The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum has partnered with Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Ukrainian Institute for Modern Art, and Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture to present Weaving Stories. This series of community-building weaving sessions will connect our shared stories of heritage and culture to material practice. Visitors will work with experienced art-educators to learn how to use a hand loom and are encouraged to bring in materials from home (fabric scraps, fibers, ribbons, twigs etc.) to contribute to a collective tapestry. The sessions will take place at three different locations over a year with the intent of meaningfully strengthening our social fabric.

On September 29th from 1-4pm, participants at Hull-House will work with art-educators Lourdes Guerra and Liz Larue who have contributed to the exhibition at the Ukranian Institute for Modern Art. Guerra and Larue will also share their personal connections to Hull-House. Each person will receive a kit to take home with them to finish their project.

This series is family-friendly, for all ages, and open to the public. Materials will be provided as well as refreshments. 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.