Tickets: Free, registration is required.

In this workshop, you will be guided by Master weaver Kim McCollum to create your own bookmark utilizing a tabletop tapestry loom.

This workshop is limited to four participants per timeslot and is suitable for ages 10+. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

All materials will be provided.

This programming is brought to you by Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop in partnership with the Edmonton Downtown Business Association. Each week from July 8-September 9, Alberta Craft will be hosting free public programming at Al Fresco from 1-3pm. Registration is required.

About your instructor:

Kim McCollum is a visual artist based in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton, Alberta) and owner of Gather Textiles, a workshop space and community building initiative. McCollum’s own work explores relationships between digital and analog, old and new, hand and machine. Through extensive work within local weaving communities she collects woven swatches, techniques and stories that she works into woven, painted, and new media artworks. McCollum holds an MFA and MSc from the University of Alberta as well as a Master Weaver designation from Olds College. McCollum has exhibited her work throughout North America including at the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton.