WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum issued the following news release: Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 focuses on fresh and nuanced visions by six Native American or Alaska Native artists who express the honors and burdens that connect people to one another. The more than 50 artworks in the exhibition arise from traditions of making that honor family, community or clan, and require broad community participation. Six artists--Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lak  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Business Strategy and the Environment, an academic peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2023 Special Issue on Circular Disruption - Concepts, Enablers and Ways Ahead: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES: * Understanding circular economy transitions: The case of circular textiles * Making sense of circular economy: Understanding the progression from idea to action * The role of radical innovation in circular strategy d  more

BASEL, Switzerland, March 9 -- Cellulose, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers the conversion of polymers and resources into manufactured goods, such as pulp, paper, textiles and natural fibers, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 30, No. 5 edition: Review Papers: * Tutorial review on the processing and performance of fabrics with antipathogenic inorganic agents * Waste to high-value products: The performance and potential of carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel  more

NEW YORK, March 10 -- Cooper Hewitt Museum issued the following news release: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum today announced the formal establishment of the Digital curatorial department, which will collect and care for born-digital work. This new collecting department will be led by Andrea Lipps, the founding head of digital, who will frame, build and manage the digital collection and its stewardship. The Digital department is the first entirely new collecting department at Cooper He  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 8, 2023: * * * What Africa Experts Are Watching in 2023 By Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Catherine Nzuki, William Mark Bellamy, Mimi Alemayehou, Maria E. Burnett, Emilia Columbo, Ryan Cummings, Cameron Hudson and Laird Treiber The CSIS Africa Program enters 2023 with trepidation and hope. Armed conflicts in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Sahel continue   more

NEW DELHI, India, March 7 -- The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Govt of India today asserted that we need to recognize the importance of quality. "The government is working to introduce quality standards in a much bigger way to help Indian manufacturing sector. In the next 2-3 years, we hope to significantly ra  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Fashion Industry Association issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: This week, the U.S. Fashion Industry Association published our tenth annual Sourcing Trends and Outlook report (available free of charge to USFIA members and affiliates), covering five main trade data trends and providing a peek into the "crystal ball" at the future of textile, apparel, and fashion sourcing and trade policy. This year's top trend: While China remains the m  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 8 (TNSres) -- The Denver Museum of Nature and Science posted the following news release: * * * Continuation of project to reveal more about the life and times of the Moche people * * * Clues to better understanding the religious rituals, political life and societal hierarchy of the Moche people are coming into view as a multi-year excavation continues at Panamarca, led by a team of women archeologists and conservators from Peru and the U.S. Construction of Panamarc  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 9 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Trade Representative, the United States Department of Labor, and the European Commission co-hosted a roundtable on due diligence for responsible business conduct in supply chains on March 3, 2023. Claudia Calderon, Director for Labor Affairs, led for USTR, and Laine Romero-Alston, Senior Advisor for Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement, led f  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 7 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on March 6, 2023: * * * The collection includes more than 100 boxes of photographs, scrapbooks, uniforms, badges and other items from 1913 to 2012. * * * James Branch Cabell Library is home to the records of the Girl Scouts Commonwealth Council of Virginia. The Commonwealth Council records include documents, photographs, textiles and artifacts that chronicle the evolution of Girl Scouting in th  more