WWU to Host Trash Fashion Workshop Jan. 27

Contact: Arunas Oslapas, program coordinator and professor of Industrial Design, Western Washington University, at Arunas.Oslapas@wwu.edu

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Industrial Design Department will host a workshop for the 2011 RE Store and WWU Trash Fashion Show at noon on Thursday, Jan. 27, in Haggard Hall 253 on the WWU campus.

The workshop is free and open to the public.

The Trash Fashion Show will return to Bellingham on April 23.  To help new artists and designers participate in the event, WWU will be holding a workshop with images and videos from last year’s show, as well as advice and tips on how to create a winning entry.

The Trash Fashion Show is a part of the 10th Annual Recycled Arts and Fashion Show presented by the RE Store.  Artists and designers are invited to submit works of fashion art to be exhibited in the Trash Fashion Show in Bellingham and Seattle, designs may be selected for one or both shows.

For more information on the Trash Fashion Workshop, contact Arunas Oslapas at Arunas.Oslapas@wwu.edu, or Jason Darling, the RE Store, at jasond@re-store.org.