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Past Threads, Future Fits

October 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

A workshop exploring Black textile legacies, ancestral practices & regenerative fashion.

Black Earth United and Elso Inc with Jocelyn Rice, Rachael Wong, Kenneth Turner and Evette Gonzalez present Past Threads, Future Fits, an invitation into a collaborative exploration of textile legacies. Through a combination of lecture and storytelling, we will explore how textiles function as cultural archives and tools for imagining the future.

Our facilitators will share ancestral textile practices from the African Diaspora, emphasizing sustainability and regeneration. Participants will create small textile pieces using recycled and donated fabrics, embodying the concept that what we leave behind can also be transformed into something new.

This program highlights Black artistry, reclaiming narratives often excluded from mainstream textile history, and fostering intergenerational exchange. Rooted in community and shared knowledge across cultures and generations, our legacies offer pathways for collaboration, learning, and transformation.

*By donation, sliding scale taken at the event

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Details

Date:
October 18
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
Cost:
Free
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Event Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/past-threads-future-fits-tickets-1736141960339?aff=oddtdtcreator

Organized By

ELSO Inc
Black Earth United

Venue

PLACE
735 NW 18th Ave,
Portland, OR 97209
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