We are Commoners: Days of Commoning

Full details of all bookable events on Eventbrite or follow the links below. 

This event is linked the touring exhibition We are Commoners.

Join us for a weekend of commoning through craft, exploring ideas around healing through community co-operation and repair.

Living in times of increased division, magnified by COVID-19, society has rediscovered a need for belonging and an understanding of how daily rituals and shared acts reduce anxiety. The weekend will include exhibition tours, talks and workshops using hands and materials as a way of healing.

There is a mix of online and in person activities.

Events at the Library

Both days. Drop-in activities at the library.

Blue Fashion Commons
Activate the Blue Fashion Commons by bringing along blue items of clothing to exchange or repair. With local textile artist Liz Knight, experiment with folk motifs in chain stitch, with a chance to rethink how we value clothing by sharing the skills required to alter or adapt existing items.

Mapping Local Commons
A communal activity to map the commons in our local area, exploring spaces and resources that anyone can use.

Celebrating Common Ground
Celebrate local spaces important to you by making a token to commemorate it.

Local Networking
Drop-in opportunity to meet others and discuss ‘What next?’ for Commoning in Hull.

Film Screening online and in the library.
Films from Hull organisations and We are Commoners exhibiting artists’ highlighting the power of community co-operation for healing and repair.

Saturday

Exhibition Curator’s Tour: Repair in the gallery, 10-11am. Bookable.
A tour of We are Commoners with one of the Craftspace curators. Come along to find out more about the exhibits which explore ideas of repair.

Makerspace Workshop with Natural Fusion 11.00am-12.00pm & 2.00pm-3.00pm. Bookable.
Join Natural Fusion at the Makerspace where you will merge art with nature. Experiment with digital technologies and traditional crafts, such as laser etching & cutting, photography, dye sublimation, stencilling and stamping to create temporary and permanent designs on autumnal leaves.

An Illustrated Talk by Metalworker Jacky Oliver online and in the library, 1-1.30pm, Bookable.
Jacky Oliver will give an illustrated talk about her work and how she was inspired by the community action she witnessed at environmental conservation organisation Bees & Refugees.

Panel Discussion online and in the library, 1.40-2.40pm. Bookable.
Panel discussion exploring ideas of commoning through community action to support healing. Including We are Commoners exhibitor Jacky Oliver, Crafting Commons Network member Professor Fiona Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University and Karen Tozer, Programme Manager for Groundwork Hull.

Sunday

Repair Workshop online and in-person, 11am-12pm. Book to take part at the Library. Book to take part online.
A stitch repair workshop with artist Alinah Azadeh. Join Alinah to make visible repairs to clothing that means something to you whilst talking about repair and mending as a way to heal ourselves.

Makerspace Workshop with Natural Fusion 11.00am-12.00pm & 2.00pm-3.00pm. Bookable.
Join Natural Fusion at the Makerspace where you will merge art with nature. Experiment with digital technologies and traditional crafts, such as laser etching & cutting, photography, dye sublimation, stencilling and stamping to create temporary and permanent designs on autumnal leaves.

Exhibition Curator’s Tour: Community Action in the gallery, 2.30-3.30pm. Bookable.
A tour of We are Commoners with one of the Craftspace curators. Come along to find out more about the exhibits which explore the power of community action.

 

Image: Jacky Oliver, Breaking Borders (detail). Photo: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd.