Hello, Guild community! It’s already almost October!
Check out the jam-packed calendar and don’t forget you can always Click the button below to view our Google Calendar where you can easily subscribe or copy events to your personal calendar.
Feel free to save/screenshot, share, or print our October calendar file above so you don’t miss a Guild event this month!
EVENT DETAILS
We are starting the month off strong with the Kzoo Mail Snails! On October 1st from 6 - 8pm we’ll be making, writing and sending postcards for World Postcard Day!
Our monthly Studio Reset night is October 6th from 6 - 7:30pm. No open studio this night as we’ll be cleaning and organizing the studio. Please join us for any amount of time to help us keep our space feeling great!
On the 10th we’ll be joining the Washington Avenue Arts & Culture Crawl from 12 - 4pm! Think Art Hop but localized to the Edison neighborhood. No open studio this day - come experience the crawl!
Cosplay Costuming Club is October 11th from 10am - 1pm - all supplies and tools are free for you to use! Not sure what to work on? Explore costume ideas, works-in-progress or just stop by to meet people, dream up characters and create. Feel free to bring your sewing machines along or use our machines, as available.
Fiber Arts Club happens October 12th from 6 - 8pm Even if you are not a fiber artist, you are welcome to join and create. Bring your own project or start a new one with the supplies available in Guild.
ASL Craft & Chat Club is happening October 16th and 30th from 11am - 1pm. Join us for an afternoon of connection, creativity, and community in ASL (American Sign Language). This meetup 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🤟🏼
Collage Crew Kzoo will be on October 17th from 10am - 1pm during Open Studio. Stop by and make some art with us! Supplies provided!
On October 18th from 1pm - 3:30pm, join us for Expressive Arts Therapy Group. *Advanced sign up is required for this one!* Creativity is a basic human need, and creative expression can help regulate the nervous system while connecting us to ourselves and others. Join intern counselor Bree Bird in exploring how creativity and expression can support mental health and well-being. Together, we’ll explore mental health and well-being through expressive arts, using 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.
On October 24th from 10am - 12pm we will have our ALL AGES Open Studio as well as a gallery of our Cosplay Clubs costumes! Fiddle Leaf Cafe will be hosting their annual Pumpkin Carving Contest after Open Studio so be sure to stick around for that too!
The next Fermentation Workshop with Sara Rio on October 25th from 1pm - 2:30pm will be making Ruby Curtido; a Salvadorian coleslaw with red cabbage and jalapenos! This workshop series is completely funded by a grant from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (@acgkalamazoo). It is totally free and all materials are provided. *Sign up in advance is required!* Look for the link in Sara’s instagram bio closer to the date of the event.
Our next Basics of Sewing Class is October 25th from 3:30 - 6:30pm. Sign-up in advance via a lottery system for this one. There is limited space available. Sign up here!
As always, please let us know if you have any feedback, questions or ideas by emailing us at guildkzoo@gmail.com!
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