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S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Exhibit Examines High Cost of Fast Fashion, opens in Cathedral City
Angel View's thrift store items featured in artful presentation
S.C.R.A.P. GALLERY EXHIBIT EXAMINES THE HIGH COST OF FAST FASHION
Statistics show the average American throws out about 70 pounds of textile waste per year. Annually, a billion articles of clothing are produced and sold around the world.
What happens to all these clothes? What is the impact on the environment?
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These questions will be explored in Bursting At The Seams – The Fast Track To Slow Fashion, the new exhibition at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, opening Saturday, June 3 from 6-8 p.m. at 68718 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Cathedral City.
The exhibit features work by artists from around the United States, thrift store clothing as art and textile waste assemblages created by students from Painted Hills Middle School in Desert Hot Springs.
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Some of the clothing in the exhibit were “re-styled” from the Angel View resale store on Pierson Boulevard in Desert Hot Springs, according to Executive Director Karen Riley of S.C.R.A.P (Student Creative Recycle Art Program.)
“There is definitely a cost, socially and environmentally, in trying to keep up with fashion trends. Underneath all the style and beauty, there is something really ugly,” said Riley. “This is a global problem and we wanted to highlight how we can educate and address it locally.”
Bursting At The Seams will run through the August.
Information: (760) 861-6479.
More about our program:
The S.C.R.A.P. Gallery (Student Creative Recycle Art Program) is sustainable, adaptable and always on the move to make things happen. The S.C.R.A.P. Collab is the Gallery's annex, in a pop up version. We collaborate with students, artists, businesses and the general public on important environmental issues. As we have done in the past, it's housed in a reusable space, but our Gallery, programs and philosophy are transformative and portable if it needs to be. Our Collab is located at 68718 E. Palm Canyon Drive in Cathedral City and we will continue to offer what we do best - creating and making things happen for a better world.
