November Workshops

This November we will be popping up at different locations in Utica with more of our free workshops! In this series, funded in part by a grant from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, we’re excited to explore the many different ways that creative reuse skills can help to prevent pollution!

UTICA CREATIVE REUSE FREE WORKSHOPS, NOVEMBER 2024

All workshops are free to the public and designed to teach skills and techniques for reuse and repair! Materials are provided by Utica Creative Reuse.

Saturday 11/2
WREATH MAKING
10AM – 12PM
@ the Oneida County Public Market, 321 Main St, Utica, NY
Learn about the art of flower arranging and reusing faux flowers to create a wreath.
*this workshop is not funded by NYSP2I
Registration is closed, this class is full!

Wednesday 11/13
VISIBLE MENDING
6PM – 8PM
@ Emerson Ave Coffee, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, NY
Learn basic hand-stitching techniques for mending and repairing holes or tears in fabric and clothing
Register

Friday 11/15
REPAIR CAFÉ
6PM – 8PM
@ Art & Vine, 155 Genesee St, Utica, NY
Bring your broken household appliance to the Repair Café where our experienced instructors will help you work on fixing it for free! Learn skills for diagnosing and repairing common electrical problems.
Register

Saturday 11/16
FOUND OBJECT SCULPTURE
12PM – 2PM
@ 1001 Broad St, Utica, NY
Learn sculptural and assemblage techniques to create a work of art using found objects
Register

Wednesday 11/20
DARNING 101
6PM – 8PM
@ Emerson Ave Coffee, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, NY
Learn a darning technique to mend fabric, and how to repair a hole in your sock!
Register

Limited space available, registration is required!

uticacreativereuse.org/events

Questions? Contact us!

Funding provided by the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute through a grant from the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Any opinions, findings, and/or interpretations of data contained herein are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions, interpretations or policy of Rochester Institute of Technology and/or its NYS Pollution Prevention Institute, or the State.