Wed 8/20 @ 6PM
Column & Stripe, a young Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Art group, that supports the museum through its outreach and fundraising programs, is hosting an evening at the museum’s Gartner Auditorium devoted to the intersection of fashion and art.
Dubbed “Art of Fashion,” it features a discussion with people described as “local fashion innovators,” talking about how fashion can be “wearable art,” as anyone who saw CMA’s stunning exhibit on Korean couture last year is well aware. They tell us that “this panel illuminates how design, craftsmanship and vision converge to create wearable art and it highlights Cleveland’s exciting future as an innovative hub in the fashion world.”
The evening will open with remarks by Dr. Mourad Krifa, director of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. A panel discussion moderated by Case Western Reserve University associate professor of art history Dr. Andrea Rager will follow. Panelists include designer William McNicol, founder of William Frederick; Fashion Talks Foundation founder and Column & Stripe board member Aimon Ali; founder/design of Found Surface and the Impossible Art Store Aidan Meany; and 2024 KSU School of Fashion alumni Tamara Marono Garza.
The event is free and open to all, but reservations are required. Go here.