Please join Santa Fe Art Institute’s artist-in-residence Vagner Mendonça Whitehead for a three-hour community workshop that combines loom-knitting while actively listening to a BBC Radio Four’s performance of George Orwell’s 1984. A discussion will follow.

Participants will complete a bookmark or scarf.

Patrons hoping to use one of the 10 hand looms available should register below. Sharing is encouraged with knitters of all levels invited, including those working without looms.

All materials provided. Participants may take home their work. Popcorn will be served with participants asked to bring their own water bottle.

From The American Library Association:

Book bans are real. The escalation in attempts to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores around the country has made George Orwell’s cautionary tale 1984 a prescient warning about the dangers of censorship.

“Censorship Is So 1984” reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, and that censorship has no place in contemporary society. “Read for Your Rights” is a call to action that demands we not only exercise our own right to read but also defend that right for all readers. This material reminds us about the dangers of censorship and the importance of protecting the right to read during Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025) and beyond. Learn more at ala.org/bbooks

TO REGISTER, VISIT: https://santafe.librarycalendar.com/event/banned-books-week-knitting-without-prejudice-36419

For disability or translation accommodations, please email library@santafenm.gov or call the Library (505) 955-2820

Date

October 8, 2025

Time

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location

Southside Library + Google Map
6599 Jaguar Dr.
Santa Fe, 87507 United States