Mann Library
Threading the Needle: Weaving Traditions into Contemporary Textile Art
March 23 – August 27, 2023 at the Mann Library Gallery
Using needle and thread, warp and weft, 28 artists mend and explore the meaning and self-expression behind textile creation and envision a future of textiles and slow fashion that brings storytelling back into the conversation and back into our own relationship with the textiles in our lives.
Threading the Needle: Weaving Traditions into Contemporary Textile Art features the following artists:
Yasmeen Abdallah | Jan Kather |
Curated by Jenny Leijonhufvud, Gallery and Outreach Spaces Coordinator at Mann Library and Marcie Farwell, Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Textile Industry Curator at the Kheel Center
Opening event for Threading the Needle: March 23rd from 4-6 at the Mann Library Gallery.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sustaining Style: Towards Responsible Fashion
March 23 – September 15, 2023 in the Mann Library Lobby
For the past half century, fast fashion has been booming business. While stylish clothing has become more affordable than ever before, the industry’s development has come at serious cost to industry workers and the natural environment. Issues linked to the modern fashion industry include rising global carbon emissions, microplastic pollution of the world’s oceans, and widespread pesticide use, to name just a few. Daunting as these problems are, recent advocacy and research in the field of fiber science and apparel design point to promising solutions for realizing a more sustainable way of producing and consuming fashion. On display in the Mann Library lobby, “Sustaining Style: Toward More Responsible Fashion” explores ideas for improvement and action across the clothing life cycle, spotlighting work in the use of earth-friendly fibers, recycled clothing, less wasteful manufacturing, and other innovations being investigated here at Cornell University and around the world.
Curated by Peggy Tully, Outreach & Public Programming Specialist; Paul Jensen, Collections Management & Exhibits Research Assistant and Eveline Ferretti, Public Programs & Communications Administrator at Mann Library
Events at Mann Library associated with Sustaining Style and Threading the Needle
- Threads: Sustaining India’s Textile Tradition, film screening with professor of communication Katherine Sender (Mann Room 102, Tuesday, April 11, 4:00 p.m.)
- Sew Creative: A Hands-on Workshop on the Techniques of Stitching (Mann Room 102, Friday, April 14; 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.; registration required)
- Clothing Exchange in collaboration with Cornell Thrift (Mann Lobby, date & time TBD).
