MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning – Fashion Hacking Program
In 2021, the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning and NSCAD Art Factory partnered to co-develop a Fashion Hacking Program for youth ages 12-19. In the summer of 2021, we offered a one-week Fashion Hacking camp for youth that took place in the Fashion Studio at NSCAD. The camp was co-facilitated by staff from MacPhee Center and NSCAD student facilitators. In 2022, with support from CLARI, we programmed a second Fashion Hacking Summer Camp, a 10-week after school program and started creating a manual documenting the teachings and learnings that took place through the program. In 2024, through NSCAD's Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Sow to Sew project supported by the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation, we were able to run another one-week Fashion Hacking summer camp.
Fashion Hacking is a practice that deconstructs discarded or thrifted garments to change their meaning. Through “hacking”, citizen designers can alter and manipulate garments to make one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect the needs and identity of the wearer.
