Upcoming events
meet up: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
MEET UP: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
ALL AGES! open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Our All Ages days are open to parents/guardians and their children. Anyone under age 16 should have an adult with them.
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play.
Costuming Club
Interested in costume making? Guild is hosting a once a month costume/cosplay meetup where you can bring your costume works-in-progress or just stop by to meet people and share ideas.
Guild holds a wide variety of materials and equipment for you to use. And it’s free!
No sign up necessary, just stop by whenever you’ve got time between 10-1. Ages 16+.
*Under 16’s are welcome to join us at our next All Ages – Open Studio
Basics of Sewing class
Have you been wanting to learn to sew but feel totally intimidated by your machine? You are not alone — and this class is for you.
Class Details: This FREE beginner-friendly class is designed for folks with zero sewing experience. We’ll go step by step and focus on building comfort and confidence as you get to know your (a) machine. We will cover common sewing terms & tools, threading your machine, winding a bobbin, changing a needle and other basics to get you started!
Limited Capacity: Space is limited to 6 participants to keep the class hands-on and relaxed. Attendees will be chosen randomly via lottery and notified if they are chosen as early as July 7th. In order to confirm your spot in the class you will be required to respond via email within 48 hours. If you are unresponsive or unable to take the spot, we will pass it along to another person in the lottery.
—> ENTER YOUR NAME INTO THE LOTTERY
Class Length: The class runs about 2 hours, and afterward there will be open studio time with instructors available to help you start a simple scrunchie or tote bag if you’d like to keep practicing.
About the Instructor: Rebecca Barr (she/her)
Rebecca has a heart for creating and has spent the past ten years learning to sew alongside experienced makers whenever she can. She enjoys quilting all kinds of fun and whimsical pieces and has recently begun exploring the art of garment sewing as well. She believes sewing isn’t about perfection—it’s about enjoying the process, building skills step by step, and growing in confidence with every project.
A mom of two with a background in music and nonprofit work, Rebecca finds deep meaning in sharing what she’s learned and cultivating a welcoming, encouraging space where others feel empowered to create and learn.
Expressive Arts Therapy Group
» Sign Up Required «
Join Intern Counselor Bree Bird in exploring how creativity and expression can be used to address mental health and well being. Free and open to the public ages 16+. Group size is limited, please sign up to reserve your spot!
Creativity is a basic human need. Creative expression serves to support a regulated nervous system and connect us to ourselves and others. This group will explore mental health and well-being through expressive arts. Participants will be guided to connect to personal experience and find ways to express themselves through drawing, painting, sewing, building, collage, singing, dancing, writing, and other forms of creative expression that may arise. A mix of facilitated exercises and personal freedom of expression will be used. No prior experience with art, expressive arts or therapy is required. This is a therapy group, led by counselor-in-training, Bree Bird. A supervising licensed therapist will be on site. Group norms will be set, and expressive arts therapy process will be engaged.
Facilitator: Bree Bird (she/her)
Bree is an artist, mother, educator and third year grad student + intern counselor at Kalamazoo Therapy Group.
» Sign Up Required «
MEET UP: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
Fermentation Workshop
Join Sara Rio of (@sarario_ceramics) to dive deep into the world of fermentation while making TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
This workshop is part of a monthly fermentation workshop series funded by a grant through the @acgkalamazoo.
FIBER ARTS CLUB - SUMMER PROJECTOR SERIES (Night 3 of 3)
Fiber Arts Club is FREE & drop-in friendly to anyone with a passion for fiber arts (knit, crochet, sew, etc!). Sewing machines are welcome and some are available in the space to use as needed. Must be ages 16+.
SUMMER PROJECTOR SERIES
This week’s film is BEST IN SHOW (PG-13)
Your FAC host (@__betel) has selected some favorite movies and will be showing them during club this summer! Mark your calendars, invite your friends, bring a big group!
There will also be additional seating away from the viewing area so that folks can choose between quiet time and conversation.
Fiddle Leaf Cafe will also be open next door!
FIBER ARTS CLUB - SUMMER PROJECTOR SERIES (Night 2 of 3)
Fiber Arts Club is FREE & drop-in friendly to anyone with a passion for fiber arts (knit, crochet, sew, etc!). Sewing machines are welcome and some are available in the space to use as needed. Must be ages 16+.
SUMMER PROJECTOR SERIES
This week’s film is WHIP IT (PG-13)
Your FAC host (@__betel) has selected some favorite movies and will be showing them during club this summer! Mark your calendars, invite your friends, bring a big group!
There will also be additional seating away from the viewing area so that folks can choose between quiet time and conversation.
Fiddle Leaf Cafe will also be open next door!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
Fermentation Workshop
Join Sara Rio of (@sarario_ceramics) to dive deep into the world of fermentation while making dilly beans.
This workshop is part of a monthly fermentation workshop series funded by a grant through the @acgkalamazoo.
meet up: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
MEET UP: COLLAGE CREW KZOo
Collage Crew Kzoo is hosting a Meet Up at Guild every second Saturday of the month! Join us & make some collage art!
Enjoy cutting, ripping, gluing & making friends at our drop-in collage art event! All supplies will be provided. Ages 16+.
