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SUMMARY:The Village
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DESCRIPTION:Join others to create yarn pompoms that become part of a large
 -scale fiber art piece called The Village. This artwork will eventually be
  24 feet wide and 8 feet high\, and represents the best of  Indianapolis A
 rts. It can't be made without assistance from each other..\nhttps://indian
 apolis.libnet.info/event/12539705
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/editor/indianapolis/The_Village_Design.png" width="400" height=
 "150" alt="" /></p>\n<p>You may have seen <a href="https://booandnaptownpu
 rls.com/blog-posts/">The Village</a> at SPARK on the Circle from August th
 rough the Taylor Swift Eras Tour (<a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/
 entertainment/music/2024/10/24/help-make-this-giant-piece-of-taylor-swift-
 inspired-art-next-weekend/75671628007/">here's an IndyStar article about i
 t</a>)\, and now that the weather is cold\, this community artwork is comi
 ng indoors.</p>\n<p>The Village is a large-scale fiber piece made of pompo
 ms and latch hook sections put together by participants. Whether it&rsquo\
 ;s two people making pompoms together\, helping each other attach pompoms 
 to the canvas\, or afterward sharing this simple hand skill with friends a
 nd family\, The Village encourages a sense of belonging.</p>\n<p><img src=
 "https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/indianapolis/ThreeSetsH
 ands-working.png" width="200" height="124" alt="" /></p>\n<p>Social Practi
 ce Art focuses on the interaction between participants. What is made is a 
 souvenir. The activity has a long cultural history within the fiber arts&m
 dash\;quilting bees\, sewing circles\, knitting groups\, and any club over
  the centuries where women of all ages and cultural backgrounds gathered t
 ogether to create.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The Village is composed of 13 individual
  panels that fit together to make one 24-foot by 8-foot composition. Mary 
 Jo Bayliss takes individual panels into the community and pompoms are atta
 ched to the panel. These pompoms create texture and relief amid latch hook
  to create a design of heart hands\, butterflies\, snakes\, guitars\, and 
 circles.&nbsp\;After the piece is complete\, it will be displayed at Tube 
 Factory Artspace. <a href="https://www.bigcar.org/">Big Car Collaborative<
 /a> has sponsored this work\, under the direction of Mary Jo Bayliss\, wit
 h support from The Indianapolis Public Library\, Ivy Tech Community Colleg
 e\, and other community locations for social creation.</p>\n<p>Registratio
 n is not required&mdash\;drop in for a few minutes or the whole time. Chec
 k out the other days\, times\, and library branches where you can join in 
 with The Village <a href="https://attend.indypl.org/events?r=days&amp\;n=2
 60&amp\;t=Village">here</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>If you're interested 
 in collective creativity\, check out this list of mostly-books about <a hr
 ef="https://indypl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/2142288529_indypl_jille/26
 65016327_social_practice_art">Social Practice Art</a>. It's sure to inspir
 e!</p>\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/12539705
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