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Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
Photo by Halifax Design Festival on July 29, 2026.
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Posted On: July 29th 2026, 01:00 pm
An intro to the people behind the festival, and who call this region home:

Alissa Kloet, BFA (@keephouse ) is a textile designer with over 10 years experience organizing arts events in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. She has a passion for supporting and celebrating the local creative economy. Keephouse brings Alissa Kloet’s explorations of colour and shape onto textiles. The focus is on using natural materials and employing small scale production to create pieces that are thoughtfully made.

An intro to the people behind the festival, and who call this region home:

Alissa Kloet, BFA (@keephouse ) is a textile designer with over 10 years experience organizing arts events in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. She has a passion for supporting and celebrating the local creative economy. Keephouse brings Alissa Kloet’s explorations of colour and shape onto textiles. The focus is on using natural materials and employing small scale production to create pieces that are thoughtfully made.

Andrea Tsang Jackson, M.Arch., Ed.M., (@3rdstoryworkshop ) is a textile artist and quilt designer based in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. Her work takes the traditional craft of quilting and applies it to a contemporary context, using bold graphics as a way to explore place, belonging, and agency. Andrea pushes the limits of the quilting and textile media by exploring scale and moving traditionally domestic objects into the public realm.

Andrea Tsang Jackson, M.Arch., Ed.M., (@3rdstoryworkshop ) is a textile artist and quilt designer based in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. Her work takes the traditional craft of quilting and applies it to a contemporary context, using bold graphics as a way to explore place, belonging, and agency. Andrea pushes the limits of the quilting and textile media by exploring scale and moving traditionally domestic objects into the public realm.

Sara L’Espérance is a registered architect, educator, and co-founder of @suprblk in Halifax. She is interested in the spaces between architecture, community, and everyday life, designing homes and places that are adaptable, joyful, and rooted in their context. Through both her practice and her teaching at Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture, Sara is pass
Comments (12)
floydelzinga 2 months ago

floydelzinga

🔥🎉💥🧡

woolly_good_hooking 3 months ago

woolly_good_hooking

🙌🙌🙌🙌

enchantedpostmarkclub 3 months ago

enchantedpostmarkclub

🔥🔥🔥🔥 The event that Halifax needs.

crystalrugs 3 months ago

crystalrugs

Whoah, serious powerhouse 👏

sadie.preloved 3 months ago

sadie.preloved

Amazing to see this ❤️ @keephouse

kategolding 3 months ago

kategolding

This is wonderful!! ✨💛✨

mariadoering 3 months ago

mariadoering

Sooo many amazing people doing amazing things together!!!🔥

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