Ajuntament Vell welcomes 'Naturart', Lola Raya's showcase of naturally sustainable clothing collections

The Office of Culture of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that from 21 February to 4 March, the "Ajuntament Vell" Exhibition Space will host "Naturart", an exhibition from artist Lola Raya. In this exhibition the artist displays her collections of hand-painted clothes made with hemp fabric. The opening is programmed Monday 20 February at 6.00pm.

In the words of the artist, "This project is the fruit of intense investigation in search of a suitable fabric. I needed a garment that was sustainable and as natural as possible and that allowed me to work with a brush and get a different and innovative texture, and that turned out to be hemp."

Raya will present two collections: "Thiancoumalal" (inspired by her first exhibition of pictures and focused on a village in Senegal) and "Alma Salada" (inspired by the sea and life on the Formentera seafloor). An accompanying video highlights the brief accounts of personalities from the world of sustainable fashion, engineers and researchers in search of new regenerative fibres, and scholars and activists who dedicate their studies to caring for the planet.

The Terrassa-born artist began her professional studies in fashion design, dressmaking and industrial pattern making at that city's Escola Maria Auxiliadora in 1980. In 2014 when she began focusing on art more professionally, training and taking drawing and painting classes at Bloc Centre of Artistic Expression in the same city. In August 2019 at MASTER-D Academy in Barcelona, she decided to undertake the slow fashion with the "Lola Raya" label, creating sustainable fashion using hemp fabric, where she merges conscious fashion, painting and music (BSO Thiancoumalal).

The exhibition will open at 6.00pm, Monday 20 February. The collections can be visited 11.00am to 2.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm, Monday to Saturday, 21 February to 4 March, in the "Ajuntament Vell" Exhibition Space. The space will be closed Sundays, holidays and Monday mornings.

16 February 2023
Office of Communications
Consell de Formentera

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