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World Ocean Day Textile Mural Project
Our Fashion Merchandising and Design students spent several months designing and constructing a large-scale textile mural for World Ocean Day using 100% recycled materials.
The project brings together students, faculty, The Salvation Army, and SeaWorld through a shared focus on sustainability. Using donated clothing and recycled textiles, students transformed discarded materials into an 18 x 8-foot mural that to debut at SeaWorld San Diego on June 8 in celebration of World Ocean Day.
Throughout the process, students explored textile construction techniques, embroidery, large-scale collaboration, and sustainable design practices while balancing the realities of deadlines, teamwork, class responsibilities, and creative problem-solving.
Alongside the mural construction, students also documented their journey through a special podcast series titled Making Waves on Jacq’s Fashion Lab, capturing the challenges, discoveries, and experiences that shaped the project from concept to completion.
Click on Making Waves on Jacq’s Fashion Lab to watch the podcast.
The World Ocean Day Textile Mural Project shows how our students were able to take discarded materials and transform them into a creative mural they can be proud of!
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2026 Green Generation Showcase
April 23, 2026.
Our fashion design students proudly showcased their work at the 15th Annual Green Generation Showcase, CSU Long Beach’s largest Earth Month event dedicated to sustainability. We are proud to recognize all of the participating students, whose creativity, dedication, and commitment to sustainable design made the showcase a success. Each demonstrated outstanding work and a strong sense of originality.
We are also proud to share that one of our students received an Honorable Mention.
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