A Thread Between Past and Future
Creating a Fab Lab to explore local arts: bring it yourself!
The Local Challenge
This rural town has a library and cultural centre that offers lifelong education for the cultural and social growth of the community. Everyone is welcome to join activities including book clubs for teenagers and adults, research groups on local history, the Knit Café, a pop-up community library located in the countryside and another in a supermarket. Now they are encouraging community participation in the history of thread–work in the area.
The Initiative
They are promoting the practice of embroidery and knitting, involving children, teenagers, students and men. They are launching an urban knitting event “A thread of”, with the library as a Fab Lab including embroidery and crochet workshops, an extended Knit Café in collaboration with artists and institutions active in the field of textile arts. The library plans to become the Fab Lab where people can make their own personal project to express themselves.
What’s Next?
Following this series of activities, the plan is to host a permanent display in the library, involving the contribution of groups such as school communities, local associations and individual citizens. They are planning to continue with the Fab Lab to help convey the local tradition of thread–work, with a newly inspired and developed community around it.
Contact theeuropechallenge@culturalfoundation.eu if you have any questions or want to be connected with the team behind the project.