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
meet up: fiber arts club
Join Fiber Arts Club from 5-8 PM for an extended open studio to kick off Pride month with a Drag Race marathon on the projector! Even if you are not a fiber artist, you are welcome to join the viewing party and studio time to create alongside us during club. We have lots of space and even seating outside, so bring your whole friend group along!
Fiddle Leaf Cafe will also be open and serving a limited beverage menu.
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About Fiber Arts Club: Bring your knitting, crochet, quilting, sewing, embroidery or other fiber project to work alongside others in the Guild community! This is free to anyone with a passion for fiber arts. Sewing machines are welcome and some are available in the space if needed. Ages 16+.
ALL AGES! open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Our All Ages days are open to parents/guardians and their children. Anyone under age 16 should have an adult with them.
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play.
meet up: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
Expressive Arts Therapy Group
Join Intern Counselor Bree Bird in exploring how creativity and expression can be used to address mental health and well being. Free and open to the public ages 16+. Sign-up is required. Group size limited.
Creativity is a basic human need. Creative expression serves to support a regulated nervous system and connect us to ourselves and others. This group will explore mental health and well-being through expressive arts. Participants will be guided to connect to personal experience and find ways to express themselves through drawing, painting, sewing, building, collage, singing, dancing, writing, and other forms of creative expression that may arise. A mix of facilitated exercises and personal freedom of expression will be used. No prior experience with art, expressive arts or therapy is required. This is a therapy group, led by counselor-in-training, Bree Bird. A supervising licensed therapist will be on site. Group norms will be set, and expressive arts therapy process will be engaged.
Facilitator: Bree Bird (she/her)
Bree is an artist, mother, educator and third year grad student + intern counselor at Kalamazoo Therapy Group.
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
Silent Book Club at Fiddle Leaf Cafe + Book CRAFT @ GUILD
Join us for Silent Book Club at Fiddle Leaf Cafe from 5-6:30, followed by a free book craft at GUILD!
FAQS:
What to bring? Something to read and if possible, an old book to use for your book craft! *We’ll have a few books available for crafting in case you forget yours (first-come, first-served).
Will there be food & beverages? Yes, Fiddle Leaf Cafe will have three specialty drinks and light snacks available for purchase.
What’s the reading to crafting plan? When we finish the silent reading hour, we will move over to the GUILD space for a guided craft (totally optional)! Not interested in the book craft? Feel free to bring your own craft, explore the space, or just keep reading!
The use of GUILD’s space and crafting materials are FREE.
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
WASHINGTON AVE ARTS + CULTURE CRAWL (12-3 OPEN STUDIO)
Come explore GUILD from 12pm to 3pm during the Washington Avenue Arts & Culture Crawl!
We will be providing supplies for collaborative banner painting for the nationwide Red Heart Banner Project. Paint a banner then hang your heart at home for all of Kalamazoo to see.
The use of the space and the materials are FREE!
(CANCELLED) OPEN STUDIO
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
(CANCELLED) meet up: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
Meet Up: Costuming Club
Interested in costume making? Guild is hosting a once a month costume/cosplay meetup where you can bring your costume works-in-progress or just stop by to meet people and share ideas. Guild holds a wide variety of materials and equipment for you to use. And it’s free! No sign up necessary, just stop by! Ages 16+
*Under 16’s are welcome to join us at our next All Ages - Open Studio
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
meet up: ASL craft + chat
ASL Craft & Chat meets every other Thursday from 3–5pm at Guild. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL. This space is open to Deaf community members, CODAs, interpreters, students, and ASL learners who want to build relationships and practice in a welcoming environment. Use Guild’s free crafting supplies or bring your own project as we gather and grow our ASL community together. Fiddle Leaf Cafe is open next door too!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
DONATION DRIVE
Want to donate your unwanted arts and crafts supplies and tools to GUILD? Amazing!
We are able to keep GUILD uniquely stocked each week thanks to supply donations from the community. Moving forward, we will have donation days ONCE A MONTH. This will help us keep the studio organized and as clutter-free as possible while patrons are in the space. Take a look at our list on our website to see what we need!
We need volunteers during our drive! Send us an email if you’d like to volunteer to help organize donations as they come in! guildkzoo@gmail.com
*Supply donations will no longer be accepted outside of designated donation days.
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
open studio
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Ages 16+
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, Friday from 11am-2pm and Saturday from 10am-1pm!
earth day - ALL AGES! open studio
For our ALL AGES Earth Day event, we’ll be making seed bombs and seed paper! Come craft with us and take your seed projects home to plant!
Regular open studio hours provide everyone the opportunity to come and create, using the tools and materials at Guild. Our All Ages days are open to parents/guardians and their children. Anyone under age 16 should have an adult with them.
The use of the space and the materials are FREE! Come with a plan or just come and play.
Weave & Grieve
Hosted by Michael Marie, a funerary artisan based in Dexter, MI. Collectively craft with others while processing grief and exploring challenging emotions and concepts. Bring a craft along from home or just come as you are and you can borrow one of Michael’s baskets to weave. We’ll have an informal setup where we craft in community with one another, letting the conversation shape and flow naturally based on group needs. All forms of grief are welcome. Please plan to arrive on time and stay as long as possible. Ages 16+.