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Weaving Our Civic Fabric: Mending Circle

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A workshop presented in collaboration with Red Line Service

  • National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607

  • Free

In the second Mending Circle workshop of this two-part series led by fiber artist Meagan Smith, learn how to make beautiful stitches and patterns with needle and thread and turn rips and snags into beautiful clothing designs.

Co-presented with Red Line Service, this workshop includes a shared meal. Red Line Service provides people with lived experience of being unhoused or housing insecure train fare to attend this event. Please register in advance.


About the series

This event is part of Weaving Our Civic Fabric, a series of monthly Red Line Service workshops that bring artists and community members together in the Good Chaos Empowerment Hub at the National Public Housing Museum for collaborative art-making and skill-building.

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