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You know you want to see this new work up close! ☺️Join me tonight @mnmuseum for the opening of “What Holds and What Breaks” 6-8 pm, with my incredible McKnight cohort: @alisonhiltner @tinyocelot @rackleystudio @sophiachainyc @mignhad and in the words of the wise @alisonhiltner - I could not be in better company!!

Thanks so much to @melaniepankau and @hellokeishawilliams; @mcknightfdn and @mnmuseum for making this possible.

Reverberations, works on paper made from thread removed from used clothing, references what is left behind in communities where our clothes are made.

So looking forward to welcoming you to this exhibition opening!!! Sharing space with my brilliant McKnight cohort @alisonhiltner @sophiachainyc @mignhad @tinyocelot @rackleystudio at the @mnmuseum 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What Holds and What Breaks May 7-June 7, 2026 — OPENING RECEPTION MAY 7th 6-8 pm!

Thanks to @hellokeishawilliams @melaniepankau and the @mcknightfdn for making this happen!❤️

So looking forward to welcoming you to this exhibition opening!!! Sharing space with my brilliant McKnight cohort @alisonhiltner @sophiachainyc @mignhad @tinyocelot @rackleystudio at the @mnmuseum 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What Holds and What Breaks May 7-June 7, 2026 — OPENING RECEPTION MAY 7th 6-8 pm!

Thanks to @hellokeishawilliams @melaniepankau and the @mcknightfdn for making this happen!❤️

So looking forward to welcoming you to this exhibition opening!!! Sharing space with my brilliant McKnight cohort @alisonhiltner @sophiachainyc @mignhad @tinyocelot @rackleystudio at the @mnmuseum 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What Holds and What Breaks May 7-June 7, 2026 — OPENING RECEPTION MAY 7th 6-8 pm!

Thanks to @hellokeishawilliams @melaniepankau and the @mcknightfdn for making this happen!❤️

Something new on the wall today, made from some old things. Repair = care and solidarity means we are bound to one another. Fight the power. #protestbanner #garmentsolidarity #textileinstallation #solidaritybanner #reusereducerecycle♻️

Today is the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which killed 146 garment workers in New York City in 1911. Shroud honors their memory and the lives of the 1,134 garment workers who died in the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse 13 years ago. Garment workers have been exploited across time and across geographic borders. All workers deserve safe places to work today. The work for justice for garment workers continues today.From “The Labor We Wear” installed at @artsmia in 2020!

video credit: @msheykants

Looking forward to Saturday’s Mend-A-Thon!

Get your winter garments ready for storage and the summer garments ready for flaunting.

All donations will go to rent relief. We will mend for you (drop off or while-you-wait)
OR hang with others and mend your own! Tools and supplies provided. First come, first served, no zippers!

Drop off and hang out anytime between 10am-1pm. See you soon!

Looking forward to Saturday’s Mend-A-Thon!

Get your winter garments ready for storage and the summer garments ready for flaunting.

All donations will go to rent relief. We will mend for you (drop off or while-you-wait)
OR hang with others and mend your own! Tools and supplies provided. First come, first served, no zippers!

Drop off and hang out anytime between 10am-1pm. See you soon!

Looking forward to Saturday’s Mend-A-Thon!

Get your winter garments ready for storage and the summer garments ready for flaunting.

All donations will go to rent relief. We will mend for you (drop off or while-you-wait)
OR hang with others and mend your own! Tools and supplies provided. First come, first served, no zippers!

Drop off and hang out anytime between 10am-1pm. See you soon!

🪡MEND-A-THON FOR RENT RELIEF🪡

Last time we raised over $2,400 in rent relief for our neighbors; mending garments and our hearts with all that support. Let’s do it again!

Gather those garments and save the date:March 21st from 10am-1pm @curiositystudio_ .
We will mend for you (drop off or while-you-wait)
OR hang with others and mend your own! Tools and supplies provided.
First come, first served, no zippers!
Suggested donations start at $10 for neighborhood rent relief efforts.

See you there!

#mendingmatters

Celebrating the power of Protest — Unraveling Threads: Climate, Labor and the Clothes We Wear - Banners made from used clothing disassembled and reassembled into symbols of solidarity and resistance. Inspired by the original banners made by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union - @tcnjartgallery @knwebber#garmentsolidarity #whomadeyourclothes #protestbanner #kheelcenter #garmentworkers

🪡MEND-A-THON FOR RENT RELIEF🪡

Gather those garments and save the date: February 14th from 10am-4pm @curiositystudio_ .
We will mend for you (drop off or while-you-wait)
OR hang with others and mend your own! Tools and supplies provided.
First come, first served, no zippers!
Suggested donations start at $10 for neighborhood rent relief efforts.

See you there!

#mendingmatters

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

What a dream project to work on with my students and with Minneapolis artist @rbbreen who takes textiles destined for the landfill and makes them into art to protest and call attention to the human and environmental cost or the garment industry. Thank you to @mpezalla for introducing me to Rachel’s work and to @professorraya for her students animations that illustrate so well the exhibit narrative and to my journalism and environmental studies students for writing content and narrations. I got to include the implosion poster by @circularphl in the exhibit as well. Lots of great workshops are planned for this month. #sustainabilityeducation education #laborunions #campusasalivinglab

It was so interesting to hear about Rachel Breen's creative process, including research at Cornell archives on labor relations, and interviews and observations in Bangladeshi factories.Workers have historically paid a very high price for the clothes we wear. @rbbreen @kheelcenter @tcnjartgallery

I’m running out of room for this work in progress. The work wants to take over as there is so much to say and so much to protest. Thankful for the way my community is stepping up to resist and protect —thank you! Grateful for time in my studio and for the workers who made this fabric, dyed these bright colors and sewed these clothes - as I turn them into symbols of our power when we join together. Wishing everyone regenerative spirit as we keep going. ❤️

#garmentsolidarity #textileinstallation #fiberart #activistart #banner