Visiting Artist Celia Pym: MENDING

MENDING: An exhibition by visiting artist Celia Pym October 19 - November 6 Trisolini Gallery (Baker Center) Reception and Artist Talk: October 22 (Talk at 4pm & Reception at 5pm in the gallery) 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).