Overgrow the System: Enlivening our Place through Textiles

Mark your calendars for the second annual Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium!

January 25, 2025

Join us for a day of reimagining our textile relationships

What happens when we see our textile community not as a system of production and consumption, but as a living, breathing ecosystem? How might our relationships with materials, makers, and place transform when we embrace the fullness of what textiles can mean in our lives?

The 2025 Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium invites you to explore these questions through the lens of nested ecologies—the intricate web of relationships that connect soil health to human health, traditional skills to future resilience, and individual crafting to community wellbeing.

What to Expect:

• Engaging speakers and panels exploring nested textile ecosystems

• Marketplace and Vendors

• Hands-on workshops and skill-sharing opportunities

• Community conversations and visioning opportunities about enlivening our local textile culture

• Connection with regional makers, growers, and textile enthusiasts

• Exploration of how textiles can strengthen our relationship to place

Details:

• Date: January 2025 (specific time TBA)

• Location: 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH

• Early bird pricing will be available to waitlist subscribers

• Limited capacity to ensure meaningful connection

CLICK HERE to Join the Waitlist

Be the first to know when tickets become available. Waitlist members will receive:

• Early access to ticket sales

• Special early bird pricing

• Updates about speakers and programming

• Pre-symposium community activities