2015 Project Linus
All photos by Fashion Council Co-Leaders – Janet Yeung and Carmen Gama
In 2011, the Fashion and Mentoring group established a worthwhile tradition; a sustainable way to give back to the community, while utilizing materials, resources, as well as the students and teacher’s talent.
Students and faculty met during the last week of school in the studio classrooms, where they gathered leftover fabrics and worked on making quilts and blankets together. Once all blankets were completed, they would be photographed and then donated to the local NYC chapter of Project Linus; in turn they would donate these blankets to children in a variety of local hospitals.
Project Linus is an organization that provides homemade blankets as well as comfort, to children who are ill, traumatized, or in need of a new handmade blanket, across the country.
We are thrilled to announce that this year the Fashion Council – led by Janet Yeung and Carmen Gama, and overseen by Assistant Professor of Fashion, Francesca Sammaritano – worked along students and teachers and again made many blankets for this worthwhile organization. The results were fantastic. Students used their left over fabrics to create very colorful and interestingly designed blankets.
To read more on Project Linus, visit:
To view some of the beautiful quilts created during the past years:
http://fashion.parsons.edu/blog/project-linus-past-and-present/
http://fashion.parsons.edu/blog/project-linus/
http://fashion.parsons.edu/blog/12783/
THANK YOU TO ALL THE BLANKETEERS !
Section S – Marie Genevieve Cyr and Sarah Thorn: Adesha Yee, Ava Mohan, Blair Moore, Brandi Dorch, Emmanuel Nunez, Jessica Shim, Jonathan Goh, Matthew Wallace, Sarah Hoshikawa, Stephanie Seow, Susan Huynh, Susan Lu, Young Seo Choi.
Section F – Francesca Sammaritano and Rada Shadik: Jessica Ross, Jennifer Lia Kim, Brihanna Blake, Corinne Higgins, Jenny Jang, Mary Lucas, Marco Viteri.
Section H – Lyn Caponera: Fiamma Chu, Lucy (Chi-Han) Chen, Priyanka Thakoor, Maia Larraz Meeker, Elizabeth Bastian, Lea Germano, Sarah Song.
Section N – Jennifer Belton and Lester Rodriquez.
