Materialities Workshop SOLD OUT

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

In this workshop directed by Materialities exhibiting artist, Bobbi Meier, you’ll visit the artist’s work in the Driehaus Museum and then move to our studio for a hands-on workshop to Create Your Own Plushie. Craft a unique soft sculpture using pantyhose, fiberfill, needle, and thread. Relax, stitch, and bring your plushie to life in this fun, hands-on experience!

Basic hand-sewing techniques will be helpful. All materials supplied.

A Tale of Today: Materialities is part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities. A Tale of Today: Materialities is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

About the Artist:

Bobbi Meier is a Chicago-based multimedia artist. Known primarily for her provocative, fiber-based abstract sculptures, she challenges boundaries between public and private, exploring themes of proper manners and repressed sexuality in her work. She earned both her MAAE and MFA degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was awarded a Kohler Arts/Industry residency in 2019.

Photography by Bob. Robert Heishman and Robert Salazar