Workshop with Long Beach Community Media Arts at Place LB, Long Beach

THE RADICAL SEWIST

Saturday, August 17: 1 – 4 PM

Learn how to use a sewing machine! Do you want to make your own clothes but were discouraged when you realized you didn't know how to operate a sewing machine? If so, join us as we learn how to thread and operate a domestic sewing machine, learn a few troubleshooting tricks, and sew our own reversible handkerchief! Sewing machines will be provided!

Through teaching, Radical Sewist envisions a sewing community for BIPOC, queer, and trans people. We see sewing not only as an individual’s way to reject capitalism, but as a collective’s tool to manifest liberation. We denounce fashion as much as we denounce fascism; we aspire to connection as much as we aspire to creation. Community is our heart–and to us, that means holding space for the interweaving of disability, race, culture, queerness, and neurodivergence. We aim to be a nurturing, co-created place: a space where self-care is a priority and all abilities are welcome. Won’t you join us, comrade?

Free Event, but donations are highly encouraged:) Reserve your spot today!

PLACE LB is located at 2172 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806