Detail of Rachel Breen's Shroud, 2018. (c) Rachel Breen

CANCELLED: Gallery Conversation: Dr. Sanchita Saxena with Rachel Breen

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As part of the exhibition “The Labor We Wear,” artist Rachel Breen will be in conversation with Dr. Sanchita Saxena, executive director, Institute for South Asia Studies; director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at U.C. Berkeley. The conversation will touch upon the cycle of garment production in Bangladesh and the consumption of fast fashion—from dangerous factory conditions to problems caused by textile waste.

Dr. Saxena is the editor of Of Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia: Bangladesh after Rana Plaza (2019, Routledge) and author of Made in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka: The Labor Behind the Global Garment and Textiles Industries (2014, Cambria Press). She has also published policy and conference reports on policy reforms, urbanization, and governance and democracy.

Breen holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree from Evergreen State College. She has been a community organizer for social justice organizations throughout the country and is a co-founder of Jewish Community Action in Minnesota. Breen is the recipient of four Minnesota State Arts Board grants, the Walker Art Center’s Open Field fellowship, and the 2019–2020 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship.

Detail of Rachel Breen's Shroud, 2018. (c) Rachel Breen