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Art Meets Fashion
presented by
SDVAN and FOCUS
Exclusive AMF Scarves by Valentine Viannay, and Rosemary KimBal are will be available at Booth #7, Art San Diego Contemporary Fair September 2-5 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.
Watch the wonderful video to see them being made.
SDVAN and FOCUS have embarked on a project to enliven the SD art scene by cross pollinating the fashion and art worlds. By putting together teams consisting of an artist, a fashion designer, a teacher and a documenter, we hope to encourage products with immense creative energy. The teams will collaborate and mentor each other to gain new skills. Events featuring the Art Meets Fashion theme will include:
- VIP fashion show on Thursday, April 28 at the San Diego International Airport
- Series of independent exhibitions for each of the teams at 2-3 hubs including the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station
- One group show, which will present highlights of each team at the San Diego International Airport from April - Sept 2011.
( Terminal 2, baggage claim)
- Lesson plans created by the teachers involved in the project will be posted and results featured in a special exhibition.
- Fringe events
- Art Meets Fashion online competition featured on Zhibit.org coming in June
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Project Description
SDVAN is delighted to launch Art Meets Fashion in March 2010 with an estimated completion in the Spring of 2011.We are happy to partner with FOCUS to bring this collaboration to the SD Community.
The exhibition will feature the results not only of the collaboration of the artist and fashion designer, but also the documentation of the process by talented videographers, writers and photographers. An exciting component of the team is the educator who will be asked to create lesson plans for their classrooms and general publication. Priority will be given to teachers who work with at risk teens. Our goal is to include teens within the teams when supervision by teachers can be provided.
NTC=Naval Training Center, Libery Station, D=Downtown SD, NP=North Park
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AMF Goals
- Promote San Diego regional arts through the San Diego Visual Arts Network, FOCUS, and our partners
- Create additional awareness for these supporting organizations
- Foster relationships between visual artists, fashion designers, educators, venues, and supporting industries
- To benefit non-profit Art and Fashion educational programs for teens (15-19 years-old)
- Invigorate student to support the arts either as participants or consumers
- Expose the public to the creativity our region has to offer
- Enlighten the public on the advantages of buying local
- Nurture San Diego style and raise the bar on creativity
- Encourage art collecting and connoisseurship
- Stimulate the San Diego economy
Part 1: Artist MeetsFashion Project
Select 12 local San Diego regional teams consisting of 1. A fashion designer 2. A visual artist 3. A teacher connected to an existing educational program 4. A documenter (any media allowed word, photo, video etc)
- Request that the designer and artist make a related or combined fashion item and art work
- Encourage the teacher to develop a lesson plan for teens inspired by the collaboration subject
- Document this process for inclusion in exhibition venues
Goals: The teams will collaborate and mentor each other to gain new skills.These professional will have the opportunity to give back to the community through the mentoring process. The teachers will generate exciting lesson plans to take back to their students. The documenter records and displays the process as part of the education of the public. Note:It is possible that one person will play multiple roles – example: artist, may also be the teacher or the fashion designer may also act as the documenter.
Some Suggested Themes / Inspiration Teens, Casual., Evening Wear., Repurposed/Green, Music/Dance, Political, Futuristic, Erotic, Ethnic, Model, Portrait, Paper
Part 2: Public Display
The results of the teams would be shared through
- A fashion show (launch party) – including art and possibly some teen models
- Exhibitions for each team would take place at a variety of galleries and boutiques (to coincide with the fashion show and organized ideally in clusters.
Goals: To raise money for the education component of the project and to showcase the work produced
Part 3: Art Meets Fashion Teen Education Program
An exciting and important component of the team is the educator who will be asked to create lesson plans for their classrooms and for general publication. Many of our team teachers are working with at risk teens for example at ARTS: A Reason to Survive, SD Center for Children. Arts Media Teen Producers, and St. Madeleine Sophie's Center . Funds raised by the Art Meets Fashion project will go to help buy supplies and tools for those schools in need to implement these lesson plans and to document and display the resulting works.Lesson plans should combine art and fashion and show both as a career path as well as tool for self expression.
Lesson plan will comply with California Content Standards. Please see our Sample lesson plan PDF.
Our goal is to include teens within the teams when supervision by teachers can be provided. We would like to include some teens in the fashion show when appropriate. We will be showcasing the results of their lesson at the SD International Airport during the summer of 2011.
