TO DO @ MCASD

Bring in your torn, moth eaten, well-loved, clean clothes to the Fayman Gallery at MCASD's 1001 Kettner building.   You can sit with us while we mend your items, or we can teach you how to do some patching and darning, visible and invisible mending techniques. 

Everything you ever wanted to know about glue but were afraid to ask!  Bill Feeney will lead an informational workshop about a wide range of glues and adhesives, their properties and applications.  

Akiko leads participants in creating found text poetry based collages with materials from books, magazines, and other printed materials.

A short, simple, healthy-back yoga routine to begin and end your day. This “bed series” of asana (yoga postures) helps ease you and your hard working back into and out of the day.  Participants should not eat for two hours prior to the workshop. Wear loose clothing and if possible, bring a mat. Workshop will run 1.5 hours. 

Learn the basics of knitting including casting on, basic stitches, and binding off, and make a small dishcloth to take home with you.  Yarn and needles will be supplied.  All ages are welcome! 

 Originally created in 1966, Yoko Ono’s Mend Piece invites the audience to participate in the creation of the artwork.  Participants are asked to creatively mend fragments of broken cups and plates. “As you mend the cup, mending that is needed elsewhere in the Universe gets done as well. Be aware of it as you mend.” - Yoko Ono 

Reading Together Alone  is a silent group reading experience.  Bring your own reading material and enjoy a quiet 90 minutes away from daily distractions.

Learn to use your Smartphone as a storytelling tool and produce a short documentary film. Note: Participants should bring their own Smartphone device.  Rizzhel will email you a list of necessary apps to have on your phone.

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams   During this workshop, participants will explore their unconscious imagery in a group environment.  Participants are asked to embrace intuitive mark making and deep looking using watercolor and ink techniques demonstrated throughout the class.   What happens when we shut off our own critical voice that prevents us from taking creative risks?  Embrace failure as part of the artistic process.  

Geared toward teens and tweens, Michelle will teach the basics of machine sewing.  Each participant will make a small item to take home. 

Learn to make homemade pasta. Each participant will be making their own delicious pasta to take home

Ferment your food waste to create a mini food forest and yard to table meals. Learn about bokashi, an anaerobic composting system that allows people to compost almost all of their organic waste in a small sealed container. These systems integrate very well into backyards but they can also be used in apartments when people have access to an outdoor area to make bountiful soil. 

Xuchi demonstrates simple folded book/zine assembly.  Zines are a great way to publish your art, poems, musings and anything else you'd like to express.

Mending is reconstruction, rag-making is deconstruction. Bring used clothing, underwear, towels, and sheets that are “too far gone to mend” you will create attractive and useful rectangular shapes. Leave some rags behind for others and take some from the stockpile.   

Anna O’Cain will teach how to make a healthy alternative to sports drinks using all natural juices and ingredients. Participants should bring a quart jar to store their concoctions.

Rediscover mailing handwritten thoughts.  Participants will make postcards using collage.

Shisha (mirror) embroidery is widespread in the Indian sub-continent,  combining traditional motifs and designs with ideas of self reflection. Used in a doorway hanging, it is rumored to ward off the evil eye. Learn the process of attaching a circular mirror to shimmer your mending/embroidery projects.

Max will demonstrate how to patch and repair holes, dents and cracks on surfboards. 

Participants will build simple coiled clay planters.  After the pots are built, we will have colored slips and underglazes that will be used to illustrate the vessels.  These Story Pots will made in a collaborative manner – multiple individuals contribute to each pot with one picking up where the other left off so that participants can fluidly jump back and forth between building and illustrating.

Interested in making the transition from a studio art practice to public art? Gain insights into the field from members of the Public Art Coalition of Southern California (PACSOCAL), and learn about finding public art opportunities, crafting a successful application, contracting, community engagement, and resources to help you make the leap.

McKenzie will bring her extensive toolbox and guide you in simple jewelry repairs.  Bring in your broken jewelry and  wear it again!

Learn the ins and outs of grass roots political activism with organizers Clare Crawford and David Lagstein, then speak your truth one inch at a time in a fun button making workshop led by Kara West. 

Get creative with personalized seed bombs that can be left in a space to add wildflowers and soil enhancing plants.

Learn to make herbal tonics to enhance  health and well being with artist Lynn Susholtz.

Join us for mending hours during MCASD's Downtown @Sundown and check out local art exhibitions at MCASD and SDSU's Downtown Gallery.  

Introduction to sound studies and listening.  Join artist Kristine Diekman  in a soundwalk around the local neighborhood.  Please dress comfortably!

Chris Padilla teaches accessible at home leather repair and maintenance.  Participants will also be invited to make small wallets and keychains to take home. 

Claudia will be making and teaching two different tasty salsa recipes.

Mend your fears about music making improvisational loops, beats and melodies with Jessica.  

Workshop designed especially for, but not limited to teens and tweens.  Katie will teach you how to make weavings on cardboard looms.

Everyone needs boxes to hold small precious items. Carol Kiyan will demonstrate how to knit, crochet, weave and fold boxes from found materials.

Chris will lead a group in experiencing Pauline Oliveros' Tuning Meditation, a legendary vocal improvisation piece in which the entire audience collaborates to create an ephemeral sonic event.

Everything you ever wanted to know about glue but were afraid to ask!  Bill Feeney will lead an informational workshop about a wide range of glues and adhesives, their properties and applications.  

The artist team of Brian and Ryan will bring their sizable collection of erasers to share during this workshop. Visitors will be invited to help erase large-scale drawings and engage the artist in conversations around this subtractive process as both an aesthetic and meditative process. 

Join us for mending hours during MCASD's Downtown@Sundown and check out local art exhibitions at MCASD and SDSU's Downtown Gallery.