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SUMMARY: Slow Fashion Lab Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: This exhibition features material research and textile-based a
 rt pieces\, created by members of the Slow Fashion Research Cluster and art
 ists with practices addressing sustainability in textiles.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><a href="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-c
 ontent/uploads/sites/37/2026/02/AHVA-Gallery-Exhibition-Poster-1-scaled.jpg
 "><img class="aligncenter wp-image-35818 size-large" src="https://ahva.cms.
 arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2026/02/AHVA-Gallery-Exhibition-Pos
 ter-1-663x1024.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="958" /></a></p><p><em>Slow F
 ashion Lab Exhibition<br /></em><span class="TextRun SCXW7747020 BCX0" lang
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 CXW7747020 BCX0">Presented </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW7747020 BC
 X0">as part of </span></span><em><a class="Hyperlink SCXW7747020 BCX0" href
 ="https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/slow-fashion-season-2026-reclaim-remake-
 rebel/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="TextRun Unde
 rlined SCXW7747020 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"
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 ">Slow Fashion Season 2026</span></span></a></em></p><p>February 25–March 2
 0\, 2026<br />Opening reception: Friday\, February 27\, 5–7 p.m.</p><p><spa
 n data-contrast="auto">AHVA Gallery</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983
 ":0\,"335559740":240}"><br /></span><span data-contrast="auto">Audain Art C
 entre\, 6398 University Boulevard\, Vancouver<br />Gallery hours: Tuesday–F
 riday\, 12–4 p.m.<br /></span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto">The </span>
 <i><span data-contrast="auto">Slow Fashion Lab Exhibition</span></i><span d
 ata-contrast="auto"> features material research and textile-based art piece
 s created by members of the Slow Fashion Research Cluster\, led by AHVA Ass
 istant Professor Germaine Koh\, and artists with practices addressing susta
 inability in textiles. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><spa
 n data-contrast="auto">Artists and researchers in the exhibition:</span><sp
 an data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto">Dakota Bur
 pee\, Eden Eisses\, Carl Stewart\, Sol Skelton\, Trav Fryer\, Mackenzie Kel
 ly-Frère\, UBC BioProducts Baerfell / Feng Jiang lab\, UBC BioProducts / Or
 lando Rojas lab\, UBCO Materials & Manufacturing Research Institute / Farza
 n Gholamreza/Madysin Szypula\, Blair Satterfield / HiLo Lab\, Joseph Dahmen
  / Biogenic Architecture + AFJD Amber Frid Jimenez\, Vaughan Woodward\, Azm
 ina Doctor\, Emily Hermant\, Raga Weaves\, Kasandy Foundation\, UBC Student
  Housing\, UBC BioProducts/Marina Mehling/Kai Kirsch X Lorna Brown\, among 
 others.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p>Slow Fashion Lab is 
 an exhibition presented by the <a href="https://slowfashion.ubc.ca/">Slow F
 ashion: Circular Textiles\, Sustainable Fibre Research Cluster</a> as part 
 of the annual Slow Fashion Season\, hosted at the University of British Col
 umbia. In the 2026 edition\, the cluster bridges the gap between new textil
 e and material research and its subsequent presentation on the runway. The 
 idea of the Lab begins before you enter the gallery space—in the laboratori
 es and studios of UBC cluster members and beyond the university. It decente
 rs the focus on clothing\, suggesting new possible futures within the texti
 le and fashion industries. Material researchers are currently pioneering su
 stainable methods of manufacture for new\, durable fibres and fabrics\, yet
  much of it is little known by the wider public.</p><p><span data-contrast=
 "auto">Perusing the materials on exhibit here\, the viewer is invited to re
 flect on current research in this area\, as well as the tonnes of textile w
 aste that otherwise end up in landfills every year. By highlighting materia
 l research and fibre-based art created and conducted by artists\, designers
 \, and engineers within and beyond the Slow Fashion Cluster\, the exhibitio
 n foregrounds new approaches to sustainability.</span><span data-ccp-props=
 "{}"> </span></p><p><b><span data-contrast="auto">Slow Fashion Season 2026 
 </span></b><span data-contrast="auto">is produced by the Slow Fashion: Circ
 ular Textiles\, Sustainable Fibre Research Cluster in partnership with the 
 Department of Art History\, Visual Art & Theory\, Arts & Culture District\,
  SEEDS Sustainability Program\, Museum of Anthropology\, and the Hatch Art 
 Gallery at the University of British Columbia\; LaSalle College Vancouver\;
  DreamStill Technologies\; and Fashion Revolution Canada. </span><span data
 -contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-
 props="{}"> </span></p><p>[buttons][button link_text="Watch CityNews’ featu
 re on the exhibition" link_url="https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/02
 /25/combatting-fast-fashion-through-sustainable-and-creative-solutions/"][b
 utton link_text="Read the UBC News announcement" link_url="https://news.ubc
 .ca/advisory/ubc-researchers-spin-wine-vinegar-into-sustainable-threads/"][
 /buttons]</p>
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LOCATION:AHVA Gallery\, Audain Art Centre
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