STRAW INTO GOLD

An upcycling project by Chemnitz Prison in partnership with the Kulturhaus Arthur

Photo: JVA Chemnitz

STRAW INTO GOLD is a textile upcycling club founded by women in and out of prison. In a two-part workshop series at Chemnitz Prison and in a garage at the Kulturhaus Arthur, they work on damaged, discarded garments, practising visible mending and paint- ing, printing or decorating them. Everyone is invited to join in. In a parallel exhibition at Kulturhaus Arthur, documentary photos taken by inmates of Chemnitz Prison provide an insight into the creative and artistic processes happening inside the prison walls.

When? August 14, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Where? Location to be announced

Events

Wednesday
until

"Ersatzteillager" by Martin Maleschka

Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge

Exhibition Main programme
Wednesday
until

"That a good Germany may flourish..." Life in the post-war period 1945 to 1949

TIETZ

Dialogue Arts
Thursday
until

Exhibition Silberglanz & Kumpeltod

smac - State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz, Stefan-Heym-Platz 1, 09111 Chemnitz

Exhibition Main programme
Thursday
until

"Ersatzteillager" by Martin Maleschka

Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge

Exhibition Main programme
All day

Unfolded - Ready - Go: Publication of ChemNetz - The city map of self-made urban culture

Chemnitz

Debate Teenagers
Friday
until

Exhibition Silberglanz & Kumpeltod

smac - State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz, Stefan-Heym-Platz 1, 09111 Chemnitz

Exhibition Main programme
Friday
until

"Ersatzteillager" by Martin Maleschka

Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge

Exhibition Main programme
Friday
until

Literary insights into precarious working environments

Stadtwirtschaft

Dialogue Reading
Friday
until

The Clown and Europe (UA) | Inside Outside Europe

Bühne Freiberg

Elderly people Main programme
t.b.a.

Dance workshop

St Joseph's parish hall

Education Creative offer

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.