In Material Resistance: Social Justice and Empowerment Narratives Told Through Cloth, a fashion and textile art exhibition, we invite visitors to explore cultures, cloth, making, designing, artistry, and life through a critical lens that challenges the current injustices that have a stronghold on our society. As suggested by the 2022 Cornell Biennial theme, “Futurities, Uncertain,” we cannot know what our societal future holds. However, something that is in our control are the critical conversations and dialogue that we can have and the mindsets that we pursue.

This exhibition is curated by doctoral students Dyese Matthews, Kat Roberts, Jenine Hillaire (Field of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, College of Human Ecology), and Ami Tamakloe (Field of Sociocultural Anthropology). This digital exhibition features images of the installation inside the gallery, artist bios, all label text, a 3D version of the exhibition space with installation, videos of the opening night, videos and photos of the community engaged workshop and some behind the scenes photos and videos of the curatorial process.

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