Make Art. Create Community. Each Studio Be series offers an opportunity to make connections and explore creative arts in a small, supportive environment. Studio Be sessions are facilitated by professional teaching artists. Due to the small group format, an interest form is required and can be completed by the participant, a parent/guardian, or teacher. Participation is free.
Fashion as Resistance – Pockets and Sedition with 
Shaerie Mead
Ages 13-17+ (teen) | Tuesdays, April 15th – May 20th | 4:30-6:00pm
Crafters will learn about the history of clothing signaling alliance (or maintaining power), it’s use in designating groups, as a means of secret messaging and as a vehicle for social change. Using this knowledge as a catalyst, crafters will define a mission and create artwork around it using techniques such as block printing, fabric stamping, embroidery and quilting.
Bio: Shaerie Mead is a patternmaker and apparel designer who is perpetually interested in how clothing and textiles shape our lives. She has owned a fabric store, custom clothing businesses, has taught sewing and fit since 2005 and has worked for the Los Angeles apparel production industry. She is very invested in craft becoming a voice for community and is, at heart, an instigator.
>> Fashion as Resistance Interest Form
This program is made possible by a grant from the Triangle Community Foundation
