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SUMMARY:seam collective - Textile Talks: Textiles\, sustainability and collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Somerton Parish Rooms + ACEarts\, Market Place\, Somerton\, Somerset\, TA11 7NB \nAs part of the Warped and Wasted project\, seam collective are hosting Textile Talks: Textiles\, sustainability and collaboration\, a one-day symposium on Friday 3 October 2025\, both online and in-person in Somerton. seam invites the public and their peers in the fields of textiles\, visual arts and sustainability to join the conversation as they\, and invited speakers\, discuss issues of textiles and sustainability and add to the critical dialogue around sustainable arts practices locally\, nationally and internationally. \nThe speakers are: \nJudith van den Boom\, our host\, leads the MA in Regenerative Design at Central St. Martins in London and she has been mentoring the Warped and Wasted project. Judith’s talk Warped and Wasted: A Collective Process to Practice Life\, explores how we can understand sustainability not as a passive concept\, but as an active\, living-learning practice. \nPaula Orrell\, the National Director of CVAN England (Contemporary Visual Arts Network)\, will speak on the role of the visual arts\, including textiles\, as vital cultural infrastructure and as a driver of social and economic growth. \nHelen Carnac with seam members Alice-Marie Archer\, Oliver Bliss\, Nina Gronw Lewis\, Angie Parker and Nicola Turner in-conversation. Helen\, an artist and curator who has also been mentoring seam\, will lead the in-conversation\, asking the members to reflect on the Warped and Wasted project and how it is changing their approach to sustainability in their collaborative and individual practices. \nBecky Earley\, Professor of Circular Design Futures at Chelsea College of Arts\, University of the Arts London\, is a designer\, researcher and educator whose work concerns the climate crisis. Becky will be bringing materials and creative thinking tools to the event and share with the audience the research outcomes from her most recent research\, presenting the current landscape of sustainable\, circular and regenerative textiles. \nRead more about the Programme\, Speakers and Talks here\, and the Warped and Wasted project here. \nAll talks will be recorded. If you can’t make the date or time\, all ticket holders will be sent recordings on 8th October. The recordings can be accessed for two weeks (until 22nd October). \n*** To reduce the cost of tickets\, lunch is not included in the in-person ticket price. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch or support one of the many lovely local businesses in Somerton.***
URL:https://theloomshed.com/calendar-event/seam-collective/
LOCATION:Somerton Parish Rooms + ACEarts\, Market Place\, Somerton\, Somerset\, TA11 7NB\, Somerton Parish Rooms + ACEarts\, Market Place\, Somerton\, Somerset\, TA11 7NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online Talk,Talks
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