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The Village

A Social Practice Art Session

2025-07-18 15:30:00 2025-07-18 17:30:00 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. Southport Branch -

Friday, July 18
3:30pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-18 15:30:00 2025-07-18 17:30:00 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. Southport 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 |

Southport Branch

Phone: 317-275-4510

Hours
Mon, Jul 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 29 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 31 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Aug 01 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 02 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 03 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

The Southport Branch began in 1967 as a small storefront in the Madison Square Shopping Center. Following acquisition of a site for a larger facility, the new 15,700-square-foot library opened in 1974 on East Stop 11 Road. Even before the move occurred, a group of Perry Township residents demonstrated support by raising more than $5,000 to provide additional books for the new library.

Upcoming events

Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 11:40am
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Mon, Aug 04, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Aug 07, 11:00am - 11:40am
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Fri, Aug 08, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Sat, Aug 09, 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Tue, Aug 12, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Aug 14, 11:00am - 11:40am
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Thu, Aug 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sat, Aug 16, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Aug 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tue, Aug 19, 10:30am - 11:30am

Tue, Aug 19, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 11:25am

Thu, Aug 21, 11:00am - 11:40am
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Fri, Aug 22, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Mon, Aug 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tue, Aug 26, 10:30am - 11:30am

Wed, Aug 27, 10:30am - 11:25am

Thu, Aug 28, 11:00am - 11:40am
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Fri, Aug 29, 3:30pm - 5:30pm