Exhibitions and Events

Fashioning DIY and Craft Revivalism

2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This panel will discuss the role of DIY and craft movements in international contexts, focusing on theories of aesthetic embodiment and the materializing practices of cultural producers and consumers within the ever changing global economy. The featured speakers offer insights into the histories and practices of DIY from Punk culture in NYC to developments within the creative industries and youth cultural entrepreneurship in Indonesia, as well as linking connections between the 19th century American Arts and Crafts Movement, and its current appreciation, to the revival of craft and slow fashion practices in contemporary Russia.

Speakers include:

Liudmila Aliabieva, editor-in-chief Fashion Theory Russia and lecturer in Critical and Cultural Studies at the British Higher School of Art & Design, Moscow
Brent Luvaas, assistant professor of Anthropology, Drexel University
Fran Mascia-Lees, professor of Anthropology and Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rutgers University
Marvin Taylor, director, Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University

The panel is organized by Heike Jenss, director MA Fashion Studies and Todd Nicewonger, post-doctoral fellow in Fashion Studies, School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons The New School for Design.

The event is part of the Fashion Cultures Lecture, a shared course bringing together students in the MA Fashion Studies/ADHT and MFA Fashion Design and Society Students/SOF programs, co-taught by Francesca Granata, assistant professor of Fashion Studies and Todd Nicewonger, post-doctoral fellow in Fashion Studies, ADHT.

Location:

Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

Admission:
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

Special Needs:

If a person attending your event has a special needs request, i.e. hearing assistance or wheelchair accessibility, they should contact the organizer of the event at:

Email: nisonr@newschool.edu