Press Release for March 5th First Friday

Our Press Focused class in the words of youth designer Liliana Herrera:
The Press Release class was very interesting and informative. I personally learned a few things about writing a press release and the requirements necessary for calling the press out for events like for our program's participation with Alameda Office of Arts Education-Arts is Education Month.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  


Contact: Kristi Holohan 
ACE Arts 
415 420 8028 
www.streetstyledreamseamsschooloffashion.blogspot.com  
acearts.blogspot.com  
ace.arts.eastbay@gmail.com  


YOUTH BRING IN OAKLAND’S NEW FASHION ERA DISCOVER OAKLAND’S HIDDEN FASHION TALENTS AT FIRST FRIDAY ART IS EDUCATIONAL MONTH.  


OAKLAND CA MARCH 5TH ROCK PAPER SCISSORS COLLECTIVE 6:00 – 9:00 PM  


The Street Style Dream Seam School of Fashion is a program based around promoting professional practices among Oakland’s youth designers. Come out and see a professional live photo shoot, sewing demonstration featuring youth designers, and check out our class inventory.  


This event is an opportunity to interact with models, youth designers and entrepreneurs in the dynamic atmosphere of 1st Friday Art Walk. The program is sponsored in part by ACE Arts, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland Parks and Recreation, The City of Oakland's Cultural Arts and Marketing Department, Alameda Arts Fund, The Clorox Foundation, and the Depot for Creative Reuse. The Project is a Collaboration with Alameda County Office of Arts Education: Art is Education Month.  
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This past week journalist Allison Davis visited our program at Rock Paper Scissors to cover the fashion class for Oakland North, an online publication in North Oakland.


Special programatic thanks go out to Liliana Herrera and Naima Yi for initial release writing, MetWest participants for editing, and Veronica Sandoval for typing and final editing.

Trip to the Depot for Creative Reuse

Street Style-Rock Paper Scissors edition bussed on over to Temescal and visited the Depot for Creative Reuse. Each participant filled a bag with fabric notions and other inspirations to create fantastic garments from the found and obscure.

As always, We that the Depot for there support of our program.

February First Friday Sales

On Feb 5th 2010 our Fashion Program set up a table and rack to sell our wears. The most popular items were: jewelry by Patricia Sandoval, and Hadiya Anderson, hats Hector, Clothing by Liliana Herrera, and Alayah LeShay Johnson.

We'll be back next Friday March 5th in the same spot (on 23rd and Telegraph). We'll also be having a live fashion demo!

Duct Tape or BUST

In our Dream Seams addition, Cara and Tanya tape up Jessica to create low-budget busts for us to use in the program. When stuffed with newspaper and covered in a thin batting, they are quite effective. In the stores Busts can cost up to $600. We're resourceful.

More photos from Oakland Public Library

"Reading is Always in Fashion" Oakland Public Library Photo Shoot

Thanks to Photographer team Stuart Dixon and Heather Duperroir for their hard work on our Photo Shoot at the Oakland Public Library titled Reading is Always in Fashion. 

Here are some of our candid point and shoot images from the event. Images from the event will be created into a poster and distributed throughout Oakland

The event was held in coordination with Jodi Mitchell from OPL Teen Zone and facilitated by Street Style/Dream Seams School of Fashion instructor Kristi Holohan. 

Make-up by participant Veronica Sandoval (donated by Sephora) 

Photo Assistance and Documentation by Patricia Sandoval

Designs by: Liliana Herrera, Naima Yi, Alayah Le'shay Johnson, Akilah Bernard, Cara He, & Tania Castro  

Stylist: Breana Pleasants

Additional Models: Izzy and Anna Fong

Additional accessories by Kyle and K Design 

(Additional Professional Photos to be posted)

Photo Shoot at the Oakland Public Library

Over break Street Style and Dream Seams met up with photographer team Stuart Dixon and Heather Duperroir at the main branch of the Oakland Public Library. The shoot titled "Reading is Always in Fashion" featured the student designs that are based on t-shirt patterns. The shoot will produce posters to promote teen literacy. Please contact ace.arts.eastbay@gmail.com to become a patron of or to receive this poster.


We look forward to posting the photos when they have been edited.

The Oakland Public Library has shared this link for college scholarship that are available for students with or without citizenship papers. Thank you Jodi for all of your hard work and youth advocacy!