"Hospital Gown Project"

Maggie Thompson of Makwa Studio is reaching out with information about the Hospital Gown Project-- a community-based collaborative beaded artwork. We are currently seeking remote & in-person contributions of blue brick-stitch bead swatches! Remote swatches have a deadline to be sent by April 30th. In-person contributions can be made at our Open Studios -- the flyer for which is attached to this email.

It would be lovely if you could share this information and opportunity among your organization, students, friends, loved ones, or to anybody who would be interested!

We invite anyone who has been impacted by alcoholism within their families or by their loved ones to join us in the creation of a new work titled “Hospital Gowns”. These will be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in July 2025. Any sales of work will have a portion donated to the Minneapolis organization Southside Harm Reduction.

OPEN STUDIOS INFO:
Open Studios are held at Makwa Studio (Northrup King Building: 1500 Jackson St NE, Studio #238.) No experience necessary! Materials are provided! They are held April 5th - May 2nd, Mon - Sat, 9AM - 9PM. Bring a snack to share! All ages are welcome in the studio, but beading is for those 12 and up. This is a healing time to be creative and experience joy in community. Our role is to strictly provide a creative environment that honors those that we love.

REMOTE INFO:
Swatches can vary in size and vary in shades of blue (as long as they are blue!) We ask that the swatch is no bigger than 4 inches on either side. They can even be as small as .5 x .5. Any size within 4 inches is great! Please make sure they are constructed using the brick-stitch beading technique! Reach out if you'd like resources on how to learn brick-stitch :)

Swatches can be mailed to the following address:

Makwa Studio
1500 Jackson St NE
Studio #238
Minneapolis, MN, 55413

Makwa Studio is so excited to see the contributions! Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions, or for more information about the project and how to be involved.