Guild Meet Up Schedule:
2nd Sunday of the month from 10:30-1:30PM
Last Tuesday of the month from 5:30-8:30pm.
To find all specific event information, visit Guild on Instagram.
What is Guild?
Well, I've been trying to narrow my thoughts about this new endeavor, but I always have a hard time with that. I usually look to my friends for help to be more concise. This time feels different though. Like I don't want to do that. I've been creating this list and reading the various definitions of the word GUILD and it has only made it harder to summarize. So, I figured I'd just share it all! The whole idea of guild is meant to be a shared venture, group directed, and defined by the community. So, I don't need to have it all figured out. I can just put it out there and get it started.
Why the quilt imagery?
Quilting has become a new pasttime of mine that feels deeply connected to old ways of living and creating. Quilts are heirlooms that are passed down over generations and speak to a time, a place and a person or group. Quilts are sometimes community projects, acts of protest, or may have even been used for guiding slaves along their journey to freedom. They are also a labor of love. And many times they are great ways to make new use of something that has lost its form or function. All of these things embody what I hope guild will represent. (And I just realized guild and quilt are very similar words! Woah.) Anyway, this is how my mind has been working lately as I think over this idea and get excited about what it could become.
If you are interested in…
Sustainable living, living off the earth, nurturing the earth, divesting from consumer culture, sharing knowledge, developing community, supporting & caring for others, mutual aid, mutual dependence, reciprocity (read Braiding Sweetgrass if you haven't), collective liberation, traditional/ancestral knowledge, group directed, solving problems, making space, slowing down, spending time (Buffalo 66 reference, anyone?), using our hands, building, creating, healing, growing
get skilled! Then Guild is for you.
FIND US:
Hosted at Jerico in the Workshop Room. Please enter from the cafe or around the back of the building through the double grey doors. Fiddle Leaf Cafe will be open next door with delicious tea, coffee, and treats!
JERICO
1501 FULFORD ST
KALAMAZOO, MI 49001