Eli Akerfeldt-Howard will present a program/workshop on May 11, 2023.
This presentation will aim to lay the foundations for what sustainability is, who is responsible for it, and how we can contribute as fiber artists. Some of the topics that will be covered include:
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- How to define sustainability as it relates to the fashion and textile industry
- The emergence of sustainable discourse in North American culture
- A closer look at corporate social and environmental responsibility
- Who is responsible for making sustainability “happen”?
- The Maker Movement and topics of scale and locality in relation to sustainable discourse
- The intersection of fiber arts and sustainability
- How sustainability has shaped my practices at Hemma Textiles thus far