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The We Were Never Alone Project weaving workshop: Sunday, Nov 5 from 1 pm - 4pm

*Please see below for information on how to rsvp to take part in the workshop

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is pleased to present Places (Edition I), a solo exhibition of select “Journal Series” weavings and Polaroid photos by Bryana Bibbs. The exhibition is curated by Debra Kayes, TSA CHI member and co-director.

The works in this exhibition were made between 2022 and 2023, during Bibbs’s travels driving from Chicago to Maine and Tennessee for residencies, work, and vacation. In her ongoing “Journal Series” weavings, Bibbs intuitively documents her personal experience using materials, colors, and textures. She makes her yarn using the traditional textile techniques of hand-carding and hand-spinning before hand-weaving them on her frame loom, and she incorporates collected found objects. In the works on view, Bibbs also includes objects that have been given to her, including fungi, shells, pine needles, and more. Bibbs has been steadily building an archive of Polaroids that share evidence of her process and her travels. This exhibition is the first time she will exhibit these documentary materials alongside the weavings they index.

The 2022 works in this exhibition were made possible thanks to the Lunder Institute for American Art and Surf Point Foundation.

*The We Were Never Alone Project Information:

The We Were Never Alone Project is a weaving workshop for victims and survivors of domestic violence hosted by artist Bryana Bibbs.

In these free and limited-participant workshops, participants will be able to share their stories while creating art through the practice of hand-weaving. The workshop will provide participants with materials such as yarn, weaving needles, and cardboard looms. However, participants are encouraged to bring experimental materials (such as plastic bags, tees, ties, jeans, scarves, old denim, etc.) to weave. No weaving experience is necessary to participate in these workshops. There are six spots available.

Please RSVP with the provided link for the Sunday, November 5th 1 pm–4pm workshop. Those that sign up will receive a confirmation or waitlist email within 24–48 hours.

Please RSVP here.

Bryana Bibbs is a Chicago-based artist who works at the intersection of textiles, painting, and community-based practices. Bibbs earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the founder of “The We Were Never Alone Project—A Weaving Workshop for Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence” (thewewereneveraloneproject.com), and she serves on the Surface Design Association’s Education Committee.