The exhibition will feature the results not only of cross pollination of the artist and fashion designer, but also the documentation of the process of collaboration with the educator. The documenters are all talented videographers, writers and photographers. Each team will choose a theme and those will include environmental issues, futuristic visions, and science and art connections. See theme details after Sept 15, 2010
Independent teens who wants to work on the theme Art Meets Fashion may enter the free Art Meets Fashion Online Competition until the middle of November. There is a special category for those from 14 -18. The competition is free of charge and will be juried by Kay Colvin, director of the L Street Gallery. Lesson plans developed in Part I should combine art and fashion and show both as a career path as well as tool for self expression
Goals: Invigorate student to support the arts either as participants or consumers
The Art Meets Fashion project has many advantages:
- It allows for many, many collaborations - we can call on designers, artists, galleries, boutiques, writers, event planners etc. We have many volunteers in these specialized areas.
- It has an educational component which is aimed at an under served teen age group.
- It will raise the bar for quality, challenge all involved to be creative and give confidence within the industry with a social celebration of the results.
- It will engender lots of positive PR
Collaborative Design Project Benefits: Team members will substantially benefit from this collaboration through:
- Exposure to a broad audience base
- Exhibition/Sales opportunities
- Networking with a wide range of new professional contacts
- Recognition by peers and industry leaders
- Documentation of work including event catalog
- Contribution to art education for the youth of the San Diego region
Important Deadlines
- Guidelines issued March 15, 2010
- Information Meeting April 22, 2010 from 5:30 to 7:30 at FIDA
- Applications due May 15 th 2010.
- Teams will be announced on July 15, 2010
- Project proposals (Design/Concept Drawings, and materials) due by Sept 15, 2010
- Finished Designs due by February 15 th, 2011
- Final Reception/Event April/May, 2011
- Designs showcased for minimum 2 weeks in San Diego County during April/May
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PRESS and Past Events:
Project Description and Deadlines
Printable Press releasePDF, May 2010
Printable Information Sheet PDF
Printable Information for Galleries and Boutiques PDF
Video Introduction to Art Meets Fashion
Video of AMF Exclusive Scarf
Printable Press release PDF Aug. 2010
Team Website/Blogs
Printable Meeting Flyer PDF
Art Meets Fashion Information Meeting for Applicants and Volunteers
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM)
Thursday. April 22, 2010 from 5:30 to 7:30
FIDM: 350, 10th Avenue, 3rd Floor, SD 92101 map
To RSVP for this meeting contact Felena Hanson felena@focusSD.org
Our thanks to Katherine Slauta, Director of Education, San Diego FIDM for providing this space for our information meeting. See facebooks photos of the meeting.
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Art Meets Fashion: The Fringe Events:
The Art Meets Fashion Mannequin Project, is looking for artists invited to create works of art from mannequin forms to be displayed at various Art Meets Fashion events in public venues (San Diego County) throughout 2010 and 2011. One lucky mannequin will even be showcased at the SD International Airport. Mannequin Manifesto and Medium is wide open except all must be suitable for outdoor display. Interested artists will be asked to submit the following: 3 images in your existing collection plus your biography/resume or a website link including that info. For more info or to send in your application, contact the co-chairs Ariane Brittany or Denise Bonaimo. Donations of mannequin blanks for this project are gratefully received.
Calendar of events for on Fringe events
Art Meets Fashion - The Fringe Events: please see the AMF: The Fringe Events calendar for full details.
2010
- Customer Appreciation Pampering & Shopping Night! July 7th, 7 -9 PM Cecilia Boutique
- Art Meets Fashion Launch Celebration: Wed, Jul 21, 6 - 8 PM, SD Microsoft Store
- Icons at Horton Plaza event center, July 24, all ages, 11 -5, over 21, 9 to 2 am
- Garden Party Fashion show by Enigma Fashions on Sat Aug 15, 4:30 at Mount Palomar
- Jon Block presents a Midsummer's Night Dream Love Struck a fashion show and art exhibition at the La Jolla Playhouse, Aug 21, 5-8, Free
- Project Ethos on August 26 Fashion Music Art
at Fluxx
- Extraordinary Happy Hour Live Fashion, Art & Dance Show at Kapreeza in Little Italy on Aug 27
- The Timken Museum of Art and Fashion Careers College (FCC) will host the third annual Art of Fashion from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 28.Special Post Event Exhibition
September 7 - October 3 with five spectacular designs created by Fashion Careers College students and graduates for this year's Art of Fashion. Free Admission.
- Thread San Diego, Sept 26 Horton Event Space at 4th and Broadway 11 to 6 pm
- Zandra Rhodes - a Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles will open at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park on Oct 3, 2010 to April, 2011.
