A Long Overdue Thank You, After Rags of Light Fashion Show and Bargain Basement Print Sale

Hello friends and loved ones!

Please accept our humble apology for the long block of silence since our February 25th event. A multitude of exciting new developments have taken place here at A Little Creative Class! Before getting into ALCC’s progress, we would first like to give a huge THANK YOU to all of the incredible artists, fashionistas, musicians, and especially parents who travelled all the way from Troy so their youth could model in our Feb. 25th event. We love you all very much and hope you still love us despite the delayed expression of gratitude.

The second part of this post is dedicated to sharing our progress. Hopefully by the end you will understand all we have accomplished in the time since our Summer of 2016 Creative Round Up. It has been amazing, hectic, rewarding, and incredibly hard work, but in one short year many of our plans are becoming a reality. Scroll down the full post for more info on each of our exciting developments and opportunities to get involved!

The names of all of the artists whose work was in our basement art show were written on the dry wall in the shop. The wall has since been covered up with finished plywood, but the names will live on under the surface just as the beautiful night lives on in our minds and hearts through memories and images.

….BUT FIRST

Recap of our February 25th Fashion Show and Basement Art Gallery:

On February 25th models, young creatives, artists, photographers, and a core group of A Little Creative Class mentors and board members came together to produce the first of what we hope will be many benefit art events in our commercial space. Though it was still under deep renovation, just for one night the 236 Malcolm X Blvd. location became a magical space where our dearest friends, family, and members of the community gathered to show love to our budding non profit. The fashion show, “Rags of Light”, was a labor of love for visionary artists and our amazing new Vice President Don Shearer, who worked for months pro bono to create a collection of wearable art pieces that were inspired by A Little Creative Class’ commitment to see beauty in all things. Through the transformation of ordinary and discarded objects, Shearer created over 150 wearable art-a-facts that were walked down the runway to benefit A Little Creative Class.

The models were a mix of young people from Troy, industry professionals, and people for whom modeling has always been a dream. All of these folks were assembled and coordinated by Omer Soylemez, a student from The New School’s New Media and Design program who worked tirelessly to assist Shearer in staffing the show. Music was provided by world-renowned Bed-Stuy legends Rasheem and Friends.

If you missed the show, what remains of the items from the collection are now available here in The Shop for A Little Creative Class at 236 Malcolm X Blvd., Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

Special thank you to our documentary volunteers:Brian Chu, Steven Zeswitz, Walter Wlodarczyk, and Jacob Gervich.