Textiles 101 Pop-Up: Collage (NEW DATE)

Stop by the museum anytime between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. for a hands-on program inspired by the exhibition Source Material: Lessons in Responsible Fashion. Led by Chesapeake Fibershed, this mini workshop invites you to reimagine old clothes and scraps as art. Use textiles and magazine cuttings to create textured mixed-media Valentine's cards from everyday materials. Participants are welcome to bring one or two of their own clothing items or use the materials provided.  

About the Exhibition 

The impacts of overproduction and overconsumption in the global fashion industry are uniquely modern challenges, but promising solutions can be found in textile traditions from the past. Source Material: Lessons in Responsible Fashion pairs historical garments from The Textile Museum Collection with works by contemporary fashion designers returning to more responsible uses of materials and resources. Learn more about the exhibition 

About Chesapeake Fibershed

Chesapeake Fibershed works to create a regional network among fiber producers, mills, dyers, artisans and enthusiasts. They develop regional and regenerative fiber systems on behalf of independent working producers by expanding opportunities to implement carbon farming, forming catalytic foundations to rebuild regional manufacturing, and connecting end-users to farms and ranches through public education. Chesapeake Fibershed envisions the emergence of an international system of regional textile communities that enlivens connection and ownership of “soil-to-soil” textile processes. Learn more about Chesapeake Fibershed

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