Hi everyone! Happy Spooky Season to all who celebrate. We’ve been very, very busy during open hours at the workshop lately. Lots of friendly new faces are showing up to look for costume-making supplies! There are a few more days to come in for supplies before the big day! Of course, big day = Halloween! Stop by this weekend: Saturday, Sunday, or Monday for costume supplies & support!
As you know, the Fábrica is a community project run by a collective of volunteers and supported logistically and financially by its users. That means you! And us! As always, thank you for subscribing and for supporting us. Please share this newsletter with anyone you know who might enjoy spending time at The Fábrica or hearing about what’s going on in the Santa Cruz fabric arts scene.
The Workshop is Open!
Open Hours:
Saturdays 2pm – 5pm
Sundays 3pm – 6pm
Mondays 12pm – 3pm
CLOSED Sunday 11/2 for La Peña Alegria (BIPOC event at Subrosa)
CLOSED Saturday 11/29 and Sunday 11/30
Please check the Hours/Calendar page for the most current information.
Events at the Fábrica:
Halloween x Aulinta
Banner Procession
Friday, October 31, 2025
Meet at 5:15pm @ The Fábrica
Procession at 5:45pm Pacific Avenue
Join us for a spooky parade through Downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween night. The streets will be closed for trick-or-treat, so we will have a silly, small, low-key parade to show off the protest banners and mingle with the spirits. There’s more info on the Events page.
First Friday Art Show:
“Leaky Bodies, Vadose Zones”
Joy Schendledecker, Ann Altstatt, and Avi Conant
Friday, November 7, 2025
6 pm – 9pm
@ The Fábrica, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
At the heart of the project is fluorite: a cosmic mineral refined into PFAS, the toxic “forever chemicals” now found in soil, water, fungi, plants, animals, dust, rain, snow—in everything, everywhere.
Through textiles, mixed media, collage, found objects, specimens, field stations, and visual poetics, this work invites you into an electrical ecology of tears, spores, and signals—where healing metabolizes through sympoesis, seeping, recombining, and remembering.
Read the full description on our Events page.
YARR: Documentation and Resistance in Solidarity with our Immigrant Neighbors
Last month we helped Your Area Rapid Response (YARR) to design and create an adorable, durable, and purposeful fabric banner.
Now more than ever, it’s a great time to connect with YARR to see how you can stay informed and lend support to our immigrant neighbors. You can find more info on their website.
We highly recommend saving their number in your phone so you can report an ICE raid or other incident that merits legal observers. You can also join their email list or sign up for a legal observer training.
Support The Fábrica !
Are you interested in volunteering with The Fábrica? There are lots of ways you can help out around the shop or at events. If you have some free time you’d like to spend with us, fill out the volunteer interest form.
Making a recurring donation of $5 or more helps us a lot! Thank you for your support!
Textile Arts Events Around Santa Cruz:
Socialist Stitch & Bitch w/ DSA
Every third Saturday, 2 – 4pm
@ Lúpulo
233 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz
This event is organized my our comrades at the Santa Cruz chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Miscellanea:
- Our lovely neighbors Subrosa are a small arts venue and meeting space that hosts concerts and classes almost daily.
- Our other neighbors The Bike Church are like the Fábrica for bikes! If you’re new to bike maintenance, check out their monthly “Intro to Bikes” workshop.
- Check out the Free Skool Calendar.
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