Family workshop: Weaving Words

Wednesday 2 August 2023

10:00–12:00 and 13:30–15:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Images from our previous family workshops

Join artist Mia Mai Symonds to play with words and fabric to remix t-shirts! Use fabric pens to create your own slogans and poetry then hack them up to make a woven artwork.

Experiment with words and fabric in this free workshop. You’ll learn weaving techniques to deconstruct and reconstruct unwanted t-shirts, making new meanings. This activity is inspired by the work of Shanzhai Lyric in our exhibition The Weight of Words, and Mia’s own practice.

First we’ll take a guided tour of the exhibition, learning about the artworks and gathering inspiration for your own making. Then we’ll use unwanted t shirts, fabric pens and weaving processes to make and un-make, and write and un-write, to transform words and materials into something new!

Tickets

This event is free, but booking is required for the afternoon session as places are limited.

This workshop is suitable for adults and children aged 6+. This is an intergenerational workshop – we encourage creativity in all ages!

Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop. If you are coming to the afternoon session, please book tickets for all members of your group.

The event will run at the following times:

Morning session: 10:00–12:00 – drop in session, no need to book
Afternoon session: 13:30–15:30 – booking required

Book your free ticket for the afternoon session

About the artist

Mia Mai Symonds is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and workshop facilitator. She works primarily across weaving, writing, installation and sculpture. Her work explores our human relationship to woven fabric, and showcases its social value in our everyday lives.

Accessibility

Visitors who would prefer a step-free entrance can use the accessible entrance on Cookridge Street, using the lift to bring you onto the ground floor. The workshop will take place in the seminar room on the basement level and you can use a passenger lift to all floors of the building.

You can store pushchairs in the seminar room for the whole event.

Toilets are located just outside the seminar room on the basement level, including baby changing facilities within the accessible and gender-neutral toilet.

We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the workshop.

Accessibility