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Patch or Swap: A Textile Rescue Lab By Roxana Alger Geffen -- Arlington Art Truck

We have all had clothes that we loved and lost—to coffee stains, rips or years of wear. This project is about rescuing those well-loved things and making them wearable again. Sculpture and collage artist Roxana Geffen, will show you simple ways to mend your clothes in a visible but cool way and give you some supplies to get started, either at the Arlington Art Truck or at home. If you decide that you don’t need another project, you can also swap a tired garment for something on our Swap Rack, leaving a short description and story about the piece or simply take a garment and leave us a story about a favorite outfit from your past.

The community partner for this project is the Arlington Visual Arts Studio Tour (AVAST). Every year on one weekend in September, Arlington artists open their studio doors to the public, organized by AVAST. Come visit the Arlington Art Truck and pick up a map of the open studio tour and visit the artists on the weekend of September 27 and 28, 2025. If you cannot make it, sign up to their email list to be informed of this event and others throughout the year including the open call announcement to apply to be a part of this tour.

Photos: @WillReintzell and Arlington Art Truck staff

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Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development, delivers public activities and programs as Arlington Arts. Our mission is to create, support, and promote the arts, connecting artists and community to reflect the diversity of Arlington. We do this by providing material support to artists and arts organizations in the form of grants, facilities and theater technology; integrating award-winning public art into our built environment; and presenting high quality performing, literary, visual and new media programs across the County.