Crafting History: Wonders of Weaving

Join the Museum's Curator of Collections, Jackie Cain, to explore the Wonders of Weaving! This is the third installment of our new series Crafting History -- accessible, interactive programming that allows adult learners a hands-on history experience, led by the Museum's Director of Adult Education, Dr. Maria Mears, and a local expert, taking crafts from the past and recreating them for use today. All the crafts we focus on have some historical context and an element of sustainability. In the past, people found alternative uses for things no longer needed or got creative with different methods of making various products. However, that has fallen to the wayside in the age of mass production. We hope to combat hyper consumerism with a historical understanding of crafts that take great skill and artistry despite often being relegated to merely "women's home-keeping tasks".