Social Media for the Fashion & Beauty Industries
Abandoned In Detroit Fall 2011 Photo Shoot
Location: Belle Isle Aquarium - closed location, exclusive shoot for project members only!
Registering in the project is $100 open to models, designers, stylists, and fashion photographers - visit the project website to learn more.
http://AbandonedInDetroit.org
http://facebook.com/AbandonedInDetroit
a fashion showcase project since 2005
Project Fashion Show on September 25 during the Detroit Design Festival at Red Door Gallery, 7500 Oakland St, Detroit 48211 from 3pm-8pm. Admission is free, donations are welcome. We are working with the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium through the events during DDF at Red Door Gallery.
Event link - http://aidddf2011.eventbrite.com
Questions: Call Stephen at 248-632-6156
Limited advertising and vending opportunities available!
Festival of Arts to Include Fiber, Textile, Fashion and Surface Arts
‘Festival of Arts’ Sept. 16-18, in Bloomfield, MI- Last Call for Entries
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP— The annual “Festival of Arts” in Bloomfield Township, Michigan at the Nativity Episcopal Church, will take place September 16-18, 2011. 21220 West 14-Mile Road, Bloomfield, MI 48301.
“We will have a gala opening reception on Friday, September 16, at 7:00 pm to mingle with the presenters and special guests,” said Henryka Olbrot. Olbrot is president of the Lakeland Society of Artists which supports the show. She is an active art ambassador in theMonroe,Oakland,Macomb andWayneCounty areas.
All manner of disciplines will be accepted, including textiles, paintings, sculpture, photography, glass and pottery. Also included will be acrylics, jewelry, watercolors, fibers, graphics and surface art. The last call for artists has been extended to August 14th.
Deborah Odette, formerly of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will supervise display and hanging
One of the special prizes will be an artist’s proof vase, sculpted by local artist Patricia Auerbach of Berkley, Michigan. Potter, Robert Nixon has donated a unique clay presentation dish.
Nativity Episcopal Church has been a longtime supporter of the arts and has had design influence from the Cranbrook School of the Arts. The church’s striking stained glass panels were created by Margaret Cavanaugh in 1982.
The juried exhibition items can be for sale and the presentation area will be decorated as an art gallery. For more information Diane Wittlinger at 248-642-5577
http://www.nativityartsfestival.org/
Abandoned In Detroit - Summer 2011 Photoshoot
Sunday, August 7 the 24th photoshoot for the fashion showcase project was held. The turnout was light, but we made the most of the day. The fashions of the shoot were self-styled, and the final look is in the genre of Steampunk. Locations were James Scott Mansion, Cass Tech High School, Masonic Temple, and the Dequindre Cut.
Thank you to the mother and daughter models - Tracie and Sydni, and to fellow photographer Hersheal Thomas.
Watch the photo gallery on the project website (AbandonedInDetroit.org) for updates from the Flickr group for the project.
Updates to the project include:
