Honouring our past, innovating our future.
Bringing industry leaders and professionals together from across the global natural dyeing industry to connect, collaborate, cross-pollinate ideas, and innovate change - artists, traditional knowledge keepers, scientists, researchers, farmers, designers, and more.
The Cosmos Conference operates on a biennial model - virtual summits one year, and in-person/virtual hybrid summits the following year. Save the date for our first in-person conference from September 25-27, 2026 in Winnipeg, Canada, and support our next steps here.
MEET YOUR HOST
ash alberg
founder, artist & educator
ash alberg (they/them) is an artist and educator who spends most of their time making slow textiles with natural dyes. They’ve been running their business, sunflower knit, since 2014, and recently announced the multi-year plan to develop their studio, yarrow atelier, into a public learning and residency space on Treaty One Territory in central Canada. In 2024, ash released K-12 curriculum for natural dyeing in the classroom. ash can usually be found either working on their latest big scheme or on adventures with their furry assistant, Willow.
“Colours are the smiles of nature.”
-Leigh Hunt
A full weekend of inspiring conversations and learning with professional dyers from around the world.
day 1 (april 11, 2025)
Full schedule and panelist program coming early 2025.
day 2 (april 12, 2025)
Full schedule and panelist program coming early 2025.
day 3 (april 13, 2025)
Full schedule and panelist program coming early 2025.
bonuses
Behind-the-scenes studio tours, plus Harvest Level exclusives like extra Zoom sessions, downloadable resources, and more!
FAQs
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Log into your account using the upper righthand button. You will find your Zoom links under the “Live Events” section of your home page.
Please note that joining the Zoom calls at any time other than the scheduled event will not give you access to an active Zoom room.
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Please check that your device is compatible with the platforms being used and that your software is up to date (i.e. install the latest Zoom version, update your iOS, refresh your browser, etc.).
If you are having trouble joining a live Zoom call, please send an email to hello@cosmos-conference.com with your registration details and we will do our best to help get you in!
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All recordings from the live weekend events (between April 11-13, 2025) will be added to the website by end of day on Monday, April 14, 2025, barring any major unforeseen tech hiccups.
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Join the live Zoom events to have an opportunity to ask related questions directly to our panelists.
You can find each panelist’s contact information under their profile and linked on their studio tour page (available in your secure log in area).
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The Cosmos Conference operates in English. That being said, our panelists join us from all over the world, and in many cases English is not their strongest language. We provide translators when requested by our panelists.
Thanks to the magic (technology) of Zoom, attendees can enable auto captions during the live panels into the following languages: Arabic; Cantonese; Chinese (Simplified); Chinese (Traditional); Czech; Danish; Dutch; English; Estonian; Finnish; French (Canada); French (France); German; Hebrew; Hindi; Hungarian; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Malay; Persian; Polish; Portuguese; Romanian; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; Tagalog; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Vietnamese.