Art Meets Fashion: An Opportunity to Inspire 2011
presented by
SDVAN and FOCUS

Artists Exhibition at the Mandell Weiss Gallery in Dance Place presented by Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater
May 1 to Oct 24, Reception, Friday, May 6, 5 to 9 pm
Dance Place San Diego, 2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 108, 92106
More info: info@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148

AMF Mannequin Project Exhibition
May 1 to May 31, Reception Friday, May 6, 2011 from 5 to 8 pm
at ARTS A Reason to Survive
2820 Roosevelt Road, Suite 106 , 92106
and Sophie's Gallery 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 101, 92106
More info: Ariane Brittany and Denise Bonaimo 619.384.5161

Jeans 4 Justice Art Meets Fashion Exhibit in the Martha Pace Swift Gallery
May 6 to June 5, Reception, Friday, May 6, 5 to 9 pm
Building 201, 2820 Roosevelt Road, Suite 106 , 92106
More info: Jessica Johnson 858-761-2699

San Diego International Airport AMF Team Group Exhibition
April 2 to September, 2011 - Open to the public daily
both at Terminal 2, West baggage claim

AMF: From Abstract to Alternative, Online Competition sponsored by Zhibit.org
Exhibition at L Street Fine Art
April 7 to May 31, Opening Friday, April 29, 6 to 9 pm

 No longer available: Art Meets Fashion Video by Adam Levins and Jessica Mandeville
Art Meets Fashion Runway Show from John Schell on Vimeo.

Exclusive AMF Scarves by Valentine Viannay, and Rosemary KimBal are will be available to see at Mission Federal ArtWalk on April 30. Contact them to purchase at dancingbrush@cox.net. 760.943.7496 . Watch the wonderful video to see them being made.

• VIP fashion show on Thursday, April 28 at the San Diego International Airport
• Public Open Cat Walk launch at the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station May 6, 2011
• Series of independent exhibitions for each of the teams at 2-3 hubs including the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, Downtown, and North Park
• 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. Exhibiton at L Street Fine Arts
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• ArtMeetsFashion Artists exhibition at the Mandell Weiss Gallery at San Diego Dance Theater May 6 to July 31
• Mannequine project at ARTS and Sophie's Gallery

Project Description

Fashion Designers:April Cromer (AMF team Elevation photo Aurelia d’Amore) ,
Alexandra Hart (AMF team Evolution Transformed photo Henry Young),
Osbaldo Ahumada (AMF team La Femme Noir photo Duke Windsor)

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AMF Goals

• Invigorate student to support the arts either as participants or consumers
• 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)
• 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 11 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

• 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.

Part 3: Art Meets Fashion Teen Education Program

ART MEETS FASHON LESSON PLANS

We are pleased to announce that our lesson plans are now listed on the CARE website. (Collaborative Arts Resources for Education).

Wired by Irene de Watteville
The Gilded Cage by Lizzie Tran
Beauty’s Privilege byDenise Bonaimo
Evolution Transformed by Kathie Taylor
Reflection and Flow by Tina Reyes
Crossroads by Nora Kassajikian
Elevation Dresses by Robin Przybysz
Elevation Dolls by Robin Przybysz
Le Femme Noir by Andrea Marx
Ume by Pam Zimbalist
Arts Collide by Thomine Wilson
N-GOM by Katherine Sweetman
Jeans4Justice by Jess Johnson

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. We are offering grants to the educators on our teams to help with the cost of teaching their lesson plans. Grant Application

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 April 15, 2011. 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 announced on July 15, 2010 Meeting at Microsoft Store in Mission Valley
• Project proposals (Design/Concept Drawings, and materials) due by Sept 15, 2010
• Finished Designs due by February 15 th, 2011
• Participants celebrate March 15 and deliver work for the SD International Airport Display
• Final Reception/Event April 28, 2011at SD International Airport and May 6, 2011 at NTC Promenade Liberty Station
• Teams showcased in San Diego County during April/May at three hubs venues
• Team group display at SD International Airport April - September 2011

