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Germantown Community Events Calendar

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Hand-Made Holidays: Collaged Bowl Workshop

Hosted by Artifact Studio Description (from host) Join me for an afternoon of ease and creativity. Participate in a guided hand-building experience to create your own ceramic artifact. All materials will be provided. Please note: Ceramics is a slow and multi-step process. Your artifacts will remain at the studio for drying, glazing, and firing but will be ready for pickup before the holidays. Artifacts can be shipped for an additional charge. Please send an email to margery@iamartifact.com for any questions.…

$60

Poetry as Pleasure

Blackbird Rising 5838 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hosted by Black Bird Rising Description (from host) Poetry as Pleasure blends creative writing with sex education to explore how pleasure, both sexual and non-sexual, can be a pathway to personal and collective liberation. Grounded in the teachings of Audre Lorde and bell hooks, as well as the theories and ideas within Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown, this workshop emphasizes that marginalized individuals—especially those who are Black, queer, and non-binary—are often denied access to their own bodies and the full…

$15

Healing Verse Germantown Poetry Workshop

Johnson House Historic Site 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hosted by Creative Philadelphia Description (from host) Germantown community members of all ages are invited to attend this free poetry workshop as part of Healing Verse Germantown: The Streets Are Talking, a poetry and public art project cultivating peace and resistance against gun violence in Germantown and throughout Philadelphia. Light bites and refreshments will be served. Participants will receive stipends. Stewarded by lead artists/curators Trapeta B. Mayson and Yolanda Wisher and a licensed social worker/trauma specialist team, the workshops offer a…

Free

Hand-Made Holidays: Candle Holder Workshop

Hosted by Artifact Studio Description (from host) Join me for an afternoon of ease and creativity. Participate in a guided hand-building experience to create your own ceramic artifact. All materials will be provided. Please note: Ceramics is a slow and multi-step process. Your artifacts will remain at the studio for drying, glazing, and firing but will be ready for pickup before the holidays. Please send an email to margery@iamartifact.com for any questions. Address provided 48 hours before the event.

$60

Embroidery Workshop

Wyck House 6026 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hosted by Young Friends of Wyck Description (from host) Join instructor Ritchie Metzger-Lopez of Duende Textiles for an evening of embroidery in the Wyck conservatory. Follow along and create designs based on objects from the Wyck collection. Bring your own textile & embroidery thread of choice. Light refreshment will be provided in the Ed Shed- no food or drinks will be allowed in the house. Email info@wyck.org with questions or to be put on a waitlist.

$10

Hand-Made Holidays: Sgraffito Tile Workshop

Hosted by Artifact Studio Description (from host) Join me for an afternoon of ease and creativity. Participate in a guided hand-building experience to create your own ceramic artifact. All materials will be provided. Please note: Ceramics is a slow and multi-step process. Your artifacts will remain at the studio for drying, glazing, and firing but will be ready for pickup before the holidays. Please send an email to margery@iamartifact.com for any questions. Address provided 48 hours before the event.

$60
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