Pillow Talk with Historical Resource Consultant Sarah Marsom

Pillow Talk with Sarah Marsom during Modern Phoenix Week 2019Phoenicians met up with 2018's National Trust for Historic Preservation's American Express Aspire Award Winner Sarah Marsom, who has engaged a new generation of future leaders in preservation and city planning through her TinyActivist project and other urban interventions. Sarah shared her insight on engaging millennials and digital natives in the art of celebrating heritage in the built environment. Pillow Talk with Sarah Marsom during Modern Phoenix Week 2019Then she facilitated a hands-on sewing session featuring this year's Desert Modernism Fabric Design Challenge winners, sponsored by Spoonflower. Congratulations to Cecilia Mok of Australia, whose fabric was selected by a panel of local design leaders to use for this special workshop. The semifinalists are shown below. All products can be ordered on a variety of fabric substrates or in pre-made products such as tablecloths, napkins and pillows at the Spoonflower website devoted to this competition.Spoonflower Desert Modernism SemifinalistsPillow Talk with Sarah Marsom during Modern Phoenix Week 2019After a guided tour of the new (old) Park Central, we concluded with a screening of the Doris Day and Rock Hudson film Pillow Talk hosted by No Festival Required! This day-long event was presented in partnership with our programming partner Artlink at Park Central.
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