Eco-casting Fridge Magnets with The Rainbow Artisan | Earth Heroes
Eco-casting Fridge Magnets with The Rainbow Artisan | Earth Heroes
Sat, Aug 13, 14:00
Bukit Batok Public Library - Programme Zone • Singapore
Free
Renew Earth Sweatshop | artseen
Date and time
Tap on your creativity to renew discarded fashion waste into new wearables and usable items
About this event
Important Notice
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About the Event
Renew Earth Sweat Shop will be opening its “reverse” sweat shop at library@harbourfront from 20 July to 8 August 2022.
Initiated by independent cultural and social enterprise, Post-Museum, and organised by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), the Renew Earth Sweat Shop presents as part of its showcase, a series of workshops, students’ research on fashion waste, and their catalogue of sustainable fashion and product designs.
The upcycling workshops led by NAFA students will take you through the creation of new and fresh items using fashion waste, taking place on Friday 22 July to Sunday 24 July, 11am - 1pm and 3pm - 5pm. It offers the basics of design and sewing and you will be able to take home the item at the end of the session. All materials and equipment will be provided, and the workshops are suitable for all levels of sewing competencies.
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About Renew Earth Sweat Shop
Renew Earth Sweatshop is a community and participatory art project reacting to the environmental impact and labour conditions linked to the global fashion industry. Renew Earth Sweatshop is an attempt to ‘reverse’ sweatshops – to become what a sweatshop is not, to counter waste, to rethink labour and ultimately to renew our earth. This year, it has set itself the goal of unwasting 500kg of fashion waste. It is one of this year’s grantees of the SG Eco Fund.
About artseen
This programme is organized by artseen, an NLB initiative that seeks to foster libraries as vibrant arts literacy spaces, where artists and the community connect and engage in authentic art experiences.
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artseen is supported by the National Arts Council. Woodlands, Jurong and Tampines Regional Libraries are part of the National Arts Council's Arts and Culture Nodes Network.