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The Village

A Social Practice Art Session

2025-01-06 18:00:00 2025-01-06 20:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis The Village 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 Arts. It can't be made without assistance from each other. Wayne Branch -

Monday, January 06
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-06 18:00:00 2025-01-06 20:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis The Village 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 Arts. It can't be made without assistance from each other. Wayne Branch -

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 Arts. It can't be made without assistance from each other.

You may have seen The Village at SPARK on the Circle from August through the Taylor Swift Eras Tour (here's an IndyStar article about it), and now that the weather is cold, this community artwork is coming indoors.

The Village is a large-scale fiber piece made of pompoms and latch hook sections put together by participants. Whether it’s two people making pompoms together, helping each other attach pompoms to the canvas, or afterward sharing this simple hand skill with friends and family, The Village encourages a sense of belonging.

Social Practice Art focuses on the interaction between participants. What is made is a souvenir. The activity has a long cultural history within the fiber arts—quilting bees, sewing circles, knitting groups, and any club over the centuries where women of all ages and cultural backgrounds gathered together to create. 

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 attached to the panel. These pompoms create texture and relief amid latch hook to create a design of heart hands, butterflies, snakes, guitars, and circles. After the piece is complete, it will be displayed at Tube Factory Artspace. Big Car Collaborative has sponsored this work, under the direction of Mary Jo Bayliss, with support from The Indianapolis Public Library, Ivy Tech Community College, and other community locations for social creation.

Registration is not required—drop in for a few minutes or the whole time. Check out the other days, times, and library branches where you can join in with The Village here

If you're interested in collective creativity, check out this list of mostly-books about Social Practice Art. It's sure to inspire!

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Art/Crafts/Hobbies |

TAGS: | The Village |

Wayne Branch

Phone: 317-275-4530

Hours
Mon, Jan 13 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jan 14 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 15 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jan 16 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jan 17 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 18 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jan 19 Closed

About the branch

The Wayne Branch Library first opened in December of 1969 in a shopping center located at 7341 Rockville Road. Due to high demand, the storefront space was enlarged in 1973, but the need for more space was evident. A permanent 13,500 square foot location opened in 1984, and the branch remains in that same building today. The Wayne Branch underwent a $1.1 million renovation in 2020 to add more seating and activity space, study rooms, and a quiet reading area, but still features the split design of a separate children's and adult wing.

Upcoming events

Wed, Jan 15, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Thu, Jan 16, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Jan 23, 10:30am - 11:30am

Fri, Jan 24, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Mon, Jan 27, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Mon, Jan 27, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tue, Jan 28, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Jan 30, 10:30am - 11:30am

Sat, Feb 01, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Feb 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Feb 03, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Feb 06, 10:30am - 11:30am

Mon, Feb 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Mon, Feb 10, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Tue, Feb 11, 11:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Feb 13, 10:30am - 11:30am