Posts Tagged ‘sustainable fashion’

Photo of the Day!

As you know, we’ve been busy up here in northern New Hampshire. In addition to the killer fashion show my students participated in on Friday night (I’m putting together a slide show to share with you soon!), I made a presentation to the all-class assembly on Saturday morning to kick off Week 2 of the Artward Bound workshops at Holderness School (yes, that means there’s a whole new group of students preparing for another fashion show before week’s end!).

I spoke about the beginnings of Generation T, the commitment to sustainable DIY fashion, and the concept of “ReMake It New” (the theme of this year’s Artward Bound program)–all framed by a proposed revised perspective on the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle –> Remake, Refashion, Reclaim).

Well, each day, a photo is selected by the Head of School to represent the goings-on at Holderness School… and I made it onto the front page on Saturday (March 12, 2011)–poor posture and all!

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Plymouth, NH @ Holderness Artward Bound

Because there’s nothing quite like March in New England, I’m heading north with Generation T to spend quality time with some creative teenagers at Holderness School as part of an artist-in-residency program called Artward Bound (like Outward Bound, but with art!). I’ll be sharing the time and space with eight other artists, who are all working around the central theme: Re-make it New. According to the mission and description of the 2011 program, we will “explore and celebrate…invention and resourcefulness. Re-source, re-use, re-make, re-balance, re-mix, reflect are the keywords that allow us to effectively tap the past, within the present, in order to construct a creative and sustainable future. Artists and performers of every kind are confronted with the daily challenge of making something new out of what is before them. It is said, ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ Never has that been more true, than in the eco-era of today. Invention is the ability to bring dissimilar ideas, tools, experience, and materials together in ways that surprise, instruct and lead.” That sure sounds all right to me!

Though the daytime class sessions are private, the evening performances are open to the community (including two eco-fashion shows premiering my students’ T-shirt refashion work) , and I’ll be posting more information about them as it becomes available. In the meantime, we’ll be sure to post plenty of pictures to share our progress throughout the two weeks that we get creative together!

Materials for the Generation T fashion workshops have been generously provided by the following sponsors: