Previous Events
Weaving the Community
Project Launch of project: Saturday, June 14, 11am–3pm.
Come participate inWeaving the Community–an on-site public project on the window sills at the Center for Creativity. Learn to weave. Fun for all ages!
Inside the Center for Creativity we will paint handprints on a large piece of Tyvek paper which will be woven into the community tapestry. Outside, there will be the opportunity to weaving a colorful tapestry with various yarns and paint parts of the structural weaving apparatus (a homemade creative loom you might say). Jodi Paley is the project lead. Assisting the project is fellow Black Sheep Hand Weavers Guild weaver and a founding member of Madrone Arts in Pescadero, Kathleen Dickey.
About Jodi Paley
Jodi Paley first observed weavers on her honeymoon in New Mexico in 1989, but didn’t think there was any way that she could learn the craft back home in the Bay Area. In 2003 her daughter began attending The Peninsula School in Menlo Park where there was a weaving program during extracurricular time. She volunteered to assist in the weaving room, teaching kids as young as kindergarten and managing to learn enough to stay one step ahead of the students. After acquiring her own loom (she now has 4 large looms), she was asked to start selling her weavings and a business (Stich-te Naku Weaving & Fiber Arts) was born. As time went on, she added other fiber crafts to her repertoire – dyeing yarn, felting, basketry, and most recently sashiko & boro. In addition Jodi is the founder and leader of Chase the Chill in Redwood City, where hand made (knit, crochet, weave, felt, cut fleece) scarves, hats, socks, and gloves are collected and then hung up at various locales around town for anybody to take. Over the course of 9 years more than 1200 items have been made and shared by the community. Jodi is also on the board of the Black Sheep Hand Weavers Guild, active in the Conference of Northern California Handweavers (CNCH), the Director of Artist Outreach & Communications for ART on the Squared and is now a partner in the Mirada Art on Main Gallery in downtown Half Moon Bay.
Entanglements Publication Party
Sunday, June 8, 2–5pm
This is a free event. Reservations are required. Register Here.
Join us in celebrating regional creatives who are featured in Entanglements: a curated collection of contemporary culture. Entanglements is an anthology of West Coast artists and writers curated by Nanette Wylde. Performances at 2:30 pm.
Community Story Circle
Saturday, June 7, 10am
Join Fuse Theatre for a free community workshop! Discover the power of storytelling and connection at this engaging event led by Fuse founder and artistic director Stacey Ardelean.
Whether you’re new to Fuse or already familiar with our work, this is a great opportunity to learn how we collaborate with communities through the arts..
Silicon Valley Open Studios at Center for Creativity
Featuring seven San Mateo County artists: CS Boris, Sandra Keely, Kent Manske, Gadget, Carol Sconzert, Cindy Stokes, Nanette Wylde
May 3 & 4, 10 & 11, 17 & 18
11am–5pm
SVOS
Community Sewing Circle
Community project with Nanette Wylde: collaborative sewing circle—honor a local champion for the arts Jan Rindfleisch. About
May 4, 17 & 18
11am–5pm
The Community Sewing Circle has moved to Works/San Jose for the exhibition Re-deconstruction: Jan Rindfleisch and the Building Together collaborations, June 7 to June 28, 2025
Stir Fry Stories Artists’ Talk: Have You Eaten Yet?
Saturday, May 10, 10-11:30am
About the Event
Three San Mateo County-based Asian American artists, VC Tang, Don Miralles, Na Omi Shintani will share their work – song, artwork, stories – in a casual morning talk. Light, vegan breakfast inspired by elder moms will be served. Eventbrite signup link coming soon.
Live Printing Event
As part of international Print Day in May, visitors can make a relief print on a historic tabletop platen press and take it home. Printmaker Kent Manske will facilitate the printing of “Murmurations San Mateo County”.
May 3, 1–4pm
Sip & Paint and Sip & Stitch events
Fundraising events throughout April
Art Speak Easy
art speak easy
Conversations about Art & Art Practice
Facilitated by Kent Manske & Nanette Wylde
Co-sponsored by Art Bias, the Center for Creativity, and PreNeo Press