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PRESS and Past Events: Art Meets Fashion San Diego now has 129,000 listing on Google!
Art Meets Fashion Runway Show from John Schell on Vimeo.
Testimonials/Quotes from Art Meets Fashion Participants
Art Meets Fashion Intro Video by Adam Levins and Jessica Mandeville, January, 2011
Press releasePDF, May 2010
Press release PDF Aug. 2010
Press release PDF Nov. 2010
Press release PDF Jan. 2011
Press release PDF March 2011
Press release PDF April 2011
Press release PDF May 2011
Information Sheet PDF
Information for Galleries and Boutiques PDF
Video Introduction to Art Meets Fashion, April 2010
Video of AMF Exclusive Scarf
Project Description and Deadlines
Art Meets Fashion Announces Team and Themes, The Feast, Nov 2010
San Diego City Beat Red List, for AMF: Annual Theme Show at Fusion Glass Company, Nov 22, 2010
San Diego City Beat, SD Art News Looking Forward and Back by Kinsee Moran, Dec 28, 2010
Ornament Magazine, Announcements and Events column, Dec 2010 and March 2011
San Diego Home/Garden, Valentine's Way, Valentine Viannay, Feb, 2011
Smashing Darling, Industry Interview: Art Meets Fashion, San Diego by Mo on Feb 3, 2011
Art Meets Fashion on ArtRocks Internet Radio with Felena Hansen and Patricia Frischer, Feb, 2011
San Diego Magazine: From Napkin Sketch to Runway by Rebekah Sager, April 2011
The Art Behind the Fashion, Elena Buckley, Uptown News, April 2011, pages 9-10
The Count Down Begins. Mission Times Couriers, April 4, 2011
Art Rocks Interview, Alexandra Rosso and Philly Swendoza, Evolution Transformed at Vision Arts, April 13, 2011
Five Reason not to Miss Art Meets Fashion, City Beat ,by Christianna Ablahad, April 20, 2011
North County Times preview calendar for AMF at L Street Fine Art
Pomerado News Group events preview for AMF at SD Art Department, April, 2011
Dream Villager for AMF at NTC, April 2011, page 33LGBT, Open Catwalk Invitation by Andrew Printer , April 21, 2011
La Jolla Light, Art Meets Fashion’ to present cutting-edge collaborations By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, April, 21, 2011
Art Rocks Interview with Philly Swendoza of Anjela Piccard and Guy Lombardo, AMF Ngom Team, April 20, 2011
Maire Scharpegge's video of the Reflection and Flow opening at Alexander Salazar Gallery , April 25, 2011
Power in numbers: Art Meets Fashion forges ties in San Diego’s creative community by Carissa Casares, City Beat, April 27, 2011
Cultural Crowd by Kinsee Moran, City Beat, May 6, 2011
944 Magazine, Art Spotlight, Art Meets Fashion Launch, By Baily Mobely, May 2011
La Jolla Light, La Jolla luminaries shine at Art Meets Fashion events by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt with photos by Maurice Hewitt, May 2011
Arts A Reason to Survive Art Meets Fashion, May 2011
San Diego Downtown News, Arts in Brief, by Kendra Hartmann June 2011

Information for Event Photographers of Art Meets Fashion
We ask you to post your best photos and videos online and send us the link with your name and the title and place of the event so it can be linked on SDVAN and AMF websites. Then send us, at the most, one or two of the best of the best photo images for possible use in the catalog or online. Format should be small JPEG (no larger than 5 by 5 inches, but high resolution i.e. 300 dpi). if we need larger images we will contact you.  It is important to label the images with your name and the name of the designer so credit can be given. Please help us out and  do not send image that are 1 MG or larger and they stop us receiving email until they are deleted from our server. Send link or questions to info@sdvisualarts.net

