As part of the exhibition Rest Time at Bundoora Homestead, Kate Just presents Self Care Actions, a series of hand knitted brightly coloured panels bearing texts related to self-care, including Ask For Help, Feel Your Feelings, Make Art, Get Into Nature, Say No and Love Yourself. The works arise out of Just’s well known social justice and feminist art practice and reflect the artist’s knitted meditations on the actions required to sustain oneself to do challenging work in a confronting world.
Visitors are invited to participate in the work by joining Kate in a live knitting/craft circle. Bring your own knitted or textile work and join an informal discussion with Kate about craft, feminism, self-care, community and activism.
For those who don’t have materials, some knitting needles, crochet hooks and yarns will be provided and you can work on a small piece while you are in the circle.
Open to people of all ages and skill levels (including those with no experience).
Dates
Saturday 8 November 2025 | 11:00am- 1:00pm
Cost
Free to attend. Bookings essential.
This public program is proudly supported by the City of Darebin’s Community Grants Program.
About The Facilitator
Kate Just is an American born, Australian feminist artist best known for her inventive and political use of knitting. ln addition to her solo practice, Just often works socially and collaboratively within communities to create large scale public art projects that tackle significant social issues including sexual harassment and violence against women.
After the workshop, see Kate Just’s artwork in Rest Time showing at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre until Sat 14 February 2026.
Opening hours: Wed- Fri: 11am–4pm
Saturday: 10am–4pm
Image credit: Kate Just, Self Care Action Series, with an associated knitting event as part of Beechworth Contemporary Art Award 2022.
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