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Makerie Online: Mend with Memoir

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Event description

Welcome to the Makerie Online: Mend with Memoir, a unique three-day virtual creative retreat exploring the nourishing ways we mend our beloved belongings and pay homage to the garments and objects we already own. Join sensational artists and educators from different parts of the world ~ Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald, Heidi Parkes, and Hikaru Noguchi for this special creative gathering celebrating the art of mending. In its raw definition, a memoir is a narrative, written from the perspective of the author, about an important part of their life. We love thinking about the stories our clothes and textiles tell us, and how this narrative can span a lifetime and beyond. What we choose to repair and why; the reason we can’t part with something; or even a new story we want to weave from a particular season of our life. During this experience, we will be looking at and honoring these special stories that have already been told, are currently being created, or have yet to be born.

Each of our three days together will feature different aspects of mending, as we explore mending through lenses of time, technique, and color. Day One will explore mending with time; how we find the time to mend, time-saving technical skills, and opening our minds to when and where we can fit mending into our busy lives. Day Two will highlight the structure and texture of mends, filling holes using special techniques to weave decorative stories into our belongings. Day Three will be a deep dive into the worlds of color, revealing color-matching secrets for invisible mending and discovering palettes that make our hearts sing. In addition to mending, we will share an element of self-care by the way of neck & shoulders yoga, led by certified yoga instructor Heidi Parkes. For the last half hour on Day Three, we’ll be hosting a living conversation around the Stories of our Belongings, inviting participants to share the meaning behind the things they cherish and choose to mend or intend to mend. Both our teacher team and student community will share in a dialogue to deepen our exploration into the art of mending.

A Care Kit will be mailed to you with special materials for this workshop experience, and a comprehensive list of materials you’ll be asked to bring will be provided. This experience will be recorded and you will have unlimited access to the recordings for one month following the event. Five reduced-fee tickets will be offered, based on financial need using the honor system. These tickets, two for international and three for U.S. participants, are anonymous and first come first serve via our registration system. We can’t wait to gather together, from the comforts of our homes, to mend, tend, and honor the creativity found in each of us.

Dates & Times

September 28 : 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM MDT

September 29 : 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM MDT

September 30 : 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM MDT

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Refund policy

Refunds & Cancellations: Full refunds will be accepted until July 28, 2023. If Care Kits have been mailed to you before that date and you request a refund, the Care Kit will need to be mailed back to us before July 28, 2023 to receive a refund and you will be responsible for the cost of shipping it back, plus our cost to ship it to you. There will be no refunds after July 28, 2023. Any unexpected international customs fees or taxes will be the responsibility of the student. Transfers to another attendee for the same retreat are acceptable, but you will be responsible for shipping the Care Kit to the new attendee and we must be notified in writing of any changes. Tickets MAY NOT be transferred to another workshop or retreat. This event will be recorded for retreat participants only and is not to be shared. The recordings of each of the three days will be available for one month following the last day of class and by signing this waiver, you are agreeing to these terms. The Makerie LLC reserves the right to cancel the online workshop if the minimum number of students is not met. In the rare case of cancellation, you will be contacted by email and will receive a full refund. In the case of unforeseen circumstances, disaster, war or other acts of GOD, which would cause the event to be canceled, The Makerie LLC reserves the right to reschedule the event.