Kira Corser - Images from Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
Natalie Warr - Images form Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
Katherine Sweetman - Airport Fashion show photos, April 28, 2011
Patricia Frischer Facebook - A small selection of photos by Boyd and Evan of the Airport Fashion show, April 28, 2011'
Boyd and Evans UTube video - Slapped together by Patricia Frischer, Airport Fashion show, April 28, 2011
Stacy Keck for 944 - Images of Airport Fashion Show, April 28, 2011
John Schell - Images from Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
John Schell - Images from NTC Fashion Event on Facebook, May 6, 2011
Marti E Kranzberg Light Play Photography - Images from NTC Fashion Event May 6, 2011
Guy Lombardo - Images from NTC Fashion Event on Facebook, May 6, 2011
Kome N. Parnell - Images of NTC Fashion Show, May 6, 2011

Team Website/Blogs
AMF Evolution Transformed, AMF: Arts Collide, AMF: N-GOM, AMF: Reflections and Flow , AMF: Crossroads, AMF: Beauty’s Privilege, AMF: UME, AMF: Wired, La Femme Noir and AMF: Elavation . Printable Meeting Flyer PDF

PAST EVENTS
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.

San Diego International Airport AMF VIP Fashion Show
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Rana Sampson, First Lady of San Diego - Art Meets Fashion VIP Honorary Patron
Jodi Kadesh, NBC San Diego Traffic & Weather Anchor - Art Meets Fashion Master of Ceremonies
RSVP required patricia@sdvidualarts.net

NTC Promenade presents Art Meets Fashion: Opportunities to Inspire
Reception Friday, May 6, 2011 from 5 to 8 pm
6pm Program: Fashion Show, SD Dance Theater Preformance, Open Catwalk
Team exhibitons: Wired at Arts, Evolution Transformed at Vision Art Museum, Gilded Cage at 5loaves 2fish
NTC MAP

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Art Meets Fashion: The Fringe Events:

The Art Meets Fashion Mannequin Project at NTC Promenade
Artists recycling fashion mannequin or making their own variations of a humanoid, bedecks, bedazzled and beckoning for your attention.
May 1 -31
Reception Friday, May 6, 5 to 8 pm
ARTS 2820 Roosevelt Road, Suite 106, 92106
Sophie’s Gallery 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 101, 921062825 Dewey Road Suite 103, SD, 92106
More info: Ariane Brittany and Denise Bonaimo 619 384 5161

The Art Meets Fashion Mannequin Project,  has create works of art from mannequin forms. One or more lucky mannequin might be showcased at the SD International Airport. Mannequin Manifesto and Medium is wide open. For more info: contact the co-chairs Ariane Brittany or Denise Bonaimo. Donations of mannequin blanks for this project are gratefully received. Thanks to .Marion Law for producing the Mannequin team song.

Calendar of events for Fringe events

Art Meets Fashion - The Fringe Events: please see the AMF: The Fringe Events calendar for full details.

2010

• July
• 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
• August
• 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
• September
• 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.
• 5 Loaves, 3 Fish design Kit's Wedding dress, vote on her Bridesmaid dresses Sept 3
• 3rd Annual Encinitas Lifestyles Fashion Show  on Sept 25
• Body Art competition held by Aaron Brothers enter until Sept 25.
• Thread San Diego, Sept 26 Horton Event Space at 4th and Broadway 11 to 6 pm
• International Interior Design Association) annual Haute Couture show, Sept 24
• Flesh Fold by Natasha Zupan at Alexander Salazar Fine Art Sept 24 -29
• The Real Life of Mannequins unveiled by French photographer Janine Free and French bricoleur d'images Guy Mayenobe at Gallery 21 in Spanish Village, Balboa Park starting Sept 29.
• October
• 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.
• Pink Party at House of Blues Oct 16
• Recycled Materials Fashion Runway Show at Escondido Art Partnership Municipal Gallery on Sat Oct 23, VIP $35 from 5:30, show $20 at 7:30.
• November
• Steampunk’s Art Extravaganza, Fri, Nov 5, 7:00 – 10:00pm. 21+ Oceanside Museum of Art
• Tagged - Nov 13, 7 to 10 pm at Mosaic Gallery and put on in aid also of Jeans4Justice.
• AMF: Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School at Nov 20
• AMF: Annual Theme Show at Fusion Glass Company, Nov 27 (8872 La Mesa Blvd. La Mesa, 91942. More info:Tel: 619 461 4440
• Natasha Zupan Nov 19 and 20 th, 6 to 9 pm at Alexander Salazar Fine Art
• December
• Annual SDVAN Holiday Pot Luck Party with Accessory Exchange, Dec 14, 11-2pm

