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Fashion Line with Carbondale Arts
Creative Apprenticeship Program and ReWear
6 students from 4 schools worked with 3 teaching artists to create 6 entirely collaborative looks from upcycled materials. The fashion line debuted at the Green is the New Black Extravaganza Fundraiser for Carbondale Arts March 7-9.
Post-Show Student Reflection
“I really hope you all know how much I appreciate you all and this experience that we shared!!! You're all amazing, talented, motivated, creative people who I can each look to for inspiration in some way. Everyone I interacted during this project was incredible. ”
Post-Show Student Reflection
“I really hope you all know how much I appreciate you all and this experience that we shared!!! You're all amazing, talented, motivated, creative people who I can each look to for inspiration in some way. Everyone I interacted during this project was incredible. ”
Look board sketches by the students during the development of the fashion are on display at the
POWERS art CENTER
Sketch Exhibition
April 5th-May 4th
Now in its 3rd year, Carbondale Arts’ Creative Apprentice Program pays teens to work with local artists to create works of community value. The Project Shop facilitated this year’s creation of an entirely upcycled fashion line.
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THANK YOU
SUPPORTERS,
VISITING ARTISTS& SUPPLY DONATIONS
VISITING ARTISTS& SUPPLY DONATIONS
- Ragged Mountain
- RebeccaLodge/NearNew
- Aspen Event Solutions
- Anderson Ranch
- Teresa Booth Brown
- Deborah Jones
- Cecilia Metheny
- Christie Interlante
- Katie Leonitis
- Lara and Mark Whitley
- Georgia Chamberlain
- Polly Whitcomb
- Erica Balderson
- Sam Harvey
- Juliana Forbes
- Kat Rich
- Laura Stover
- Nicole Levesque
- Peppinos Pizza
DESIGN TEAM
FACILITATORS
PROGRAM ADMIN
EXHIBITION
- Enzo Katzenberger, RFHS
- Gigi Rascon, GSHS
- Nicola Stringham, RFHS
- Nyomie Deadwiler, CCS
- Jacob Sam, CRMS
- Kayla Kaufman, RFHS
FACILITATORS
- Reina Katzenberger
Creative Director - Savanna LaBauve
Production + Teaching Artist - Natalie Squillante
Carbondale Arts Teaching Artist
PROGRAM ADMIN
- Michael Stout
Carbondale Arts Community Engagement Director - Carbondale Arts Staff
EXHIBITION
- Sonya Taylor at
Powers Art Center
GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK CREW
Our Models
Show Directors:
Show Coordinators:
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Our Models
- Sam Stableford
- Mugsy Fey
- Omar Valázquez
- Emmet Garcelon
- Michelle Lundin
Show Directors:
- Amy Kimberly
- Laura Stover
- Megan Londy Shapiro
Show Coordinators:
- Maya Hull
- Pam Williams
- Josie Cruz
PRESS
- James Steindler,
Sopris Sun
- Amy Kimberly, Express Yourself KDNK Radio
- Kaya Williams, Aspen Public Radio KAJK
- Ashley Mosher,
In a world on the brink, we choose unity and hope by re-imagining garments of the past, constructed from the discarded waste of our present into looks for our future.