{"id":2680,"date":"2022-05-09T15:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/now\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2022-05-09T15:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:06:57","slug":"frances-van-hasselt-karoo-mohair-a-story-from-farm-to-fabric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/now\/frances-van-hasselt-karoo-mohair-a-story-from-farm-to-fabric\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances\u00a0van\u00a0Hasselt:\u00a0Karoo Mohair, A Story From Farm to Fabric\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1017\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/05\/image.png 1017w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/05\/image-768x381.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, May 12th, 2022 <\/strong>at<strong> 9:30am<\/strong> in the MFA Textiles Studio (39 West 13th Street, 3rd floor) for an MFA Textiles Community Conversation (CoCo) event featuring <strong>Frances\u00a0van\u00a0Hasselt<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frances\u00a0van\u00a0Hasselt\u00a0<\/strong>is a designer and entrepreneur focusing on mohair textiles. 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Her role in creating an inclusive, sustainable supply chain specifically adapted to the ecosystem of the South African textile industry earned her a Mandela Washington Fellowship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francesvh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.francesvh.com<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/francesv.h_mohair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@francesv.h_mohair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on\u00a0Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at 9:30am in the MFA Textiles Studio (39 West 13th Street, 3rd floor) for an MFA Textiles Community Conversation (CoCo) event featuring Frances\u00a0van\u00a0Hasselt.\u00a0 Frances\u00a0van\u00a0Hasselt\u00a0is a designer and entrepreneur focusing on mohair textiles. 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