Memory Café: Journal Making with Deb Eck

RESERVE SEATS #block-831b9ffc5f0072faf9bc {--sqs-block-content-flex: 0; } #block-831b9ffc5f0072faf9bc { --opacity: 100%; --translate-x: 0px; --translate-y: 0px; --rotation: 0deg; --scale-x: 100%; --scale-y: 100%; --skew-x: 0deg; --skew-y: 0deg; --origin-x: 50%; --origin-y: 50%; opacity: var(--opacity, 1); transform: translateX(var(--translate-x)) translateY(var(--translate-y)) rotate(var(--rotation)) scale(var(--scale-x), var(--scale-y)) skewX(var(--skew-x)) skewY(var(--skew-y)); transform-origin: var(--origin-x) var(--origin-y); } Get creative and give old books new life! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to make unique journals or sketchbooks using recycled book covers, fun paper inserts, and simple sewing techniques—no prior experience needed. We’ll explore an easy binding method with big needles that lets you combine all kinds of papers: colorful scraps, envelopes, maps, and more. By the end, you’ll walk away with a one-of-a-kind handmade journal that’s as fun and personal as you are. Participants are welcome to bring paper they would like to include, but all materials will be supplied. Memory Cafés will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 12 p.m. in the 3rd floor Media Arts Studio at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts. Enter the building through the Reg Lenna awning entrance (108 E. 3rd St.) next to Art Cloth+Craft. Elevator accessible. We ask that you register for the Reg Lenna Memory Café ahead of time by emailing rsvp@reglenna.com or calling The Reg Box Office at (716) 484-7070 with the names and number of attendees. Reservations must be made by the Friday before the event. Memory Café at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts is a FREE respite and arts program for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking (including cognitive decline, dementia or Alzheimer’s) as well as their care partner, family, or friends. Participants are welcome to enjoy music performances, crafts and easy, appropriate activities to spark friendly…