- Paint Meets Pants (working title) - Nov 13, at Mosaic Gallery and put on in aid also of Jeans4Justice.
- Just Desserts (working title) - Nov 20 by Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School at Ruby's
2011
- Symbolic Collection's Jonathan Singer inspired fashion event,. March TBD
- Vision Art Quilt Gallery exhibition of wearable art, May 6
We are offering to cross promote any event which combines Art and Fashion from now until June 2011. We want to build the energy and exposure of this theme during the coming months.
It will be the responsibility of each venue/curator/artist to arrange their own events. There is no charge for participation. www.ArtMeetsFashion.org is our dedicated website and your details will be included on the FRINGE online calendar linked to the SDVAN website We are planning press releases and a number of other collateral events to create a great deal of excitement about the Art Meets Fashion promotion. The only requirement of participation is your listing in the SDVAN directory if you have not already done so. This listing is free.
All we ask in return is that you put a link to www.ArtMeetsFashion.org on your webpage promotion for your event.
An AMF: The Fringe Events logo is available by request.
If you are interested, please make your normal event listing on the SDVAN calendar. Please pass on the title and dates that the event starts with a note that you want to be included in Art Meets Fashion: The Fringe Events. Your listing on SDVAN should include the following.
- Correct spelling of your venue name including contact details address, website url, and telephone number with contact name.
- Details of all participants including name and urls if available.
- Brief description of the event and how it ties into the Art Meets Fashion theme.
- Dates you are prepared to have the events including opening reception if any. The event can start before May 2010 and/or end after June 2011 if you chose.
For more information: www.ArtMeetsFashion.org
Patricia Frischer, coordinator, SDVAN patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148
Felena Hanson, director, FOCUS felena@focusSD.org 619.889.7852
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Volunteers
Felena Hansen - Fashion Designer coordinator
Patricia Frischer - Artist coordinator
Louisa Garcia - Documenter coordinator, Art Blog Editor
Denise Bonaimo - Educator coordinator
Kim Richards - PR Liaison.
Krystel Tien - Fashion Show coordinator
Lauren Letizio - Fringe Event coordinator
Erinn Ryan - Fashion Blog Editor
Carolann Dekker - Sponsorship Liaison
Rosemary KimBal - Editor/Proofreader
We are looking for volunteers in a number of areas and if you are not applying to be on one of the teams and want to be involved please let us know: info@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148
Besides the team participants who are our heroes, our thanks goes to the following dedicated individuals who support AMF with their enormous efforts:
Felena Hanson works tirelessly to update the Art Meets Fashion designated website
Celia Durand a member of Digital Art Guild, help with software issues.
Denise Bonaimo, Rosemary KimBal, Chelsea McGraw, Nichole MacDonald and Julie Goldstein for the special logo for this project
Vanessa Lillegren and Felena Hanson who have worked so effectively on the application and guidelines
Steve and Vanessa Lillegren video taped and edited the Art Meets Fashion information meeting video
Katherine Slauta, Director of Education, San Diego FIDM for providing the space for our first information meeting
Robin Koltenuk and Deanna Sabeck who volunteered for our first information meeting and were so helpful.
Joy Paje who volunteered at our celebration launch meeting July 21, 2010 at the Microsoft Store in Mission Valley.
Ron Brillantes was the photographer for the evening of July 21, 2010
Bradley Lamont for additional images for July 21, 2010
Rosemary Kimbal and Valentine Viannay for designing and producing AMF scarves for the project
Ariane Brittany or Denise Bonaimo for directing the Mannequin project
Felena Hanson and Patricia Frischer - co-producers of the Arts Meets Fashion promotion on behalf of FOCUS and San Diego Visual Arts Network
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Sponsors - Please Donate to Art Meets Fashion
Please click to see our Corporatate Sponsorship packages
FOCUS (Fashion Opportunities Connect US) is a fashion industry networking organization for emerging professionals.
- Connect - create a community for those in fashion related industries to NETWORK, LEARN & GROW
- Promote - generate exposure opportunities for the emerging fashion market - designers, stylists, manufacturers, e-tailers, boutique owners, fashion students & other entrepreneurs
- Inspire - expose the San Diego consumer base to the independent fashion scene in San Diego - indie fashion week passport program and other fashion related events
- Educate - build a platform where experienced professionals can share their knowledge with the next generation of professionals
email: info@focusSD.org to learn how you can get involve
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