Social Practice
For more than thirty years, Social Fiber Projects has explored a simple question: What conditions allow people to become more fully themselves? Working through collaborative studios, reuse systems, disability arts, heritage practices, and community-based making, the projects examine creativity not as a specialized talent but as a human capacity that emerges through participation, attention, experimentation, and shared work.
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ARTIST RESIDENCY, ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA 2019
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SOCIAL FIBER PROJECT, CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO 2015
STAR FARM URBAN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM, SUMMER OUTDOOR HARVEST FESTIVAL, CHICAGO 2019
ARTIST RESIDENCY: ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA 2019
ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, CHICAGO 2017
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SOCIAL FIBER PROJECT, CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO 2015
ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, CHICAGO 2016
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: HAMILTON PARK, CHICAGO 2017
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SWARM, INDIANA 2017
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SOCIAL FIBER PROJECT, CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, GARLAND GALLERY/OAK PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL, CHICAGO 2015
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SOCIAL FIBER PROJECT, CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO 2015
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: MOSAIC MURALS, AWASSSA CHILDREN'S PROJECT, ETHIOPIA 2005
ON THE TABLE DINNER, CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST, HAMILTON PARK, CHICAGO 2018
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY: ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA 2018
BASKETMAKING CLASS, ENGLEWOOD SENIORS, CHICAGO 2017
ART IN RESIDENCE: AWASSA CHILDREN'S PROJECT, ETHIOPIA 2005
QUILTING PROJECT, MARIE CURIE HIGH SCHOOL, SERVICE CLUB, CHICAGO 2017-2018
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ANTINGUA, GUATEMALA 2018
LOOM PROGRAM FOR REFUGEES, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, CHICAGO 2017
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY: ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA 2018
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: MOSAIC MURALS, AWASSA CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, ETHIOPIA 2005
THE FIBER AGE, GUEST LECTURE, ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO 2015
FLAGSHIP ART STUDIO FOR ADULTS WITH PERCEIVED DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, ENVISION UNLIMITED, WEST TOWN CENTER, CHICAGO 2019
TEACH ON THE BEACH SUMMER SERIES, ENVISION UNLIMITED, CHICAGO 2017
COMMUNITY EXHIBITION, BRONZEVILLE GALLERY, CHICAGO 2016
TEACH ON THE BEACH SUMMER SERIES, ENVISION UNLIMITED, CHICAGO 2019
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: INTERGENERATIONAL WEAVING, HAMILTON PARK, CHICAGO 2017
SPINNING CLASS FOR TEENS, HAMILTON PARK, CHICAGO 2017
BUILD ON MURAL, THE UPTOWN FAMILY SHELTER, CHICAGO 2016
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, ENGLEWOOD, CHICAGO 2016
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: SWARM, INDIANA 2017
TEACH ON THE BEACH SUMMER SERIES, SOUTH SHORE CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO 2018
BUILD ON MURAL, THE UPTOWN FAMILY SHELTER, CHICAGO 2016
TEACH ON THE BEACH SUMMER SERIES, SOUTH SHORE CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO 2017