Project Threadways Symposium

Since 2019, Project Threadways has hosted annual symposia exploring the intersections of design, art, making, power, labor, and community. Each gathering has expanded on a central inquiry: how can making—especially through design and textiles—help us better understand the social, economic, and environmental systems we live within?

The 2026 Project Threadways Symposium continues this exploration through the theme of Regeneration. Presentations, workshops & exhibitions center cotton, from soil to shelf to symbol—who grows it, how it is nurtured, who benefits in the global marketplace & its generational legacy. Speakers explore power & representation in the supply chain, connect craft & culture and showcase pioneers who are restoring health & humanity to the world’s most ubiquitous fiber.

Regeneration reflects the core values of Project Threadways: slowness as care, sustainability as origin and education as liberation. It reckons with the harms of industrialized and extractive systems, offering repair through circularity, agency & authorship.

Registration is still open, and seating is limited. A waiting list will be available once capacity is reached.