KiDiMu Sing Along & Sounds – Spring
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ReFashion Show
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10 Years of ReFashion: Inspiration, Invitation, Creation
Meet the Panelists
JeLisa Marshall (ReMake Seattle)
JeLisa Marshall is a fashion practioner, researcher, and writer based in Seattle. She has over 10 years of experience in advocacy, marketing, and product development. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education, with a focus on the intersection of culture and ecology to implement more regenerative practices in design.
Gabriel-Bello Diaz (past judge, judge for this year's ReFashion Bainbridge Show)
Gabriel-Bello Diaz is a Puerto Rican artist, designer and instructor. He combines 3D printing and laser cut technology with leather to create custom products for clients including: accessories, jewelry, bags and various garments. He has curated half a dozen fashion shows focused on using fashion as an artform to express a deeper dialogue. Ancestral Future was his proudest fashion vision of highlighting indigenous and ancestral traditions of textiles and symbols through digital fabrication to help hidden stories of our community emerge. Currently at the Actualize Residency in Pioneer Sq, he is continuing to experiment and building his first public exhibition at King Street Station opening June 2026.
Naomi Spinak, (Refashion Bainbridge, facilitator)
Naomi Spinak is the head of ReFashion Bainbridge, a program of Sustainable Bainbridge. With a professional background in theatrical costume design and upcycled apparel, Naomi has spent her career championing the “reuse world.” Under her leadership, the Bainbridge Trashion Show evolved into the comprehensive ReFashion program, which was awarded a 2022 COBI Cultural Arts Funding Grant to expand textile education and environmental programming on the island. Also an award-winning artist, Naomi’s repurposed and activist artwork has been exhibited nationwide. She is currently serving on the WA Department of Ecology’s Workgroup to plan a Textile-Focused Symposium on Waste Management.
Lara Hansen (Sustainable Bainbridge, EcoAdapt)
Dr. Lara Hansen has worked in the non-profit sector on climate change and related issues locally and globally for over two decades, and in issues relating to sustainability a decade longer than that. In addition to her work with Sustainable Bainbridge, she is the Chief Scientist and Executive Director of EcoAdapt, a Bainbridge-based non-profit working on developing solutions to the challenges of climate change. To balance her scientific life, she works to integrate nature and art in her daily life. As an optimist she assumes we’ll get our acts together on climate change–who would want the alternative? She looks forward our co-creation of a climate savvy Bainbridge Island, where we make climate-informed decisions to support better long-term outcomes. Oh, her mom made the outfit she’s likely wearing at this event.
McKayla SewNsew (past artist)
McKayla SewNsew is a Pacific Northwest based artist. She enjoys working with unusual materials to make garments, often creating something with an air of the ephemeral from that which some may see as rubbish. Her wearable creations have graced the stages in many Refashion shows utilizing bubble wrap, a parachute, polyfill, discarded ballerina tutus and obsolete tech cables. She scours thrift stores for clothing treasures and frequents the bins to dig for once loved dresses in need of a new home. She encourages you to play dress up and remember that your favorite outfit can be for any day, not just that special occasion… clothes have the capacity to be the armor we show to the world and we are stronger when we feel good in them. When she is not sculpting garments she spends her time creating delightful sweet confections while exploring her role as a pastry chef.
Azalea SnowMassara (student, aged 15)
Azalea SnowMassara has participated in and inspired friends to be involved with several ReFashion shows. She loves the opportunity to express her ideas through creative freedoms. She enjoys cheerleading, ice skating and theater. She likes shopping at thrift stores and hosting clothing swaps for her friends to encourage sustainability because she knows that each garment tells a story. She spends time sewing with her mother and Grandmother so she can learn from them and teach them new things.
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Ricardo Ruiz: Poetry Reading and Reception
About the Handwork Week 2026 BARN Workshop: Portals of the Poetic Self: The Five Senses
As part of BARN’s Handwork Week, Ruiz will lead “Portals of the Poetic Self: The Five Senses” (April 27–May 1, 2026, 1–5 PM daily), an immersive workshop exploring sensory-rich poetry grounded in lived experience. Participants will engage in close readings, peer workshops, and personalized feedback sessions, learning to approach stories with honesty and care while developing a polished portfolio of poems. This workshop offers guidance for writers at all levels, emphasizing storytelling in accessible language while honoring the raw truth of personal experience.
About the Artist
Ricardo Ruiz is a multi-dimensional writer of poetry and prose. The son of potato factory workers, Ricardo hails from Othello, Washington. His work draws from his experience as a first-generation Mexican-American and from his military service. Ricardo holds an Associate Degree in Business and Accounting from Big Bend Community College, where he was recognized as Student of the Year in both Business and Economics, and English Composition. He also holds a Bachelor of Art in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. While in the military, Ricardo earned the rank of Staff Sergeant while serving on four deployments, two to Afghanistan. His debut collection of poetry reached #1 on Amazon’s Hispanic-American Poetry Chart. He is passionate about elevating marginalized voices from rural communities and takes pride in being a conduit for cultural connection.
Follow Ruiz on Instagram: @poetruiz
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Nature onto Silk: Korean Eco Print Master’s Lecture
About the Artist 김 영 남 (KIM, YOUNG-NAM)
Kim Young Nam is a leading figure in Korea’s natural dyeing and textile arts, recognized for her ability to bridge traditional craftsmanship with contemporary artistic expression. She holds a Master of Arts from the Graduate School of Arts at Dongshin University and currently serves as the Director of Nature 愛 Natural Dyeing Cultural Space, where she continues to explore and expand the creative possibilities of natural pigments. As a certified trainee of Korea’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage in Dyeing and an internationally acknowledged master of natural dyeing arts and culture, she has established a distinguished presence both in Korea and abroad.
In addition to her artistic practice, Kim is a Special Professor in the Department of Fashion Industry at Kunjang University. She has played a significant leadership role in the field as the Founding President of the Korea Natural Dyeing Instructor Association and as a Director of the Saetgol Indigo Dyeing Preservation Society, contributing to the preservation and transmission of traditional dyeing techniques.
Her work has been honored with major recognitions, including the Grand Prize at the Korea Natural Dyeing Cultural Product Exhibition and selection as a “MUSE” product at the National Museum of Korea. Through exhibitions, publications, workshops, and media appearances, Kim continues to promote the cultural and artistic value of natural dyeing to global audiences.
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KiDiMu Sing Along & Sounds – Winter
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