdross.com/