AFH remains conscious of environmental impact with the decisions we make. This extends to choices such as energy efficient equipment for our studios and design operations to practices such as incorporating found or recycled objects in fine art and to cultivating business clients that demonstrate social responsibility.
We are pleased to introduce several new product lines of fine art and design services that reinforce our commitment to environmental responsibility and directly address sustainable principles and practice.
- ReVision. In 2007, AFH’s Sculpture/Industrial Design youth introduced a sensational line of tables comprised of reclaimed magazines and junk mail set in eco-friendly resin and cast in a variety of shapes and sizes.
- Bike Racks. AFH’s Sculpture/Industrial Design youth have created a series of multiple-unit bike racks that promote healthy transportation alternatives. Featuring whimsical designs such as an oversized padlock, an up-side-down car ‘the car is dead’, an oversized bicycle, and a polar bear, the bike racks were initially conceived in response to a statewide competition. The designs presented by AFH youth were selected as the winning entries, and are now in production for installation in Mission Hill this Spring.
- Sustainable Fabric T-shirts/Environmental Message T’s. Screen Printing promotes organic cotton and bamboo as fabric options to all clients. Apprentices also launched three lines of T-shirts that feature environmental messages printed on organic cotton: “I am…,” “Earth Warrior,” and “Nutritious.”
- Multi-media Climate Change Campaign. Youth in AFH’s Digital Media are working on a film documentary about climate change in collaboration with Now or Never Media and funded by WGBH. In the coming year, AFH plans to launch a media campaign on climate change through graphic billboards, T-shirts, and video documentary.
