Join us for Samizdat Sundays—hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making.

We encourage participants to bring an item each week—a T‑shirt, a pair of jeans, or any textile you’re ready to transform, repair, or experiment with.

Each session is free, open to all skill levels, and guided by artists who delight in subversion and play. Come for one or come for all—together we’ll stitch, alter, repair, and imagine new forms of expression.

Join us for Samizdat Sundays—hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making.

HOW TO WRITE A DADAIST POEM

June 7, 2026

To end our month of Dada fun, we will follow Tristan Tzara’s instructions to construct a Dadaist cut-up poem using vintage and new materials. This poem may be made of words, colors, textures, objects, or ideas. The poem may be the impetus for a collage made of vintage magazines or discarded textiles, or perhaps will be embroidered on a shirt or sealed up in an envelope. In true Dada fashion, the options are endless. Join us!

NECKLACE A LA AZAZELLO

June 14, 2026

In honor of the Soviet Hippie and nonconformist Azazello (Anatoly Kalabin), whose extensive archive is in the Wende Museum’s collection, we will make a necklace made of discarded materials. We will begin the workshop with a slideshow of the archive to get a sense of the artistic vision of Azazello. His journals are full of drawings, doodles, and poetry. Perhaps your necklace will feature an Azazello-style image or poem, or perhaps yours will appear blank and without decoration, but will hold a secret decoration away from public view.

SECRET MESSAGE BRACELET

June 21, 2026

Today we will make a bracelet that contains a secret message. Perhaps this message is made of symbols or objects, a cryptic message that only you understand; or perhaps it is made of embroidered or written words that are understandable, but are on a part of the bracelet that isn’t immediately visible. The bracelet may be designed to be noticed or designed to be worn in secret.

TURN AN OLD TEE INTO A SHOPPING BAG

June 28, 2026

In this workshop, we will turn an old tee into a shopping bag, modeled after the plastic bags that are ubiquitous in our Age of Plastic. This bag can be gusseted or have a simple hem or even be hem-less, tied together in a fringe-like manner. Perhaps your bag will rock whatever message was on the tee originally, or perhaps you’ll embellish the bag with patches and embroidery. The choice is yours!

About the teaching artist

Kate Ingold is an LA-based artist and poet working with the discarded, the damaged, and the worn out. Materials and methods include textiles, collage, photography, video, ceramics, and performative installation. She works in series driven by conceptual concerns and is currently making work in two interwoven projects: Relics for Future Rituals and Damaged Goods/Small Repairs.

RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission. Limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

An ADA-accessible entrance to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot.