Instagram Story Save

Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Artist Studios — Open Call for Proposals

We invite the UBC community—including students, staff, researchers, departments, residents, partners, and beyond—to submit proposals to engage with the Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and/or FLEET Mobile Artist Studio. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, and creative practice intersect. We seek creative and/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture and land-based activities, slow fashion and sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, and interdisciplinary experimentation.
The site, part of UBC's Campus as a Living Lab program, is a collaboration between UBC Campus + Community Planning and the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, with the FLEET Studio managed by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects.

The Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Studio will be at UBC’s Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory, from May 2026 through at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, and the open green space.

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
DEADLINE: June 15, 2026, noon
APPLY AT link in @fibregardenubc bio

Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Artist Studios — Open Call for Proposals

We invite the UBC community—including students, staff, researchers, departments, residents, partners, and beyond—to submit proposals to engage with the Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and/or FLEET Mobile Artist Studio. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, and creative practice intersect. We seek creative and/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture and land-based activities, slow fashion and sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, and interdisciplinary experimentation.
The site, part of UBC's Campus as a Living Lab program, is a collaboration between UBC Campus + Community Planning and the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, with the FLEET Studio managed by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects.

The Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Studio will be at UBC’s Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory, from May 2026 through at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, and the open green space.

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
DEADLINE: June 15, 2026, noon
APPLY AT link in @fibregardenubc bio

Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Artist Studios — Open Call for Proposals

We invite the UBC community—including students, staff, researchers, departments, residents, partners, and beyond—to submit proposals to engage with the Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and/or FLEET Mobile Artist Studio. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, and creative practice intersect. We seek creative and/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture and land-based activities, slow fashion and sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, and interdisciplinary experimentation.
The site, part of UBC's Campus as a Living Lab program, is a collaboration between UBC Campus + Community Planning and the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, with the FLEET Studio managed by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects.

The Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Studio will be at UBC’s Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory, from May 2026 through at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, and the open green space.

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
DEADLINE: June 15, 2026, noon
APPLY AT link in @fibregardenubc bio

Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Artist Studios — Open Call for Proposals

We invite the UBC community—including students, staff, researchers, departments, residents, partners, and beyond—to submit proposals to engage with the Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden and/or FLEET Mobile Artist Studio. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, and creative practice intersect. We seek creative and/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture and land-based activities, slow fashion and sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, and interdisciplinary experimentation.
The site, part of UBC's Campus as a Living Lab program, is a collaboration between UBC Campus + Community Planning and the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, with the FLEET Studio managed by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects.

The Fibre Garden and FLEET Mobile Studio will be at UBC’s Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory, from May 2026 through at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, and the open green space.

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
DEADLINE: June 15, 2026, noon
APPLY AT link in @fibregardenubc bio

Here’s something I made over the past day…
If the plan is to use my linen yarn for a woven T-shirt, I think it should be sewn on the bias. So I made a test re-using this shirt from a donation bin, aiming for as little waste as possible (the little pile is all the offcuts not used). A little smaller and more cropped than intended, but a good trial. There was even enough for a pocket!

While working on it, I kept thinking that teenage me would have been happy that I invented a job for myself where playing on a sewing machine is part of my purpose.

#homemadeyear #upcycling #zerowastesewing

Here’s something I made over the past day…
If the plan is to use my linen yarn for a woven T-shirt, I think it should be sewn on the bias. So I made a test re-using this shirt from a donation bin, aiming for as little waste as possible (the little pile is all the offcuts not used). A little smaller and more cropped than intended, but a good trial. There was even enough for a pocket!

While working on it, I kept thinking that teenage me would have been happy that I invented a job for myself where playing on a sewing machine is part of my purpose.

#homemadeyear #upcycling #zerowastesewing

Here’s something I made over the past day…
If the plan is to use my linen yarn for a woven T-shirt, I think it should be sewn on the bias. So I made a test re-using this shirt from a donation bin, aiming for as little waste as possible (the little pile is all the offcuts not used). A little smaller and more cropped than intended, but a good trial. There was even enough for a pocket!

While working on it, I kept thinking that teenage me would have been happy that I invented a job for myself where playing on a sewing machine is part of my purpose.

#homemadeyear #upcycling #zerowastesewing

We are very delighted to announce 📣✨ FLEET is rolling to UBC!

FLEET: UBC will be located in the innovative Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden at the Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory until at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

Submit a proposal to The Open Call!
📅 Deadline June 15th at noon

This call is for the UBC community and beyond — to engage with FLEET and/or the Fibre Garden. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, & creative practice intersect. We seek creative &/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture & land-based activities, slow fashion & sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, & interdisciplinary experimentation.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, & the open green space.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
APPLY: Link in bio

More info at fleetstudios.org

#FLEETMobileArtistStudios #FLEETUBC #othersightsforartistsprojects
@fibregardenubc

We are very delighted to announce 📣✨ FLEET is rolling to UBC!

FLEET: UBC will be located in the innovative Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden at the Point Grey Campus, on unceded, ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory until at least April 2028. The site is located off the University Blvd. trolley-bus loop, between Gordon B. Shrum and Wesbrook buildings. Projects can begin as early as July 2026.

Submit a proposal to The Open Call!
📅 Deadline June 15th at noon

This call is for the UBC community and beyond — to engage with FLEET and/or the Fibre Garden. This unique public space is a dynamic research and learning site where textiles, agriculture, traditional land practices, & creative practice intersect. We seek creative &/or community-engaged proposals to activate the space with urban agriculture & land-based activities, slow fashion & sustainable textile practices, public space innovation, knowledge exchange, & interdisciplinary experimentation.

POSSIBLE ACTIVATIONS: Propose a short term or intermittent, seasonal, or longer-term project using any or a combination of the studio, the research plots, & the open green space.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

ON-SITE INFO SESSIONS:
Wednesday, May 27, 11am-1pm
Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm
APPLY: Link in bio

More info at fleetstudios.org

#FLEETMobileArtistStudios #FLEETUBC #othersightsforartistsprojects
@fibregardenubc

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

The Vancouver Art Book Fair was fun and busy but I got to make a few more little Drawing Connections drawings, even of my friends. If you know the other folks, I would give them to them.
@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

Drawing Connections at Vancouver Art Book Fair. I have some existing drawings but also have been making new ones and sometimes giving them to the people.

@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

Drawing Connections at Vancouver Art Book Fair. I have some existing drawings but also have been making new ones and sometimes giving them to the people.

@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

Drawing Connections at Vancouver Art Book Fair. I have some existing drawings but also have been making new ones and sometimes giving them to the people.

@vancouverartbookfair #drawingconnections

Making an appearance at the @vancouverartbookfair this weekend, with my “League Play Book” artist book co-edited with @simonadolinska , some trading-card-like drawings from “Drawing Connections,” some of the last remaining face masks from the “Crowd Shyness” project, and some UBC student printmaking work to be revealed.

Making an appearance at the @vancouverartbookfair this weekend, with my “League Play Book” artist book co-edited with @simonadolinska , some trading-card-like drawings from “Drawing Connections,” some of the last remaining face masks from the “Crowd Shyness” project, and some UBC student printmaking work to be revealed.

Making an appearance at the @vancouverartbookfair this weekend, with my “League Play Book” artist book co-edited with @simonadolinska , some trading-card-like drawings from “Drawing Connections,” some of the last remaining face masks from the “Crowd Shyness” project, and some UBC student printmaking work to be revealed.

Making an appearance at the @vancouverartbookfair this weekend, with my “League Play Book” artist book co-edited with @simonadolinska , some trading-card-like drawings from “Drawing Connections,” some of the last remaining face masks from the “Crowd Shyness” project, and some UBC student printmaking work to be revealed.

I finished processing my flax from the past two years and am going to make it into a T-shirt but am trying to decide whether to weave it or knit it. As tests, that woven swatchwas 1-ply woven at 12 threads per inch and shrunk in finishing to about 14. The knit swatch was 2-ply on 3.5 mm needles. If I knit, it might need to be a crop top or tank.

Stats: this is about 930 yards, from two 75 sq.ft harvests—though one of them was very poor. UK researcher Zoe Gilbertson figured you need about 13 sq.m (about 130 sq.ft) of flax to make a pair of jeans, so I’m getting half that yield. I’m not good at processing yet—but we are starting a research project including small-scale machinery for flax-to-linen processing.

I finished processing my flax from the past two years and am going to make it into a T-shirt but am trying to decide whether to weave it or knit it. As tests, that woven swatchwas 1-ply woven at 12 threads per inch and shrunk in finishing to about 14. The knit swatch was 2-ply on 3.5 mm needles. If I knit, it might need to be a crop top or tank.

Stats: this is about 930 yards, from two 75 sq.ft harvests—though one of them was very poor. UK researcher Zoe Gilbertson figured you need about 13 sq.m (about 130 sq.ft) of flax to make a pair of jeans, so I’m getting half that yield. I’m not good at processing yet—but we are starting a research project including small-scale machinery for flax-to-linen processing.

If I have to spend the weekend writing grant proposals, there could be worse settings. Note carefully calibrated rain line.

Here’s our new Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden at UBC. This week we are racing to get in a few test beds for flax, which prefers cool weather, and the surrounding area will soon be prepared with larger research plots for more flax, milkweed, nettle, dogbane, and other fibre plants.

Thanks to the Campus as a Living Lab program and to project collaborators Campus and Community Planning. We also have great community and research partners EartHand Gleaners, Karla Sandwith, Kathy Dunster, and @mackenziekellyfrere involved.

Here’s our new Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden at UBC. This week we are racing to get in a few test beds for flax, which prefers cool weather, and the surrounding area will soon be prepared with larger research plots for more flax, milkweed, nettle, dogbane, and other fibre plants.

Thanks to the Campus as a Living Lab program and to project collaborators Campus and Community Planning. We also have great community and research partners EartHand Gleaners, Karla Sandwith, Kathy Dunster, and @mackenziekellyfrere involved.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at UBC saw ECU students, alums and faculty contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

@slowfashionseason brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,” says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson (@made_by_aud).

Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members, which she and her peers modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at @moa_ubc.

Slow Fashion Season was created by interdisciplinary artist, curator and UBC faculty member Germaine Koh (@germkoh) with support from ECU faculty member and @MaterialMatters.ecu cofounder Hélène Day Fraser and ECU faculty member Heather Young.

Click the link in bio to learn more about this extraordinary initiative!

📸 Photos 1, 2, 7-16 by Yin Mei; 3-6 by Perrin Grauer.

Image Credits:

1. (L-R) Shelly Kositsky, Yuki Xiang, Jonah Randell, Sophie Ryznar at the UBC Slow Fashion Season event.
2. (L-R) Audrey Allanson, Tenaya Fogelman, Saanvi Bhat (top), Emilia Abundis, Eden Eisses.
3. Tenaya Fogelman and Audrey Allanson create garments from sails during a design charrette at ECU.
4. Tenaya Fogelman works on a garment made from donated sails.
5. (L-R): Karen Morales, Yuki Xiang and Pengmin (Adora) Xu create garments from repurposed sails at ECU.
6. (L-R): Audrey Allanson, Jonah Randell and Tenaya Fogelman collaborate on a garment made from repurposed sails.
7.Artist, curator and Slow Fashion Season founder Germaine Koh on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show.
8-16. ECU students on the Slow Fashion Show runway.

Slow Fashion Season Models Sustainable Future for Clothing Design
APRIL 22, 2026
BY: PERRIN GRAUER

"In collaboration with UBC, ECU students, alums and faculty members helped ignite the second annual series of events sharing research, design and artwork with the public.

"A collaboration with the Slow Fashion: Circular Textiles, Sustainable Fibre research cluster at the University of British Columbia (UBC) saw students, alums and faculty at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) contribute to a series of projects exploring how textiles can be made more sustainable.

"Slow Fashion Season 2026 brought students together with artists, scholars, researchers, architects, engineers and industry partners to work on the complex problems of sustainability in textiles and clothing and share knowledge with the public.

“'Participating in Slow Fashion Season reinforced that I’ve learned all these practical skills — I can stitch and sew and build — but more importantly, I have a design sense. That I can trust both my technical abilities and my aesthetic eye,' says fourth-year Industrial Design student Audrey Allanson.

"Audrey was among the students and alums who collaborated to create a series of garments from sails donated by ECU faculty members Eugenia Bertulis, Laura Kozak and Bonne Zabolotney, which she and her peers then modelled on the runway during the Slow Fashion Show at the Museum of Anthropology.[...]

Read more at the link in our bio or at https://ecuad.ca/slow-fashion-season-models-sustainable-future-clothing-design/

Photo by Yin Mei @melted_epiphanies

Rally caps working at Cs’ game for team end-of-term outing.