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matters. </h4><div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><i><span data-contrast="auto">Social Being</span></i><span data-contrast="auto"> is a series of digital programs that capture</span><span data-contrast="auto">s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> conversations about what it means to be human today. It amplifies the social nature of the human condition at a time when the global </span><span data-contrast="auto">COVID-19 </span><span data-contrast="auto">pandemic stresses limited opportunities for </span><span data-contrast="auto">physical</span><span data-contrast="auto"> interaction. W</span><span data-contrast="auto">hen w</span><span data-contrast="auto">e collaborat</span><span data-contrast="auto">e </span><span data-contrast="auto">with artists, community members, and cultural organizations </span><span data-contrast="auto">we</span><span data-contrast="auto"> share lived experiences and points of view through studio tours, </span><span data-contrast="auto">hands-on </span><span data-contrast="auto">workshops, </span><span data-contrast="auto">and </span><span data-contrast="auto">inspired </span><span data-contrast="auto">dialogue</span><span data-contrast="auto">. </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">Social Being</span></i><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">capture</span><span data-contrast="auto">s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> the synergies of these people-focused </span><span data-contrast="auto">activities; it is </span><span data-contrast="auto">a resource that will shape our work </span><span data-contrast="auto">for</span><span data-contrast="auto"> years to come,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">hand</span><span data-contrast="auto">–</span><span data-contrast="auto">in hand</span><span data-contrast="auto">–</span><span data-contrast="auto">with</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">community workers, </span><span data-contrast="auto">artists</span><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><span data-contrast="auto">writers, </span><span data-contrast="auto">and </span><span data-contrast="auto">educators.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class='page-intro__menu-wrapper'><div class='page-intro__menu-inner-wrapper'> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> <ul class='block anchor-menu anchor-menu--style-list' > <li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#identity-society'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>01.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Identity & Society</span></span></a></li><li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#fashion-sustainability-design'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>02.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Fashion, Sustainability & Design</span></span></a></li><li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#family-diaspora'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>03.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Family & Diaspora</span></span></a></li><li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#wellbeing-health-healing'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>04.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Wellbeing, Health & Healing</span></span></a></li><li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#social-being-programming'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>05.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Social Being Programming</span></span></a></li><li class='anchor-menu__item'><a class='anchor-menu__item-link' href='#sponsors-partners'><span><span class='anchor-menu__item-id'>06.</span></span><span class='anchor-menu__item-name'><span>Sponsors & Partners</span></span></a></li></ul> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="page-intro__outer-decor-wrapper"> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> <div class="block columns"> <div class="container-sm"> </div> </div> <div class="block columns"> <div class="container-sm"> </div> </div> <div class='block spacer spacer--size-10' aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class='block spacer spacer--size-10' aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class="block columns"> <div class="container-sm"> </div> </div> <div class="block zig-zag-columns zig-zag-columns--first-8 zig-zag-columns--last-19"> <div class="container-sm"> <div class='zig-zag-columns__row zig-zag-columns__row--style-8'> <div class="block image-wrapper image-wrapper--has_decor"> <div class="image-wrapper__offset"> <div class="image-wrapper__outer"> <div class='image-wrapper__inner'> <div class="image-wrapper__inner-wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper__blur-wrapper"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="640" height="552" src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-1140x984.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-1140x984.jpg" data-srcset="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-1140x984.jpg 1140w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-768x663.jpg 768w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-1400x1208.jpg 1400w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-150x129.jpg 150w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ-1536x1326.jpg 1536w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A5906_W1_SQ.jpg 1747w" aria-hidden="true" /> </div> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-wrapper"> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-inner-wrapper"> <h3 id="identity-society" class="block anchor"> <span class='anchor__display-id'>01.