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Jackson Pride Fest kicks off with a Walk of Pride starting at Consumer's Energy and finishing with a party at Horace Blackman Park with live music, food trucks, craft booths and community resources. Thanks to our sponsors, this event remains free of charge!

I will have a small collection of plant dyed items at this market and will have a collaborative weaving set up!

EVENT DETAILS:

“When all we ever wanted was to learn and love and grow…”

@yellowmoonyurt is celebrating summer solstice with a lineup to lighten your load.

Free to attend. Donations accepted by farm and teachers. Vendors open to bartering as well as other forms of payment. Cash encouraged.

ALL AGES + FAMILY FRIENDLY. Intergenerational learning, co-creative environment.

2:22 - COLLECTIVE WILD WOVEN RAG RUGS
all day with Justine @mericurialthreads

3:33 WEAVING TENSION TRAYS
with Michael @hickorynutfarmstead

4:44 SCRAPPY STAIN GLASS
with Em @emkglassco

5:55 FIBER HOUR : WET FELTING
group project with Katja

7:17 SOUND BATH
with Kimberly @singingforyoursoul

8 to 9:17 MOVEMENT MEDICINE
+ live DJ Drumbeat
w/ Carrie @lunasuara

weather dependent: classes happen in yurt
free will donations collected directly by teachers day of — first come, first serve.

Help us celebrate Mother Earth with live music, food, art, vendors, make-and-takes, and more!

The Carriage Factory will be filled with earth-loving folks offering their goods and services. We look forward to Gracie Toth opening the day by sharing songs from their Skeletons in the Garden series, followed by the fun and inspirational sounds of Northern Michigan's J. Hobbs (formerly Brotha James), accompanied by Billy King. Yurty Yoga will be here offering free kids yoga, and several earthcentric make and takes will be available too. We are also excited to welcome back Craveables, the most delicious vegan food truck!

While this is a free event, please bring donations to help fill a community resource box that will be built this spring on the stump of a Honey Locust that needed to be removed from the foundation of the neighboring Zoerman-Clarke building. Suggested items include but are not limited to: non-perishable food, feminine products, hygiene items, lightly-used or new art supplies.

Curious to explore what a marketplace looks like outside the confinements of monetary exchange? Join us on Sunday, March 24th at the Carriage Factory for a Barter Market! Bartering is whatever you make it, but our goal is to provide an opportunity to trade goods & services within our Jackson (& beyond?) community. We are aiming to make this event inclusive, accessible, & co-creative! Let us know how to make that happen for you!

Register to be a vendor or offer a skillshare at this link:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScY8LWhr06.../viewform...

Don’t have anything *special* to offer other than money? No worries! Cash is KING & vendors will also be open to monetary sales. Let’s help them avoid processing fees & come ready to barter with CASH.

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Check the Facebook event for updates on who will be participating!
https://fb.me/e/3rRbBnAhc

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CURIOUS TO BECOME A VENDOR
OR SHARE YOUR SKILLS/OFFERINGS?
READ ON!

Whether it’s your art or craft, crops, food, goods, a dope collection of rocks or glass or records, your business, trade, or skill shares - we want you to join us at the Carriage Factory on Sunday March 24th.

The only requirement is that you are open to trading all or some of what you are offering. Monetary sales will (of course) also be acceptable & we are encouraging people to bring CASH to avoid any processing fees.

FYI: Bartering is NOT haggling! Don’t try to knock someone’s price down, the seller determines the worth of what they are exchanging.

All registration fees go toward paying the musician(s) & heating/renting the carriage factory at Art 634. Vendors must provide their own set-up.
Booth fee: $15-25 sliding scale for a 10x10(ish) space with table + chair
Blanket fee: $5-$10 sliding scale for a floor space with a blanket + chair
Walking fee: $5 to share what’s in your backpack
VENDORS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TABLES, CHAIRS, BLANKETS.

We are unfortunately not offering space for any more musicians for this first market.

Register to be a vendor or offer a skillshare at this link:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScY8LWhr06.../viewform...

Inspired by Yellow Moon Yurt’s Barter Markets of Summer of 2023;
Let’s see what Jackson’s local community has to offer!

February is for fiber at Art 634! In partnership with Skeins of Valor, join us for the second annual Fiber Arts Show at Art 634.

This show will have showcase the work of D’Andra Clark, Heavan Tedder, Cheryl Chidester, Rene Wheaton, annie!, Justine Melville, April Vilminot, Julie May, Jenn Dixon, Dee Jones, John Collins McCormick, Janet Rochefort, and Autumn Jones.

The Fiber Arts Show will open on February 10th at 6pm with live music by Marcus and Tiffany Shelton and light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.

The show will be on display through Sunday, March 3rd.

ART POP RETURNS to the beer garden at Ogma Brewing Co. in Downtown Jackson
$5 entry fee - live music all day!

CLICK HERE FOR FACEBOOK EVENT

Details on vendors & skill shares coming closer to August!

