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It's time to clean out your closet and get rid of those unloved items to get ready for the winter Swap-O-Rama-Rama! Dig out the clothes you bought thinking I'll fit into it one day, the gifts that made you wonder how well your aunt Marilyn really knows you and the stuff your hanging on to thinking it may come back into fashion. Let it go! At Swap-O-Rama-Rama you will trade your unloved items in for over 4,000 lbs of clothing for you to dig through. And it's all free!
Once you've picked your new favorite duds you are invited to take back creativity from industry... bring your new clothes over to the DIY stations where you can learn to create new from old. Here you can work with skilled designers (Wheylan Dean Ford, Rienke Redman Akkerhuis, Kpoene Kofi Bruce and Claire Shaw) and modify your finds into something special or do on-site tailoring. You can also download images off the web and iron them on at Nat’s iron station (bring your own art on DVD or search the web on site) or silk-screen your new clothes at the silk-screen station with friends Dee and Shawn from Antimart to show you how. Explore a mass of bows, buttons, decals, trim patches and other notions at the decoration stations where Lina and Blanka will show you how to embroider, knit and have an all around great time doing hand sewn mods. All of your creativity materials are provided. Dive in and have fun!
You'll also find artist taught workshops (a new one each 1/2 hr) where you can learn a unique clothing modification or recycling skill. The winter swap features: Alison Lewis's Fashion Hack - create your own Twinkle Tote bag which lights up when your cell phone rings, Megan Nicolay's Tee Party with 108 ways to transform a T-shirt; Dana Moskowitz's Knitting with Recycled Ts; Mikey Sklar's RFID tag pocket replacement; Itsi Atkins Bra to Handbag conversion; or Daniel Tainow's how to on composting organic textiles.
Swap-O-Rama-Rama also features a DIY fashion show including Kate Goldwater's AuH2O Designs created using recycled clothing from the autumn swap. You are also welcome to join in the Do It At the Swap fashion show where your invited to show off the items you modified at the swap and win prizes.
And for the grumbling bell Louisa's Lucid Food will offer vegan sandwiches and sweets!
When you need a break from the action sit back and watch two on-theme short films: artist Jess Dobkin's michevious Restored project and Faye Lederman's A Good Uplift, a documentary about a lower east side shop where jewish grandmother Magda will size you up for the perfect bra or catch Jessica Delfino's stand up comedy.
What to bring? Bring: Clothes in season: jackets, wallets, hats, pants,shirts, skirts, shoes, gloves, belts, accessories, jewelry, sunglasses, bags, costumes, lingerie, pj's etc. Only clothes please! What not to bring: books, bikes, vases, lamps etc... If you cant wear it, don't bring it! Quantity is not important. Come with a little or a lot, whatever you got.
Swap-O-Rama-Rama is for boys, girls, men, women.
All left over clothing is donated to St. Martin DePorres Shelter in Brooklyn, NY.
More Info: http://www.swaporamarama.org
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