PROVIDENCE, RI.- The RISD Museum of Art presents Evolution/Revolution: The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles. Organized by Joanne Ingersoll, Curator of Costume and Textiles, Evolution Revolution brings together the work of contemporary designers who share a commitment to quality of life over mass branding, as well as a mutual practice of innovation in design and exploration of new technology. The exhibition features the work of more than 20 designers, artists, and architects from the United States, Britain, Europe, Mexico, and Japan who create fashion and textiles in a spirit reminiscent of the early Arts and Crafts movement’s response to industry. Many of these contemporary designers unify technology with the creative process while also tackling social issues such as sustainable design.

These artists – socially conscious, technically literate, and possessed of a creative vision – are attempting to assert more control over how their ideas are realized in manufacture. Today, there is a veritable explosion of “cottage-industry” production in which the “cottage” may contain high-tech laser and/or digital printers, looms, and knitting machines. Advances in printing, weaving, and embroidery processes have made an unprecedented creative environment possible on a small scale.

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