Starting at Madison Central Library from 11am-12pm, The Sewing Machine Project will host a tour of the mending services available through their initiative, The Mending Project. Learn about the day in the life of the menders and the impact their work has on the community. Volunteer menders and coordinators, as well as their library partners, will share the history of the program and stories of their experience. The mending session can be observed in room 211 and a Q+A will be presented in the Local History Room on the second floor.
11am: Tour of The Mending Project at Madison Central Library
12:30pm: Exhibition tour of MEND: the work of repair at the James Watrous Gallery
2:30pm: Exhibition tour of Social Threads at the School of Human Ecology
3:00pm: Visible Mending Workshop at the School of Human Ecology
