European Creative Hubs Network

🎉Meet Brava Arts, our new ECHN member from La Bisbal d’Empordà, Catalonia

Brava Arts is a multidisciplinary cultural hub transforming a former ceramics factory into a space for artistic experimentation, production, and exchange.

➡️Swipe to learn more about how they decentralise contemporary culture while connecting local heritage with international artistic practices.

We’re proud to have you as part of the European Creative Hubs Network 💛

Meet FABRIC, our new ECHN member from Hamburg, Germany!

FABRIC Future Fashion hub supports sustainable fashion labels through shared workspaces, innovation programmes, and collaborative learning opportunities. For FABRIC "Fast fashion doesn't go with their outfits"!

Swipe to learn more about how they are making fashion production more visible, accessible, and sustainable while building a stronger creative ecosystem in Hamburg.

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➡️Still deciding whether to attend the Fashion Forward: Sustainable Fashion in Practice event tomorrow at Romantso?

Meet the guest speakers of our panel discussion “Tailoring Greener Futures for Greek Fashion” and register now.

The discussion brings together voices from Greece’s design, education, and creative practice sectors to explore the challenges, opportunities, and future pathways for advancing sustainability in Greece’s fashion industry and education.

For the two-part discussion we are very proud to host:

🔹Fiori Zafeiropoulou (Fashion Revolution Greece, SOFFA)
🔹Eftychia Panagopoulou (PANSiK)
🔹Poppy Anastouli (AKTO)
🔹Alexandra Bissa
🔹Maria Stavropoulou (MARIA SIGMA)
🔹Emma Efmorfi̱di (“This was a sheet”)
🔹Garyfalia Pitsaki (3QUARTERS)

Both sessions will be moderated by Vassilis Charalampidis (ECHN).

📍 Wed 3 June | Romantso , Athens
Free attendance with registration: https://forms.monday.com/forms/b9d62ef4dea0446fa0c9d10c159024df?r=euc1

Meet the facilitators of Fashion Forward: Sustainable Fashion in Practice.

And join us on Wednesday 3 June | 📍 Romantso (Anaxagora 3, Athens)

One of the highlights of our programme is the hands-on workshop "Timeless Threads: Weaving Tradition into Tomorrow’s Fashion" facilitated by renowned weaving artist Ismini Samanidou and textile maker Lambrini Nanou. With their expert guidance, you will explore Greek and Sarakatsani weaving heritage, experiment with loom weaving, and design your own zero-waste garment prototypes. Discover how ancestral wisdom inspires sustainable innovation.

Attendance is free with registration.
Save your spot now!

Images: 2) Ismini Samanidou, 3) Lambrini Nanou, 4-5) Artworks of Ismini Samanidou

* The event brings together the expertise of two ERASMUS+ projects: IMASUS and Cyanotypes.

Meet Messolonghi By Locals, one of our ECHN members from Messolonghi, Greece!

Based in the historic lagoon town of Messolonghi, the hub connects culture, heritage, and citizen participation through collaborative projects and community-led initiatives rooted in the local landscape.

Swipe to learn more about their story!

We’re proud to have you as part of the European Creative Hubs Network 💛

Meet TransfoLAB ATH, one of our ECHN members from Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

TransfoLAB ATH is a social cooperative hub that supports creativity, collaboration, and sustainable making through shared infrastructure, education, and community participation.

Swipe to learn more about how they connect circular practices, local engagement, and hands-on experimentation within Athens’ creative ecosystem.

We’re proud to have you as part of the European Creative Hubs Network 💛

Not sure if your organisation qualifies? If your space supports creative communities, collaboration or innovation, we want to hear from you.

🚨 Don't forget, the deadline to answer the survey is on Friday, May 22!

Find the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/hubsbarometer

Are you a designer, maker, student, or fashion professional passionate about sustainability? ♻️✨

Do you want to connect with Athens’ (and not only) creative fashion community and explore the future of sustainable fashion in Greece?

Join us on June 3rd in Athens for a free one-day event full of workshops, inspiration, innovation, and new ideas for a greener fashion industry.

🗓 June 3, 2026
📍 Romantso, Athens
🎟 Free participation

Register now: https://creativehubs.net/article.php?id=320

Fashion Forward: Sustainable Fashion in Practice hands-on workshops bring together the expertise of two ERASMUS+ projects: IMASUS and CYANOTYPES.

🎉 Meet Benchspace Cork, one of our ECHN members from Ireland!

Benchspace Cork is a shared creative workspace supporting makers, designers, and creative entrepreneurs through accessible tools, training, and collaborative opportunities.

⬅️ Swipe to learn more about how they connect traditional crafts, emerging technologies, and sustainable making practices within Cork’s creative community.

We’re proud to have you as part of the European Creative Hubs Network 💛

We are aware that your hub is more than just a space. It’s community, experimentation, jobs, culture and opportunity for creatives.

Help us map that reality across Europe.

🔗 Fill in the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/hubsbarometer

📆 Deadline: May 22, 2026