2011

• January:
• Hands On Workshop with Zandra Rhodes, Fri. Jan 14, 10 - 4, presented by The Gotthelf Art Gallery at Mingei International Museum , Balboa Park $125 per person. RSVP to 858.362.1154 gallery@lfjcc.com
• New Work by N-Gom including Teen Fashion Film footage at Agitprop (2837 University Ave, SD 92101) on Jan 22 from 6-9pm
• Fashioned: Photography, Video, Film & Performance Artifacts By Marisa Llamas, January 11-14, 12-5pm, UCSD, Mandeville Annex Gallery
• Thomas Gainsborough and The Modern Women at  The San Diego Museum of Art  from Jan 29, to May 01. More info: programs@sdmart.org 619.232.7931
• February
• Through the Eyes of an Artist at the SD Botanic Gardens, Cheryl Tall, Feb 12, 2-3 pm
• Bohemian Market for Valentine's Day gift options at Industry Showroom, Sat February 12
• Culture & Cocktails featuring Provocative Women and Provocative Paintings, Feb17,.The San Diego Museum of Art,
• America's Next Top Model – Cycle 17 - Open Casting Call at NTC Feb 18
• March
• Exquisite Corpse: Femme Fatale at the Women Museum of California starting Fri. March 4 to April 2
• Art and Fashion Fusion in aid of the Riford Center, March 27, 2 pm
• Bohemian Market - IndieArt, Design, Fashion Phenomena at Industry Showroom, March 26
• April
• AMF at Mission Federal ArtWalk with Dancing Brush Demonstration by Rosemary KimBal, Sat April 30, starting at 11:30 am
• Zandra Rhodes - a Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park until April, 2011.
• Champagne and Purses for It's All About the Kids at Eden San Diego, April 26, 2011
• May
• Vision Art Quilt Gallery exhibition of wearable art, May 6
• Anjela Piccard at Colosseum with Irina Negulescu & Scott Wright, May 7, 2011
• Jean Isaacs choreography of "Hunters" and "Gatherers" with costume and scenery by Rosemary KimBal, Don Powell Theatre, San Diego State College, May 14 & May 15th
• From Darkness Comes Light, concurrent with the Elevation team exhibiton at Space4Art, May 17- 28

• 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

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Great thanks to Constance Y. White and Susanna Pereda for hosting the AMF fashion show and exhibition case display at the SD International Airport.	Our gratitude to Alan Zitter from the NTC Foundation for hosting the public launch of AMF.
Continuing thanks to Brian Willis and Zhibit.org for their sponsorship of the online competition for AMF and for offering free website to artists.	Special thanks for advertising support from Kelly Fleischmann at the The Younger Agency.
Adam Levins and Jessica Mandeville deserve our thanks for creating our short promotional video.	Special thanks to AICASD Jaye Brown and Ruth Holden and their merchandising students for help with the display at the SD Airport.
Special thanks to Andrea Lattanner who helped arrange for us to use the Microsoft Store in Mission Valley for our Participants celebration event..	Special thanks to Jenn Goodrum and Popchips for their in-kind donation.
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company deserves special thanks for their in-kind donation	Carolann Dekker gives generously in sponsorship support and deserve our special thanks.
Special thanks to Marie Abordo and Glaceau Vitamin Water Zero for their in-kind donation.

TESTIMONIALS

• 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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