Pratt Institute

Pratt Manhattan Gallery

144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor 
New York, NY 10011 
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm

212-647-7778
(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


Our 2009/10 Exhibition Season is "Design and Sustainability".

Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion

Through February 20, 2010


Free Panel Discussion with Curators and Designers

January 26, 2010, 6pm, Room 213, adjacent to the gallery, no reservations required

The first American exhibition to explore the work of artists and designers who seek practical and symbolic solutions to the question of integrating sustainable practices into the fashion system.

The exhibition is organized around three main themes: Reduce, Revalue and Rethink, expanding on the traditional ecological mantra Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by acknowledging the importance of aesthetics within fashion design.

Guest Curators: Francesca Granata and Sarah Scaturro

Artists/Designers: Bodkin, Alabama Chanin, Susan Cianciolo, Kelly Cobb, Loomstate, Rogan, Max Osterweis/ Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, SANS, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Uluru, and Andrea Zittel and Tiprin Follett/Smockshop

A full color catalog of the exhibition will be available, made possible by a generous grant from the Coby Foundation, Ltd.

Image: Alabama Chanin, sleeveless dress from the "Song Birds Collection," 2008.

Photo by Russ Harrington

Click for reviews of the show at:
ChangeObserver
EcoFashionWorld.com 
Examiner.com 
DailyCandy.com
Timeout
Treehugger.com
Artnet.com
Fashionprojects.org
Sparked
SmashingDarling.com
AbsoluteArts.com
WornThrough.com
ThreadsMagazine.com
SustainabilityDigest.com
ZeroFabricWasteFashion
DesignDB.com
EthicalStyle.com
TravelDeals
CatalystsDR
DomusWeb


For more information please call 212.647.7778 or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Podcasts are available at www.pratt.edu/exhibitions. Follow the gallery on Facebook, search "Pratt Manhattan Gallery"; and Twitter, friend "PrattGallery."

<< February 2010 >>
S M T W T F S
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 1 2 3 4 5 6

Also In About Pratt