NET Nights spring forward...and look back

Back from holiday break we are looking forward to an exciting spring full of new speakers from the art and design community and business, and exciting changes to our NET Nights programming!

In the interim I couldn't resist posting a few more fabulous photos taken during NET Nights at Moore - TREND REPORT. This program, focusing on the business of fashion, brought out not only our biggest audience (almost 300 guests) but most our engaged and enthusiastic crowd to date; we are looking forward to more events like this in the future!

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NET Nights featured on Style Shepherd

NET Nights at Moore: TREND REPORT - The Business of Fashion was recently written up on Style Shepherd, a blog "celebrating fashion, art, and the passions of Les Creatifs." Read all about it at Style Shepherd or just click on our "PRESS" page to read the full article.

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TREND REPORT - The Business of Fashion

We had our biggest crowd to date here at Moore last Thursday evening for NET Nights at Moore: TREND REPORT - The Business of Fashion!

Close to 300 guests attended the cocktail hour and conversation with NYC based-designers Alex De Yonge of DVF and Auralis Herrero of her self-titled line Auralis Inc., and Philly-based designers Kristin Haskins-Simms of Strangefruit and Craig Arthur von Schroeder of Commonwealth Proper. The four designers, led by Moore's Head of Fashion Design Janice Lewis, discussed everything from advice for young designers on how they got their start in the industry, to how they identify their customers to the un-glamorous side of fashion. The talk was engaging to say the least; low-key and entertaining but very informative and insightful. We are looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say about the night and will be following up with interviews with each designer featured in the next few weeks. In the interim here are just a few of our fabulous, and quite fashionable guests, who attending that evening.

Mina Stevens, Tatiana Samara

Danielle, Mohammed and Desirey of FAME APPEAL

Mina Dia Stevens, Moore alum and Adjunct Faculty in Fashion Design at Moore

Amanda, writer for Philadelphia Weekly Style Blog

Robyn, Fashion Industry Management student at Philadelphia University

Maria Palantino and her mom Cheryl, a sophomore student in Moore's YAW fashion courses

Linwood, Robert and Mariya, summer YAW students

Tia Ellis from Couture at Your Door, a mobile boutique

 

Sheila Frank, founder of her self-titled label who is opening in The Galleries' DesignLab exhibition series on December 11 along wither her mother Lorraine and friend Sarah

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NET Nights TREND REPORT, Nov 11 @ 6pm

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NET Nights at Moore - Art Performs

NET Nights at Moore – Art Performs

Thursday, Oct 14

6 – 8 pm

Featuring musician Melissa Auf der Maur (bassist for Hole/Smashing Pumpkins) screening her new multimedia film OOOM, along with clips of new work by Barbara Bickart in cooperation with the Painted Bride Art Center.

After screening their respective videos, both Bickart and Auf Der Maur will be present to discuss their work, insights and inspirations. 

NET Nights are presented with support from Moore College of Art & Design and Your Part-time Controller.

For more information visit www.thegalleriesatmoore.org

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NEW Teaching Artists Workshops @ Bartol

Register Now for Teaching Artist Workshops

Welcome to Fall! The Bartol Foundation continues its workshops for teaching artists with two October offerings;

Learning from Self-Taught Artists: Visual Arts Curriculum with Found Materials
Thursday, October 7, 4:30-6:30

Self-taught artist James Castle is the inspiration for this hands-on workshop, which will share techniques for using recycled and found materials to make corrugated cardboard, articulated dolls dressed in embellished found materials

Snaps, Moo’s and Other Classroom Management Tricks
Monday, October 25th 2:30-4:30 pm

Led by Maureen Sweeney and Mindy Early of Philadelphia Theatre Company, share hands-on strategies that incorporate teacher tricks and theatre techniques into strong classroom management

For more information and to register, click here.

Be sure to click here to see the News section for updated job opportunities and listings for workshops by our partner organizations. And check out the Resource page for information from past workshops.
 

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Call for Membership @ Vox Populi!

COME ABOARD VOX POPULI is accepting applications for membership through October 8. Vox Populi is a member-run artist collective. Member artists mount a solo exhibition each 15 months and are eligible to participate in group and traveling exhibitions.  During these exhibitions, members are encouraged to take risks and experiment while working in a non-commercial and supportive collective environment. Members also have the chance to curate shows and organize educational and related programming. Membership is open to any artist living in the Philadelphia area, but limited to those who do not have commercial gallery representation and who are not current students.   Members participate in all aspects of the gallery's administration and programming. There is a one-time initiation fee of $100.00 for new members; monthly dues are $55.00. Members are required to staff the gallery 3 hours each month, attend monthly meetings and perform 6 hours of committee work each month.   Applications must include the following: 10-20 jpegs (no larger than 1024x768 pixels at 72 ppi) and/or Quicktime files (no more than 10 minutes total) - on ONE disc, please Corresponding numbered check list of works; including title, date, materials and dimensions Current resume Artist statement Applications will be reviewed by the artist-membership of Vox Populi and must be received at the gallery by October 8, 2010. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Emailed submissions will not be reviewed. Please only submit requested materials as submissions will not be returned. Submit materials to: Vox Populi New Member Review 319 North 11th Street 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 T: 215-238-1236 Questions? Contact: newmemberreview@voxpopuligallery.org

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