Weaving Stories is a series of community-building weaving workshops meant to connect our shared stories of heritage and culture to material practice. Taking place at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in the coming months, the series invites participants to learn how to use a hand loom and contribute found materials to a collective weaving project on a standing loom. Participants are encouraged to bring non-wool materials from home, such as fabric scraps, fibers, ribbons, twigs, etc.
The second session in the series, taking place at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA), is led by artists Bryana Bibbs and Jaroslava Lialia Kuchma, both of whom have artwork currently on display in UIMA’s exhibition, Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond. Participants are taught how to use a hand loom and receive kits to continue their projects at home. Participants are encouraged to bring fabrics from home to contribute to a community tapestry which will travel from site to site.
Weaving Stories is presented as part of Art Design Chicago , a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
This series is free, family-friendly, for all ages, and open to the public. Materials and refreshments are provided. Please RSVP.
Jaroslava Lialia Kuchma, War Series – Ukraine War I, 2022. Photo Courtesy of UIMA.
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An initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art in partnership with artists and organizations across the city, Art Design Chicago is a series of events and exhibitions that highlight the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
