Create a meaningful, decorative textile wall hanging with internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist Cheryl Pope.

In this two-day workshop, explore the special exhibition, Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, to discover how artists use traditional sports banners, pennants, flags, and fashion to express powerful ideas—including Pope’s own letter jacket artwork. These artworks will inspire the creation of our own stitched statements.

In the studio, we’ll reflect on language and writing before designing and preparing felt lettering on banner backings. Using simple appliqué and hand-stitching techniques, we’ll bring our words to life. The result—bold, meaningful banners with motivational messages about everyday life, personal reflections, social justice, or simply for fun!

About Cheryl Pope

Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist known for her explorations of identity, race, gender, and community through textile-based works. She is among the featured artists in in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture. Pope received her BFA and Master’s in design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an adjunct professor. Pope studied under artist Nick Cave for 12 years, was a teaching artist at the Museum of Contemporary Art for seven years, and worked in multiple community-based organizations throughout Chicago. Recent exhibitions and projects include Declaration, the inaugural exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA (2018); Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2019), Chrystal Bridges Museum, Arkansas. A recipient of a 2015 3Arts Award, Pope’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artist’s Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; and Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Pope is currently based in Miami and Chicago and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery.