Mending Lab is a collaborative experimental project inquiring into mending and repair as metaphors for storytelling, activism, grief, remembering and healing.
The project is led by fiber/textile artist Savneet Talwar.
Exploring the power of the needle, the project welcomes participants to bring whatever you wish to mend and repair, with the collective intention of sharing some part of your process or story from an individual, social or political standpoint.
Fabric remnants, needles, thread, scissors and more will be provided. Feel free to bring your own special materials as well.
Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
First off, our workday will be focused on getting the rest of our seed donations processed and into envelopes so that they are available to the public as we enter the growing season. Please join us for this casual hangout if you are able!
Our skillshare will be designed so that as people stop by throughout the day there is information and people available to answer questions. We will have a few tables set up and library member Ash from @bricktownseedlings will be hosting demos on how to make/use soil blocks as a way easily grow your starts. And yes, you can take soil blocks home!
How do you start your seedlings? What methods have works well for you? What else have you learned about gardening in the city? We know there is so much wisdom in our community. Stop by for a bit to share your skills and/or hang out with us while we process seeds.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Regarding what to bring; if you would like to take soil block home, please bring a tray or container of some sort. The milk jugs/ soda bottles are for the “outdoor winter sowing” method. Extra containers would be helpful. Lastly, we need padded mailers for our shipping project!! We know you have some bused ones laying around
Lastly, cash or Venmo donations are always welcome to help us cover materials costs. We are looking forward to this event!
Join Jewish Fast for Gaza & PO Box Collective in celebrating Palestinian and MENA artists and musicians at the @poboxcollective on March 9, 2024 at 6 p.m.
Artists in the exhibition: Ahmad Almahdi, Rama, Yasmeen Khayr, and Fade Kareem.
In this time of deep grief and desperation, we need to continue to support Palestinian and MENA art, music and culture in the face of genocide, as we continue to call for a ceasefire now!
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Date: March 9, 2024
Time: 6pm
Location: PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Please keep in mind: this is still a jail, so all mail will be inspected and possibly rejected. Keep messages short and sweet, and avoid including anything that might be considered controversial.
No candy, cash or other gifts can be included.
Get them to us by Feb 13th so we can deliver everything together.
Please join us at PO Box for Tending Responsibility / Borne Responsibility: A community art exhibit featuring work by local Palestinian & MENA artists.
Grand Opening
February 10, 2024
3 pm – 7 PM
6900 N Glenwood Ave
Featuring art by: Rama, Ahmad Almahdi, Fade Kareem & Yasmeen Khayr.
In this exhibit, the artists ask: what is our responsibility to Palestinian life and liberation? Who is born into the responsibility and what does it mean to––sometimes unwillingly––bear the weight of such responsibility? What role does this responsibility to liberation and honoring history play in one’s artwork?
We invite our community to join us in asking these questions and reflect on how we are responsible to one another and how we tend to our responsibilities.
