Welcome to Fall!
I wanted to share a new initiative I’m spearheading; one that I hope attracts the interest of other communities that wish to engage and begin a dialogue about resource consumption.
The Sustainable Mending in our Communities campaign (SMIOC) mission is to encourage the triple C’s:
Collaboration,
Community,
Creativity
This initiative aims to jumpstart 12 months of sustainable practices such as, Repairing our clothes and slowing down on unnecessary consumption but it’s much more than that. It is about engagement and thoughtful approaches to creative people power; ways in which we can help, learn and share about ourselves with our community and become involved with simple practices, to scale back on resource waste.
I hope it begins with our clothes and becomes so much more for all of us.
The end project is a textile mural completed by community members from near and far.
if you wish to participate, please reply with your email address and I will get the materials and more information sent to you.
This is open to anyone +18 years old, in the continental USA. I will be distributing and collecting 10”, up-cycled fabric squares stitched by hand for 12 months. At the end they will all be put into a mural and exhibited locally.
There is no need for fancy hand-stitches and I provide the repurposed textiles. if you know of someone that would like to participate, please share this blog post with them even if it’s not relevant to you.
If you are in the Grand Rapids, MN area during the Rural Arts & Culture Summit, stop by the MacRostie Art Center at 405 1st Avenue NW this Friday from 11- 12 pm to learn more about it.
Thanks for looking!
Cheers.
