TEXTILES THAT HEAL
TALKING TEXTILES ONLINE CONFERENCE 2022
Friday, September 30
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (New York)
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Paris)
Tickets
FREE for students & faculty (current email address required)
General Admission: $100 (includes a copy of Talking Textiles magazine valued at $100)
At a time when the news cycle feels more like a cyclone, we can take refuge in the fabrics of life to appease humanity. Textiles have the power to connect us spirituality, socially and emotionally. They can heal trauma, promote inclusivity, stand up against oppression and honour artisanal traditions. Through touch and the very act of making, the material culture of tomorrow offers an empowering social platform for sustainability, diversity, health and wellness.
Join Li Edelkoort, Philip Fimmano and invited international speakers for this not-to-be-missed annual textile conference, as part of New York Textile Month and the Talking Textiles educational initiative.
PROGRAMME: Friday, September 30
(New York EST times)
9:00 AM Li Edelkoort, trend forecaster
FROM DISRUPTION TO SALVATION
9:20 AM Sugandha Gupta, textile designer
FROM TOUCH TO EMOTION
9:40 AM Rachel Cohen, founder & executive director, Common Threads Project
FROM TRAUMA TO HEALING
10:00 AM Nuala Goodman, designer
FROM RESISTANCE TO COLOUR
10:20 AM Preeti Gopinath, Director, MFA Textiles, Parsons / The New School
FROM INTROSPECTION TO PHILOSOPHY
10:40 AM Li Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano, co-founders, Farm to Fabric to Fashion, Polimoda
FROM FARM TO FABRIC
11:00 AM Heidi Hankaneimi, artist
FROM MIND TO MENDING
11:20 AM Yukako Satone, Saori weaver & founder, Loop of the Loom
FROM ZEN TO RECOVERY
11:40 AM Royce Epstein, LEED AP, A&D Design Director, Mohawk Group
FROM SCHOOL TO STAR: Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize Announcement
12:00 PM Li Edelkoort, trend forecaster
FROM CHARACTER TO CREATIVITY
1:00 PM APPROXIMATE END