FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2009 Contact: Wendy Skinner, SewGreen Coordinator, [email protected], 607-277-7611
Eco Art and Fashions Launch Earth Month in Ithaca Earth Day has expanded to the entire month of April in Ithaca. One of the first events of this annual celebration of the planet is an eco-friendly gallery show by SewGreen at the Community School of Music & Arts, 330 East State Street, in downtown Ithaca. Titled "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," with a tip of the hat to Aretha Franklin, the show opens on Friday, April 3 with a reception from 5 to 8 pm and a green fashion show at 6 pm. Fashions and fiber art pieces by designers of all ages were chosen based on 100 percent reuse of materials, as well as creativity and originality. The last day of the exhibit is Saturday, April 25, when SewGreen will host a community scrap quilting bee in the gallery. Supporters of the exhibit and events, which are free and open to all, include the Alternatives Federal Credit Union and the Center for Environmental Sustainability. SewGreen is a community program that provides low-cost sewing classes for children, teens, and adults. The group also runs a reuse and redistribution program for textiles and sewing machines. Since its start in the fall of 2007, SewGreen has saved from the landfill more than 3 tons of materials and close to 100 sewing machines. SewGreen is located in the Women's Community Building at the corner of Cayuga and Seneca Streets in Ithaca. For more information contact Wendy Skinner, 607-277-7611 or visit www.sew-green.org. - END - _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
