Mask Making Resources

Learn more about how to aid the Richmond community by making face masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19. We’ve compiled information about how to help, where to get supplies and where to watch demos online: 

Contribute to Local Mask Making Efforts

• This local Facebook group is a resource for how to request or donate masks and supplies, volunteer to drive supplies, and much more 
• VisArts is supporting Studio Two Three, 1708 Gallery, U-Fab, VCUarts and VCU da Vinci Center for the Call for Mutual Aid: Seeking Support for Making Masks 
• How to assist Bon Secours with necessary supplies 
• How to assists VCU Health with necessary supplies 

Make Masks at Home

• CDC: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
• Make a no-sew pleated face mask with just three items with these instructions 
• Tutorial for making a mask from household materials 
• Joann Fabrics stores are offering Take & Make kits for masks on a first-come, first-served basis locally as well as patterns, tutorials and more. Joann Fabrics also shared a mask-making tutorial on YouTube