January 2025
Poetry and Song Open Mic at ACM
Arts Collaborative Medford presents its first Poetry and Song Open Mic Nights of the new year, hosted by Medford Poet Laureate Vijaya Sundaram. Poets, dreamers, and songwriters are invited to bring an original poem, story, or song to read or sing. ACM will provide a microphone and podium. Sign up on the ACM website. Note: ACM is hosting this on the fourth Thursday this month, but starting in February, open mics will continue on the second Thursday of each month. …
Find out more »Make + Mingle at ACM
Arts Collaborative Medford invites you to its January Make + Mingle, a free drop-in at the new community arts center for anybody to come and create among other artists and artist-types. Bring your own sketchbook/art projects. Bring snacks and seltzer to share if you can; space, music, snacks and vibes will be provided. RSVPs appreciated through the ACM website.
Find out more »Small Weaving Workshop
Arts Collaborative Medford is hosting a Small Weaving Workshop led by Medford resident and ACM studio artist Christine Willis. In this beginner-friendly workshop you will learn how to set up the warp on your loom; how to do weaving stitches including plain weave, soumak, and rya knots; how to add fringe and tassels; and how to plan and execute your own design. The workshop is designed for ages 10+ with an adult. Cost is $75. Register through the ACM website.
Find out more »Soundbath & Meditation at ACM
Feeling depressed, anxious, or isolated? You might enjoy Soundbath & Meditation, hosted by Hendrik Gideonse of Down By Riverside and Kathleen Willis of Dawa Entheogenic Services, at Arts Collaborative Medford. The primary mission of Down By Riverside is to foster feelings of connectedness and community with music. This program will center on staying present in the moment and creating time and space to relax. Hendrik will focus on the sounds of the soundbath, a performance of sound or music that…
Find out more »Wet Felting Mitten Workshop at ACM
Arts Collaborative Medford is hosting a two-day Welt Felting Workshop led by Chelsea Brown of Kēkii Crafts. Over two 2.5-hour classes tonight and Thursday night, January 30, students will learn how to wet felt their very own wearable mittens. Techniques include wet felting over a resist, as well as a working knowledge of common wool fiber types, and wet felting with effects fibers such as silk, viscose and bamboo. Each class, students will work on one mitten. Wet felting is…
Find out more »February 2025
Potluck Roots Music Concert at ACM
Down By Riverside presents the first of its Thursday Night Potluck Roots Music Concerts at Arts Collaborative Medford. Featured performer will be Professor Harp, aka Hugh Holmes. The Professor was a rock 'n’ roll drummer until 1969, when the Boston blues revival and a sterling performance he caught of blues harmonica great George Allen "Harmonica" Smith combined to lure him away from drums to the blues harp. He primarily plays a sparse yet full-sounding brand of no-nonsense, no-frills Texas-style blues.…
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