Battle Jacket Project

Oh, no big deal. Just making battle jackets in a NATURE CENTER for Rock Creek National Park’s 135th birthday celebration! Officially our coolest workshop location yet. #rockcreekparkday2025 #dcpunk #dcart #nps

BIG NEWS DC! Join us for an incredibly special battle jacket workshop @ Rock Creek Park Day from 10-2 PM on Sat 9/27! Bring your own jacket to work on, OR we'll teach you how to make a custom patch! As always, all folks + skill levels are welcome. 🖤

#rockcreeknps #FindYourPark #rockcreekparkday2025

Come on down to Art Hive Collective on Friday 6/5 for a special battle jacket workshop supporting RESIST!, a celebration of art, community, and protest from 5-7 PM in Staunton, VA.

DON’T FORGET: we’ll be at @solart_center in gorgeous downtown Staunton, Virginia THIS SATURDAY, 3/15, from 1-3pm! Come on down to work on your battle armor with us. 🖤

STAUNTON AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY: we’ll be back at SolArt Center with another battle jacket workshop on Sat 3/15 from 1-3pm! Open to all, free to attend. Craft with community! 🖤

Hey Staunton + the Shenandoah Valley! We have a TON of new patches for you, including a selection from our pal RetirementFund on Etsy. Our workshops are always FREE and open to all. 🪡✨ See you on Saturday from 1-3pm at SolArt Center!

Things are hard right now. If you need a place to talk, keep your hands busy, or just BE, you’re welcome at our next battle jacket workshop on Sat 2/8 at SolArt Center in Staunton, VA. We’re in this together. 🖤

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!

Read, print & distro freely!

Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:

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Battle Jacket Project. Battle Jacket Workshop at SolArt Center. Free to attend. 6 Byers St, Staunton VA. Saturday, January 11th 1-3 PM.

Our next FREE battle jacket workshop will be at SolArt Center in Staunton, VA on Saturday, 1/11/25 from 1-3 PM. All folks + all skill levels welcome! 🖤 Learn new ways to customize your own jacket, start a new one, or design a few buttons with our new machine. See you there! 🧷✂️🪡

Washington DC! It’s cold AF! Help us keep our neighbors a bit warmer this winter!

Goal:
One time donations: $1,000
Month recurring donations: $100

So far we got:
One time: $355
Monthly: $15

Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC
One time & recurring: givebutter.com/remorahouse

Thank you all!

We’re still here! Stay tuned for more Virginia workshops in January + February 2025!

Do it!

HAPPY PRIDE! 🌈✨ See you THIS SATURDAY, 6/8, at SolArt Center in Staunton, VA! Create your own patch or take one of ours! Browse our jacket collection for inspiration and work one-on-one with punk fiber artists. Battle jacket workshop takes place from 1-3 PM. Free to attend, donations accepted. 🖤

Thanks, Staunton! We had TWENTY-ONE (21!!) punks of ALL AGES join us to craft and chat at the Valley’s inaugural battle jacket workshop at SolArt Center on Saturday! Missed this one? We’ll be back soon! Follow us on Bluesky, X, Facebook, or Instagram for future events.

Check out this upcoming project! Cashapp or Cash is a short film about the weirdness of DC’s music scene. Wanna support or learn more? Check it out: indiegogo.com/projects/cashapp-or-cash-short-film. Thanks to our pal @shadyrose.bsky.social for sharing! #dcdiy #dcmusic #dcfilm #fundraiser

(Pssst, @averysafecat.bsky.social!)

Join us on April 13 at SolArt Center in Staunton, VA from 1-3 PM for our first FREE workshop in the Shenandoah Valley! All materials provided, all folks welcome. Let’s bring some punk to the Wharf.

Same here.

Have you ever given the battle jacket treatment to a garment or object other than a jacket? Anything can be an avenue for expression. At Friday’s workshop, a participant worked on studding and embroidering a beanie they had purchased right there at MAGFest. #punkart #fiberart #communityart

BIG thanks to the good folks at MAGFest for hosting the Battle Jacket Project over the weekend! Interested in hosting a free battle jacket workshop with us? Email info@battlejacket.org! #communityart #punkart #queerart #magfest2024

I see you make patches? We should keep in touch!

Stay tuned for more news, including upcoming 2024 workshops in the DC area!