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Queer Craft Circle

Creative Mending

LGBTQ2S+ identifying individuals are invited to explore a different creative project each month in a fun and safe space.

Join us for this fun, casual program. Together we will explore a new creative project with a guest artist each month. Registration is limited to 2SLGBTQ+ identifying people in Waterloo Region. This month we are exploring creative mending with Alisa McRonald. No experience is necessary and all materials are provided. Participants can choose to bring an item of clothing to embellish and mend or practice different techniques on fabric samples provided.

About the instructor:

Alisa McRonald’s woven weirdos live in the ironic pop-culture paradise of a Queer GenX Feminist. Her work is a tactile fruit salad with a soupçon of the esoteric. She has exhibited and performed both nationally and internationally and her work has been featured in publications such as: The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar Japan, Nylon Magazine and Giant Robot Magazine. She was awarded the 2020 Best of Craft and Design Award from the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair.

In addition to maintaining her art practice in Guelph, Alisa also acts as a creative mentor and teacher/facilitator via various organizations including Art Not Shame. She unites her entrenchment in pop culture with her unparalleled sewing/sculpture/story-telling skills. She is inspired by other handmade items such as quilts and afghans for her, these items have a feeling of nostalgia and comfort to them. In addition, Alisa often uses recycled materials to lend to the nostalgic feel as well as fit with her philosophy of re-using what she has. https://www.alisamcronald.com/

This program is offered in partnership with Spectrum, Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space.

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