Date: July 10th at 5:30-8:30 pm

At Ella Sharp Museum
Registration through their website HERE!
Price: $55 ($45 for members)
Ages: 18+

In this workshop we will be folding and binding 4 black cotton bandanas to create discharged patterns in a heated vat of color remover. Throughout the course of this workshop students will be provided literature, lecture/conversation, and hands on learning!

Sodium hydrosulfite is the active ingredient on Rit Color Remover, which is what we will be using to discharge the black out of the bandanas. Part of this class will be held outside for proper ventilation. PPE will be provided, feel free to bring your own mask if you want.

There will be some down time for each class, so a potluck is encouraged! Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy the cash bar that Ella Sharp Museum will have provided. Please wear clothing that you wouldn’t mind a potential splash of dye on.

Please e-mail Justine with any questions! mercurialthreads.art@gmail.com

Details on vendors & skill shares coming closer to July!

Date: June 28 at 5:30-8:30 pm

At Ella Sharp Museum
Registration through their website HERE!
Price: $60 ($50 for members)
Ages: 18+

In this workshop we will be folding and binding 4 white cotton bandanas to create patterns within the solid color(s) of your choice! A variety of colors will be available to choose from to dye your pieces. Throughout the course of this workshop students will be provided literature, lecture/conversation/ and hands on learning!

Vat dyeing, also known as tub dyeing, is often used to dye clothing or fabric one uniform color. Shibori, also known as resist dyeing, is the ancient Japanese practice of folding and binding fabric to create patterns in the dyeing process. Shibori is what inspired the tie dye movement in the 60’s!

Dyes being used are commercial grade synthetic dyes called procion MX fiber reactive dyes. The chemical bonds of these dyes are permanent, non-toxic, and safe against even sensitive skin.

There will be some down time for each class, so a potluck is encouraged! Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy the cash bar that Ella Sharp Museum will have provided. Please wear clothing that you wouldn’t mind a potential splash of dye on.

Please e-mail Justine with any questions! mercurialthreads.art@gmail.com

June 24th: Sandhill's FIRST
Summer Art & Music Festival 11am-9pm
Hear 10 musicians throughout the
day with over 20 artists!
Look out for more details coming soon!

Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE!

Ella Sharp Museum 18th Annual Art, Beer & Wine Festival

June 10, 2023
2 pm – 8 pm
Presented by County National Bank

Join your friends (and make new ones) at Ella Sharp Museum’s 18th annual Art, Beer & Wine Festival presented by County National Bank. A favorite community tradition, we’ll showcase many of Michigan’s best wineries, breweries, cider mills and artists. Guests also will enjoy a tasty line-up of food vendors and trucks along with live music throughout the grounds and in our historic Hillside Farm Lane courtyard for a perfect summer day.

Stop into Musgrove + Company on February 25th from 10am - 4pm to drink some delicious bean juice & browse the colorful & wearable art of Mercurial Threads! Hoodies, sweatshirts, long sleeves, pants, dresses, t shirts, baby & toddler clothing... all second hand sourced & up cycled to give new life to an old or forgotten garment. Bring a friend for a coffee date & to gas each other up as you try on some new clothing while supporting local & sustainable businesses.

Mercurial Threads is a dye & fiber home studio of Jackson native, Justine Nicole Melville. Since 2013, they have
explored the vast world of fabric dyeing and fiber crafts. Specializing in various textile design methods using natural & synthetic dyes, justine creates a unique collaboration of color, Pattern, & texture on up-cycled & locally sourced goods.

For the month of February, Mercurial Threads has taken over the community board at Musgrove + Company with a variety of accessories such as bandanas, shawls, SOCKS, scrunchies, sew on patches, & plush tie dye hearts. You can browse/purchase these items any time that the coffee shop is open!
(see open hours below)

Musgrove + Company is located in the same building as
517 Salon & Spa, located at
1300 W. Michigan Ave in Jackson
Coffee shop hours:
Mon-Fri: 7a - 5p
Sat: 8a - 5p
Sun: Closed

"Musgrove + Company is a single source direct trade coffee shop with locations in Tecumseh, Jackson, and Adrian, MI. We source green coffee exclusively from Cafe Rivense in the Rivas Valley of Costa Rica, which then gets roasted to the farmers recommendations and we craft various coffee drinks from the traditional drip coffee, espresso drinks, cold brew. Additionally we accompany our beverage offerings with fresh baked goods, cold press juice, breakfast and lunch offerings, plus more..."
https://www.musgrove.company/welcome-to-jackson

I will not be physically attending the reception. The art show will continue through December 4th and can be viewed Thursday - Saturday from 11a to 7p and Sunday from 11a to 3p.

Bringing together the intrinsic and colorful textiles created by Justine Melville of Mercurial Threads and artwork that spans the multiverse by Kodama Psyokami of Arcane Cluster - this is an art show you won't want to miss!

The show will open with an an artist reception on Thursday, November 17th from 6-9p. Please join us in celebrating the work of both of these incredible local artists!