Artists and Designers Preparing Fashion Transformations for Museum Fundraiser
Using everything from recycled bicycle tires to fabric, glass, plastic and precious metal, more than 30 outstanding local and regional artists and designers are busy creating amazing clothing and accessories for the Museum of Ventura County’s 2nd annual art as fashion event Transformation: A Fashion Performance. The fundraiser is Saturday, October 3, with a catered reception at 6:00 p.m. and fashion show with runway seating at 7:15 p.m.
Fashions transformed from one use to another include one-of-a-kind clothes by clothing company Stewart Brown, made of salvage cloth scraps from the manufacture of other garments; Anne Simon’s outfits fashioned of old rain gutter pipes, recycled Christmas tree beads and tops of mocha coffee drinks; Lisa D. Moore’s moving sculptural veil made from plastic bottles.
Museum support group Las Contemporaneas is hosting the event. Tickets are $45 each or $40 for museum members; VIP preferred runway seating, including a gift bag of schwag, is $75. Last year's event was sold out, so while the reservation deadline is September 29, tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis. For reservations and information, call Suzy Dyer at 805-641-1876 x 304.
Invited artists and designers include Dolores Barrett, Anna Bermúdez, Robert Bermúdez, Rolando Camarena, Michelle Chapin, Carolyn Cozen, Lori Cozen-Geller, Victoria Delgadillo, Fran Elson, Sergio Flores, Diana Galicia, Emilia García, Maribel Hernandez, Flora Ito, Miller James, Deborah Jarchow, Ariane Karakalos, Anna Karakalou, Brecia Kralovic Logan, Stacy Logue, Sol Mesz, Lindsay Miller, Lisa D. Moore, Sarah Roberts, Lauren Robertson, Lisa Rocha, Teal Rowe, Jodi Saenger, Susan Seaberry, Anne Simon, Stewart Brown, Andrea Vargas, Rosel Weedn.
Transformation: A Fashion Show Performance runway backdrop by artist Maribel Hernandez