The Museum of Science hosts a sustainable fashion show as part of their yearlong spotlight on climate change.
An avocado-dyed outfit made from a no-waste pattern by MassArt student Lizzy Williams
For the first time, the Museum of Science (mos. org) is dedicating one full calendar year of programming to climate change. e yearlong spotlight, called Earthshot, is the vision of President Tim Ritchie and the museum’s Centers for Public Science Learning whose role it is to “infuse the intellectual and creative capital of the wider community into the museum and translate that into exhibits, programs and curriculum,” says James Wetzel Monroe, the creative director of programming. “Climate change is so vital and important that we’re focused on creating exhibitions and experiences with the hope of inspiring the public to understand how they can participate and why they need to participate.”
An outfit designed by MassArt student Ren Sison
One event planned for May 16, How We’ll Live: Sustainable Lifestyles of the Future, will feature a panel with Leneigh White from the Boston Modern Quilt Guild, who creates quilts from upcycled denim, professor and chair of the fashion design department at MassArt, Jennifer Varekamp, the head of communication at Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture, Meera Zassenhaus and a soon-to-be-announced musical guest. A conversation with the panelists will begin at 7 p.m. in the Blue Wing and afterwards, a celebration of their work. There will be music, the quilts will be on display and there will be a pop-up fashion show with MassArt students showcasing their sustainable designs.
A non-textile garment designed by Ren Sison
“We want the show to be not only seeing the fashion, but also raising awareness around what it means to be sustainable and how that impacts the consumer,” says Varekamp.
The event is free and open to the public. Simply register through SubSpace, the adult programming hub on the Museum of Science’s website. And keep an eye out for future events this summer and fall.
Photography by: CONOR DOHERTY; ALYSSA DUNCAN
