Do y'all know what Kumihimo is? It's a Japanese weaving technique for cords and ropes. It's so simple, tweens all over the world are using it to make friendship bracelets to trade at Taylor Swift concerts! It can be colorful or boring. It's found a way into my art practice, and you might find a place for it too.
Anyway, it's a relatively mindless thing we can learn quickly and then do together while we talk about the important things on your mind related to your studio practice. That's the "check-in" part: From time to time, at First Tuesdays, we leave the topic very wide open, so we can raise questions about anything you might want help with or just to talk through with other artists. Think of this month's event as a knitting circle.
I'll provide all the supplies and the simple tools required, unless you happen to have a kumihimo disc. If you do, please bring it just in case.
FIRST TUESDAYS at Todd's is a free monthly event series at 6:00 pm on the first Tuesday of each month, at LONG GRAIN FURNITURE, which is the studio of artist and furniture maker Todd McCollister. Each event is different; past events have seen guest speakers, panel discussions, round-table discussions, or no format at all. The main idea is to share our experiences and grow a stronger artist community, so before and after the more formal part, we'll have some time for mixing and mingling. All events are FREE and OPEN to the public. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
I'm LOCATED inside a campus that used to be a US Army supply depot. My address is 2230 Quartermaster Ct., 68108. Find your way to the corner of 21st St. and Woolworth Ave. Enter the campus through the white gate. Make your way across the campus to the farthest building. On the way, you'll pass through a gap in a chain link fence and a large parking lot with some trailers, buses, and limousines. Look for my boxy little white van and a red dumpster. If the weather is nice, my garage doors might be open.
Support for the series, so we can defray some costs, is provided by folks like you, through PATREON. If you can, please consider becoming a patron, at
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