</span> <span class="anchor__name">Identity & Society</span> </h3> <p>Textiles convey messages about individuals and groups of people. Images, patterns, colours, materials, and ways of making suggest belonging and kinship, social connections, and deep understanding of individuals, cultures, and subcultures. Textiles shape us as much as we shape them; they can conceal us and they can make us visible.</p> <p>→ Image | Prayer Rug, Turkey, mid 20th century; cotton; velour, machine woven; 104 x 64 cm; T88.0001 </p> <div class="block links links--style-group links--link_style-link"> <span><a class="link " href="/social-being/identity-society" target="_self" >Explore Identity & Society Programming</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='zig-zag-columns__row zig-zag-columns__row--style-19'> <div class="block image-wrapper image-wrapper--has_decor"> <div class="image-wrapper__offset"> <div class="image-wrapper__outer"> <div class='image-wrapper__inner'> <div class="image-wrapper__inner-wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper__blur-wrapper"> <img decoding="async" width="640" height="552" src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-1140x983.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-1140x983.jpg" data-srcset="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-1140x983.jpg 1140w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-768x662.jpg 768w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-1400x1207.jpg 1400w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small-150x129.jpg 150w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FashionSustainabilityDesign_Small.jpg 1431w" aria-hidden="true" /> </div> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-wrapper"> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-inner-wrapper"> <h3 id="fashion-sustainability-design" class="block anchor"> <span class='anchor__display-id'>02.</span> <span class="anchor__name">Fashion, Sustainability & Design</span> </h3> <p>Textiles can signify our local and global connections to the natural environment. How can we in the 21st century actively care about the implications of materialism, waste, and style trends? Textiles are often made as expressions of love and can be powerful, personal manifestations of one’s sense of self, yet the conundrum of socially responsible use and reuse persists. </p> <p>← Image | Woman’s Bonnet, Canada, 1890 – 1940; Wool, cotton lining, glass beads, buttons; Hand-sewn, beaded; 26 x 25 cm; T97.0071</p> <div class="block links links--style-group links--link_style-link"> <span><a class="link " href="/social-being/fashion-sustainability-design" target="_self" >Explore Fashion, Sustainability & Design Programming</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='zig-zag-columns__row zig-zag-columns__row--style-8'> <div class="block image-wrapper image-wrapper--has_decor"> <div class="image-wrapper__offset"> <div class="image-wrapper__outer"> <div class='image-wrapper__inner'> <div class="image-wrapper__inner-wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper__blur-wrapper"> <img decoding="async" width="640" height="552" src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1-1140x984.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1-1140x984.jpg" data-srcset="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1-1140x984.jpg 1140w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1-768x663.jpg 768w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1-150x129.jpg 150w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9L2A6197_W1_SQ-1.jpg 1392w" aria-hidden="true" /> </div> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-wrapper"> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-inner-wrapper"> <h3 id="family-diaspora" class="block anchor"> <span class='anchor__display-id'>03.</span> <span class="anchor__name">Family & Diaspora</span> </h3> <p>Textiles create bonds between family and community members; they contain collective memories that are prompted by touch, smell, and stories of togetherness. Living traditions of making, using, and storing family belongings form intergenerational bonds. Textiles are easily transported and can be moved from place to place with relative ease. </p> <p>→ Image | Belt (Chumbi), Ecuador, mid 20th century; wool; woven; 174 x 8.5 cm; T03.51.2 </p> <div class="block links links--style-group links--link_style-link"> <span><a class="link " href="https://textilemuseum.ca/social-being/family-diaspora/" target="_self" >Explore Family & Diaspora Programming</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='zig-zag-columns__row zig-zag-columns__row--style-19'> <div class="block image-wrapper image-wrapper--has_decor"> <div class="image-wrapper__offset"> <div class="image-wrapper__outer"> <div class='image-wrapper__inner'> <div class="image-wrapper__inner-wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper__blur-wrapper"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="552" src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-1140x983.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-src="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-1140x983.jpg" data-srcset="https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-1140x983.jpg 1140w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-768x662.jpg 768w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-1400x1207.jpg 1400w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small-150x129.jpg 150w, https://textilemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chang_Small.jpg 1431w" aria-hidden="true" /> </div> <div class='block decor-wrapper' aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-wrapper"> <div class="zig-zag-columns__text-inner-wrapper"> <h3 id="wellbeing-health-healing" class="block anchor"> <span class='anchor__display-id'>04.</span> <span class="anchor__name">Wellbeing, Health & Healing</span> </h3> <p>Textiles are good for us; they protect from harsh weather conditions, safeguard food, provide comfort and shelter, and ensure personal safety. 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