SKILL SWAP SERIES (2022)
Skill Swap Series is a free or low-cost monthly workshop schedule that unites people to share skills, stories, materials, and resources. We operate on a model of reciprocity, where everyone has something to gain and something to contribute.
Throughout the series, a person may move fluidly between the roles of presenter and participant. Each session includes a Community Contribution, which is a special request for participants before, during, or after the session. Each workshop engages within one of the following themes:
Direct textile skills ~ e.g. specialized techniques in mending, dyeing, knitting, weaving, sewing, felting, pattern making, etc
Art-adjacent skills to enhance a creative toolbox ~ e.g. grant writing, artist study, e-commerce, art history lecture, theory discussion, reading group, social media marketing, etc
Non-art practices and rituals for creative rejuvenation ~ e.g. garden walk, cooking class, poetry writing workshop, volunteer session, etc
Skill Swap Series 1: Feb-Apr 2022
1A / Grant Writing for Artists with Victoria Manganiello
1B / Dumpling Making with Whitney Newton
1C / Weaving + Ropemaking with Found Objects with Jennie Maydew
Skill Swap Series 2: May-Jul 2022
2A / Sustaining a Creative Practice with Maria Elena Pombo
2B / Floral Arranging with Mew Filsinger
2C / Paper Yarn + Tapestry Weaving with Qiqing Lin and Elisa Lutteral
Skill Swap Series 3: Aug-Oct 2022
3A / Fermentation Basics with Jennie Maydew
3B / Mud Resist Painting with Indigo with Whitney Newton
3C / Collage, Community, and Alternative Creative Spaces with Melinda Kiefer
In collaboration with Whitney Newton.
