{"id":211402,"date":"2026-05-21T19:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?p=211402"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:41:40","slug":"giulianna-nasta-24-expands-creative-scholarship-through-textile-arts-and-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2026\/05\/21\/giulianna-nasta-24-expands-creative-scholarship-through-textile-arts-and-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Giulianna Nasta \u201924 Expands Creative Scholarship Through Textile Arts and Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"246\">Giulianna Nasta \u201924, a graduate of Montclair State University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ma-theatre\/\">M.A. in Theatre Studies<\/a> program, continues to expand her creative and scholarly work through new publications, experimental textile arts projects, and community-based arts education.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"710\">Nasta\u2019s capstone project, <em data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"341\">built for nineteen\/i ask that i lay down in the vines: a dialogue<\/em>, a fiber-meets-performance piece developed during her graduate studies, will be featured in the inaugural issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/closeknitnyc.com\/\"><em data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"473\">Close Knit NYC<\/em><\/a>, an experimental textile arts magazine scheduled for release this summer. The publication marks an important milestone for the project, which evolved over nearly two years through experimentation and interdisciplinary artistic practice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"1163\">In addition to the upcoming magazine feature, Nasta is contributing to a forthcoming fashion sustainability publication with Bloomsbury, currently in peer review. She is also continuing to develop new creative work inspired by 1960s paper dresses and their social and political messaging, building on conversations and feedback following her presentation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/aenj.org\/conference\/\">AENJ conference<\/a> last fall.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1534\">Alongside her creative practice, Nasta teaches sewing and fashion courses, sharing her passion for textile arts with emerging makers and young artists. She is also developing resources for a new project exploring historical fashion through classic plays and novels, further connecting performance, costume, literature, and material culture.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1711\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Through publication, teaching, and interdisciplinary research, Nasta\u2019s work reflects the innovative and exploratory spirit fostered within Montclair\u2019s Theatre Studies program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her capstone project will appear in the inaugural issue of &#8220;Close Knit NYC&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":211404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-210_art-design-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211405,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211402\/revisions\/211405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}