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Category Archives: Annual Festivals

Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS / Artist Anecdote

Ravel A Project for Art in Odd Places 2023: Dress, by Deirdre Macleod From the ground up Find a space to sit and weave.At odds, out of place, but in plain sight. “I’m from the Philippines… This is my mother.”“That looks really difficult…is it really difficult?”“…we use machines to weave there, to make very fine cloth.” […]

Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS / Thinkers in Residence

A Runway Walk Through Fashion History By Jonquil O’Reilly As a fashion historian, I can’t help but view contemporary clothing through an historical lens and compare trends and sartorial choices to those from centuries past. With “fast fashion” so immediately available today, we’ve largely lost sight of the time, skilled craftsmanship and sheer expense that […]