Trash, but make it fashion
Moabites, begin squirreling away your semi-fashionable trash and recyclables: the Trashion Present, a style present/dance get together fundraiser for the Resiliency Hub, is returning on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Woody’s Tavern. The quilt is $10.
“I moved to Moab in 2012, the Trashion Present was the primary occasion that I went to,” stated Claire Core, the board president of the Resiliency Hub. “And I simply keep in mind considering that it was like nothing I’d ever been to earlier than: it was so bizarre that it simply had me falling in additional love with Moab than I noticed.”
The occasion is over a decade outdated, returning this 12 months after a pandemic hiatus in 2021 and 2022. The evening will function reside music, dancing, and a style catwalk—members are inspired to make and put on an upcycled outfit “made utterly from supplies which have already been used a minimum of as soon as and would have been headed to the landfill,” in line with the Resiliency Hub. The Resiliency Hub is a nonprofit that helps native backyard entry and schooling: proceeds from the occasion will immediately profit the CommuniTea Backyard, a public backyard that grows fruit and herbs, and Moab Group Backyard areas.
There can be prizes awarded to outfits which can be deemed the “classiest,” “sassiest,” “trashiest,” and “finest in present”; successful costumes will even be displayed at an artwork present later within the 12 months, Core stated. In years previous, outfits have been created from supplies like cardboard containers, yogurt containers, plastic baggage, bubble wrap, egg cartons, and outdated paper, all glued or sewn collectively to make an outfit.
“I all the time stay up for the Trashion Present as this placeholder in late winter/early springtime, when it feels just like the group right here is smaller,” Core stated. “Everyone will get foolish with their costumes … It’s absurd, in a manner, and there’s some humor in it, however it undoubtedly has that underlying goal and intent of wanting on the patterns of what we devour. It’s thrilling to take a look at supplies and take into consideration learn how to put them into continuous use and make one thing that hasn’t existed earlier than.”
Canyonlands Stable Waste Authority helps assist the occasion. Jessica Thacker, a program supervisor at CSWA, additionally stated the occasion helps individuals take into consideration new methods to make use of outdated supplies.
“If you encourage of us to concentrate on ways in which they will make tangible waste gadgets into one thing that’s wearable, I feel it additionally sparks different ways in which they will upcycle issues,” she stated. “It’s opener for making individuals notice simply how reusable plenty of the gadgets that now we have are … Whilst you usually don’t use waste gadgets for clothes, possibly these gadgets might be upcycled right into a neat little container or artwork challenge or yard ornament.”
Thacker, a earlier Trashion present prize winner, is that this 12 months making a gown out of a plastic picnic-table liner and aluminum cans. She’s additionally been internet hosting crafting workshops for Trashion present members, providing supplies and recommendation. The following workshop is on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. at Moab Arts (111 E. 100 N.).
The Trashion Present runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Woody’s Tavern (the occasion is for individuals ages 21 and up). The evening includes a spectacular lineup of reside music: from 7 to 10 p.m., DJ Paris Hinson will spin a vinyl folks/home/disco set; at 10 p.m., there can be a “shock efficiency,” Core stated, after which individuals can be inspired to stroll the catwalk; the Fiery Furnace Marching Band will seem for a 40-minute set; and to shut out the evening, DJ Sparklefists will play a dance set.
Winners can be introduced earlier than the tip of the evening—three shock judges will decide winners primarily based on the variety of reused gadgets, creativity, and the character of the costume, Core stated.
