Visiting Artist Celia Pym: Mending

About this event

MENDING: An exhibition by visiting artist Celia Pym

October 19 - November 6

Trisolini Gallery (Baker Center)

Visiting Artist Lecture: Thursday, October 22, 4:30 p.m., Bentley Hall, Room 240

Exhibition Reception: Thursday, October 22, 6:00–8:00 p.m., Trisolini Gallery

Gallery Hours with the artist and student mending crew: Friday, October 23, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 2:00–5:00 p.m. and continuing for the remainder of the exhibition with the student mending crew

London-based artist Celia Pym has been mending clothes since 2007. Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, she has broad experience with stories of damage, from moth holes to accidents with fire. Her most recent major project was to teach a whole primary school – over 500 children – aged 4-11 years old how to darn a sock. Exploring resilience and joy in repair and mending.

Pym is an Associate Lecturer in Textiles at the Royal College of Art; she collaborates regularly with knitwear designer, Siri Johansen at Waste Yarn Project – together they are WYP PYM; and published two books ‘On Mending: Stories of Damage and Repair’ (2023) and ‘SOCKS: Imaginative Mending’ (2026).

From School of Art + Design