Upcoming Events
April 2012
April 12, 2012 | 7-9 PM
‘Yarn Bombing 101′
LuLu Series: Art in the City
Richmond City Hall
Council Chambers
6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond BC
RVSP: lulu@richmond.ca
Past Events
December 2011
December 1, 2011
Burnaby Public Library – McGill Branch
4595 Albert St.,
Burnaby, BC
7:00–8:00 pm
Book signing and author talk on unexpected embroidery.
December 10, 2011
One of a Kind Show, Vancouver
1:00 -2:00 pm
Subversive craft talk and embroidery-on-paper demo
December 17, 2011
Gibsons & District Public Library
1:00-3:00 pm
Book signing and author talk on unexpected embroidery and yarn bombing.
November 2011
November 7, 2011
Vancouver Public Library
Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St.,
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms
7:00–9:30 pm
Craft demo and visual talk on Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery
November 23, 2011
Eco-Salon with Joy Kogawa House for the Arts Alliance of Vancouver
Roundhouse Community Art and Recreation Centre
7:00–9:30 pm
A case analysis of a community yarn bombing of the cherry tree at Joy Kogawa House. Participants will also knit and crochet of cherry blossoms!
November 26, 2011
Courtenay Branch, Vancouver Island Regional Library
300-6th Street
Courtenay, BC
2:00–3:00 pm
Author talk and book signing. Yarn Bombing and Hoopla event.
October 2011
October 6, 2011
Craft Bar, Museum of Craft and Folk Art
San Francisco, California
Craft Bar and Book Launch
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door
Download the San Francisco Craft Bar event poster.
October 8, 2011
Yarn Bombing and Hoopla Presentation and Book Signing
Nine Rubies
San Mateo, California
5 pm – 7 pm
October 10, 2011
Hoopla Book Signing
In Other Words
Portland, Oregon
6 pm – 8 pm
October 11, 2011
Assemble Gallery and Studio
Seattle, Washington
Yarn Bombing & Hoopla Book Launch and Craft Workshop
6-8 pm
Download the Assemble Launch in Seattle event poster.
October 22, 2011
Bowen Island, BC
Hoopla Talk with Artist Sarah Haxby
The Gallery at Artisan Square
September 2011
September 19, 2011
Hoopla Presentation & Book Signing
White Rock Public Library
15342 Buena Ave Vista
White Rock, BC V4B 1Y6
7 pm
Download the White Rock Event Poster here.
September 22, 2011
Spool of Thread
Vancouver, BC
Hoopla Book Launch, 7 pm
Come help Leanne and contributing artists celebrate the release of her new book Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery.
September 27, 2011
Hoopla Presentation and Book Signing
Type Books
Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
6-8 pm
Download the Type Books in Toronto event poster.
September 29, 2011
Hoopla Roundtable with contributing artists, book launch, and craft
Textile Arts
Brooklyn, New York
6 – 8pm
Download the Textile Arts event poster.
October 2011
October 2, 2011
Presentation, book signing, and stitch and bitch with special guest Takashi Iwasaki.
McNally Robinson
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2 pm
June 2011
Mini MakerFaire Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
June 25, 2011
Leanne gave a presentation on the wonders of Yarn Bombing,which included many Vancouver-centric installations.
March 2011
Yarn Bombing Talk and Book Signing
New Westminster, BC
The New Westminster Public Library
March 15, 2011, 7 pm
Yarn Bombing the Cherry Tree at Historic Joy Kogawa House
Vancouver, BC
Public yarn bombing March 6th, 2011 2-3:30pm.
Leanne Prain and Mandy Moore, along with hundreds of volunteers and local firefighters, decorated the beloved cherry tree at Historic Joy Kogawa House. Canadian literati June Hutton, Nancy Lee, Zsuzsi Gartner, Maggie De Vries, and Mary Novik gave literary readings during the event.
February 2011
Yarn Bombing at Christianne’s Lyceum of Art and Literature
Leanne and her Yarn Bombing co-author Mandy Moore visited Christianne’s Lyceum for Valentine’s day. They talked about yarn bombing and knit up cherry blossoms for Joy Kogawa House.
Yarn Bombing at Historic Joy Kogawa House Knit In
Vancouver, BC
Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue
Leanne and Mandy held a public knit-in: Saturday – February 5th 2-3:30 pm
Leanne and Mandy entertained stitchers with daring tales of yarn bombing feats from around the world.
More details here and pattern suggestions here.
Yarn Bombers took over City Hall
A Yarn Bombing Event to Raise Awareness for Historic Joy Kogawa House
Monday, February 28, 7 to 9pm
Council Chambers, Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver
November 2010
Guest Speaker at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Leanne spoke to a class of second-year Communication Design students about the design of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti, and the role she had as an author has within the book design process.
October 2010
The Vancouver Fibre Guild
October 14th, 7:30pm
The West Point Grey Community Centre
Leanne and Mandy presented on the topic of knit graffiti at the Vancouver Fibre Guild’s Annual General Meeting
Interesting Vancouver
October 8th
The Vancouver Rowing Club in Coal Harbour
Leanne spoke about the interesting world of subversive craft at this multi-disciplinary conference. Granville Online published a nice recap of the evening here.
The Burnaby Public Library
October 7th 8:30 pm
Leanne Prain was a guest author at the Burnaby Public Library.
May 2010
Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art
May 31, 2010
Leanne was a guest author at the teen book club of Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art. She helped the teen book club yarnbomb the tree and a bicycle rack in front of the school. If you are in Kitsilano, drop on by to see their work at West 8th and Alma!
April 2010
Richmond Quilters and Lacemakers Group
April 27, 2010 7 pm
Leanne spoke to the Richmond Quilters and Lacemakers about the world and craft of Yarn Bombing!
February 2010
W2 Writers Series
February 24th at 7 pm
W2 Community Media Arts Centre (Woodwards Building)
112 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver BC
Mandy and Leanne read an excerpt from Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti at the Real Vancouver Writers Series on February 24th at the W2 Community Arts Centre. Hosted by Hal Wake – the evening also featured Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Steven Galloway, Timothy Taylor, Rhonda Waterfall, Weldon Hunter, McKinley M Hellenes, Alex Leslie, kc dyer, Leilah Nadir, Caroline Adderson, and Brad Cran.
More details at: http://realvancouverwriters.com
January 2010
A Night of Social Crafting
Come celebrate the creativity and community of the growing DIY craft, art and design movement in Vancouver. Mandy and Leanne signed books at the Vancouver Museum.
October 2009
Surrey International Writers Conference
Leanne took part in Blue Pencil Sessions and a panel on new media at SIWC: Traditional Publishing-Make Over: How Social Media is Rocking The Writing World.
Moderators: Darren Barefoot, Monique Trottier
Panel: Lorraine Murphy, Susan Safyan, Kirk LaPointe, Sean Cranbury, Leanne Prain
September 2009
Word on the Street
September 27th, 2009
Library Square
Alice MacKay Room
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver
Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain provided tips from the international knit graffiti community, demonstrated how to put up a tag and offered revealing information on how to create your own yarn graffiti crew. They also covered an BMX bike in yarn!
National Post Excerpt
September 19th, 2009
Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti excerpted in the National Post . http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2010315
Yarn Bombing Book Launch
September 17, 2009
Leanne and Mandy celebrated the release of their new book!
Three Bags Full Knit Shop
4458 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
www.threebagsfull.ca
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