The presentation will take place in the Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Attendance in person is free.
Eventbrite tickets are for those who cannot attend in person and would like to view the live Zoom broadcast. A recording will be available for 14 days following the talk.
Textile Arts Council Members: You do NOT need to purchase a ticket, your link will be emailed to you.
A Fibershed is a geographically defined area where natural fibers are grown, processed, and made into textiles, with the goal of creating a closed-loop system that supports local economies and ecological health. It's a regional approach to the textile industry, emphasizing local sourcing, processing, and the eventual return of textiles to the soil through composting.
The materials required for a flourishing Fibershed are present throughout California’s coastal hills, the San Joaquin Valley and the foothill regions. This presentation will explore the foundations of our Fibershed, while providing updates as to what is emerging between the urban and the rural, the communities where the infrastructure of material culture is being rebuilt, and where culture building hotspots are emerging through skill sharing and ecological restoration.
Rebecca Burgess is the Founder and Executive Director of Fibershed, and the Board Chair for Carbon Cycle Institute. She has over a decade of experience writing and implementing a hands-on curriculum that focuses on the intersection of restoration ecology and fiber systems.
Rebecca is the author of the best-selling book Harvesting Color, a bioregional look into the natural dye traditions of North America, and Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy released in 2019.
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