The work of Project Threadways continues. This project is made possible with support and funding provided by the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
For more information and details visit here or contact us at Don’t forget to take our survey if you worked in the textile industry in this area. Noon – Tee Jays and The Factory: A Presentation of the Oral Histories with and Brian MurphyĢ:30pm – Material Culture: The Band Tee with Bill Smith and Brett AndersonĤ:00pm – Muscle Shoals Sound with David Hoodĩ:00am – The Factory Café Breakfast The Factoryġ0:00am – T-shirt Capital of the World: Women in the Workforce with Thuy Linh Tuġ1:00am – The Smell of Cotton: From Field to Culture with Alysia Burton Steeleġ:00pm – Box Lunch and Brainstorming The FactoryĦ:30pm – Cocktails The Factory: Blackberry Farm and Eric Solomon Edgeġ0:00am – The State of Threadways with Natalie Chanin and Thuy Linh Tuġ1:00am – The River Valley and The Rise of the Tee: A Brief History of Material Culture with Ted Ownby and Carrie Crawford
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Tours of Muscle Shoals Sound and Fame Recording Studio will be available – along with great food, conversation, music, and (of course) shopping.ĥ:30pm – Registration and Cocktails The Factoryħ:00pm – Friends of the Café Dinner with chef Bill Smithĩ:00am – Rivertown Breakfast The Factoryĩ:30am – Welcome and Introduction with Natalie Chanin and John T. We will explore the landscape and community of Muscle Shoals and its history of manufacturing and music, the tenacity of the art and the creative residents that made this revolution possible. We will spend time together to explore the material culture that originated from this community, exchange ideas, cross-pollinate, and create a plan to dissect and document the material culture of textiles back to its earliest days in America.
Pack your bags, come and spend three days in the Muscle Shoals community to learn, be inspired, gather, and commune at The Factory with a group of creative thinkers, makers, and doers. We mentioned in earlier Journal posts that we’re planning an inaugural Project Threadways Symposium for this spring, and we’re happy to announce that a limited amount of tickets are now open to the public. We return with more exciting news from the field. The Shoals community was bustling with work and sending small parts of itself into the larger world, in the form of a simple cotton garment. The Rolling Stones just landed at Muscle Shoals Regional Airport to record three of their classic songs: “Wild Horses,” “You Got To Move On,” and “Brown Sugar.” Aretha Franklin recorded what was considered the first big hit of her career, “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You).” Across the Tennessee River, a short 6 miles away, t-shirts were being made in three shifts a day, destined for band tours, protests, and every wardrobe in America. (Picture courtesy of Rinne Allen-who we are grateful for sharing her talents and capturing beauty in the world.) Happy Thanksgiving from all of us Alabama Chanin May we all live gratefully today and every day. Many of the events that have occurred around the world this year-some in our own communities-remind us to be grateful for our rights, our voices, our freedoms, opportunities, relationships, and our lives. Let’s use our voices and live by example. After introspection, turn that thought into an action. Today, we have asked our team to take a moment and reflect on gratitude-nothing is too small to be grateful for. And while they are often used interchangeably, gratefulness is seen by many as a deeper state of being that carries a heavier weight to its meaning. The Oxford Dictionary defines grateful as “feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness.” Being thankful is a feeling being grateful is an action. “ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -John F.
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