Every Sunday in August, 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.
August 3: Secret Messages on Any Textile – learn techniques to hide words and symbols in fabric.
August 10: Tee Bag – transform and repurpose a T‑shirt into a bag.
August 17: Visible Repair / Bellbottoms for the Adventurous – celebrate mending as art, or reimagine old jeans with bold new flares.
August 24: Secret Messages, Part 2 – return to textile secrecy with new methods and layers.
August 31: Communal Project: A Textile Exquisite Corpse – contribute to a collective, evolving piece stitched together from everyone’s hands and ideas.
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.
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 Wende Museum Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot.