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Pop Up Stories: Ethical Fashion
One of the main issues of today’s society is climate emergency and sustainability. Fast fashion makes shopping for clothes more affordable, but it comes at an environmental cost. The fashion industry is the second-largest polluter in the world just after the oil industry. This has serious consequences on our health, our planet, and garment workers’ […]
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Pop Up Stories: Promoting women artists
Surfergirl Gallery is the first New York City art gallery to showcase exclusively art pieces made by women artists. Founded in 2018 by Marcia Lorente Howell, this gallery is committed to promoting and supporting artists that have been systematically kept outside art museums. Marcia is an artist herself. Currently living in New York’s West Village, she was born […]
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POP-UP STORIES: Supporting a Sustainable Lifestyle
Organic food has been the city’s staple for years, but what about ethically sourced clothing? The average New Yorker never ranks their brain about the origin of their leather shoes or accessories, or where the cozy wool or linen they adore comes from, but now, Neha Rane, a fellow Big Apple resident is looking to change that. “I wanted to raise awareness,” says Rane, the Indian, born UK, educated businesswoman, and mastermind behind Solstreet. […]
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Pop-up Stories: Artist as Businesswoman
Forget the bohemian artist cliché, from today’s world of social media and self-entrepreneurship comes the artist as a businessman or in this case, businesswoman. For seven years Sue Tsai has practiced as a professional artist and as she opens her fifth successful pop-up exhibition, she’s proud of her freedom. “I’ve gone independent, so I have full control over the art and space” she states, “artists […]
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