South Side Yarn Bomber raising money for Chicago historic landmark repairs South Side Yarn Bomber raising money for historic landmark repairs
A Chicago woman is using crocheting to spark conversations about important causes in the community, and if you help, you will get something homemade in return.
CHICAGO - A Chicago woman wants to yarn bomb you.
She is using crocheting to spark conversations about important causes in the community, and if you help, you will get something homemade in return.
Often times, it takes a unique idea to gain awareness and that is exactly what is happening.
The Forum, located right underneath the Green Line train at 43rd and Calumet, is a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1890, it provided shopping, entertainment and employment not available to people of color at the time.
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“My husband and I walked over to check it out and I’m like this thing is huge! I need help! So, I invited all of my yarn friends to submit pieces and I think we filled the window pretty well, Sherman said.
The exhibition features more than 50 pieces of art, with a focus on everyday household items. Some women who yarn bomb said in October that the art was helping them cope during the pandemic.
“I do a lot of work in the community, putting up things for people to enjoy, so being able to put it here on display is an honor,” Yesenia Juarez said.
Yarn bombing is typically a form of street art. But for the next month, Chicagoans can see it displayed exhibition style while walking in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue. “We’re calling it cozy in the city,” said yarn bomber Valerie Sherman. Normally, Columbia College uses the outdoor art gallery for fashion-related exhibitions with works by students and.