{"id":3146,"date":"2026-04-01T07:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:35:12","slug":"art2wear-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/2026\/04\/01\/art2wear-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Art2Wear 2026: Symbiosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-132341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-132341.jpg 417w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-132341-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Smith Wearing Aurora Henderson&#8217;s <em>Heteropagus <\/em>collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-lead\">Art2Wear continues its traditions in pushing fashion and form in their 2026 exhibit: Symbiosis. Symbiosis works to integrate designers&#8217; understanding of interactions, push and pulls, constraints and appendages. Whether ancient interactions between humanity and nature or emerging engagements with technologies, this year explores polarities in interactions to showcase the impact of forces and the world\u2019s curation when things come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-28-185408-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-28-185408-edited.jpg 659w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-28-185408-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-28-185408-edited-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Natalia Rodriguez in Lauren Hsu&#8217;s <em>Through The Looking Glass <\/em>Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Art2Wear 2026 will take place in three showings at The Gregg Museum of Art and Design April 23rd and April 24th. 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We hope to see you there to showcase an array of wearable art from Art2Wear&#8217;s traditional year long collections and looks to wearable paper projects and semester studio garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image.png 409w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sean Pruitt wearing Henry O&#8217;Bryan&#8217;s <em>Mimiosis <\/em>collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-statement\">Designers looked into cross-cultural pollination, biological contamination, and their evolutions, lineages of logic, technological dependencies and pheromonal tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-3.jpg 754w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-3-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Come see their work during Fashion Week, a cross campus collaboration between the College of Design and the Wilson College of Textiles including studio tours, textile markets, fashion shows, and showcases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1.jpg 411w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lauren Moreton and Alyx Hux wearing Dakota Moreland&#8217;s pieces for <em>Limerence <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank You To Our 2026 Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19-1024x342.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19-1024x342.png 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/ev-spring-2026-19.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3169,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"wide\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/image-1-2-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3167,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/a2w\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-29-132341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3167\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Smith Wearing Aurora Henderson's <em>Heteropagus <\/em>collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\",\"className\":\"is-style-lead\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-lead\">Art2Wear continues its traditions in pushing fashion and form in their 2026 exhibit: Symbiosis. 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