FIDM Magazine

FIDM Museum & Galleries To Participate in Downtown Art Walk This Thursday

This year, the FIDM Museum & Galleries is a stop on the December Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk on Thursday, December 11th, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Busses will take shoppers from the main area of the Art Walk (all info is on the Art Walk site) to FIDM and bring them back again.

Of course, you can come directly to FIDM and buy "Art To Wear" from two faculty artists and two alumni artists.

The artists participating at the FIDM Museum & Galleries are:

• Robin Wagner, FIDM Faculty, with her line of Suicide Kings men's sweaters.
• Sharon Cohen, FIDM Faculty, with her line of Bicron Design hand-loomed scarves and shawls.
• Claudia Grau, FIDM Alumna, with her line of Grau Designs recycled cashmere sweaters.
• Joe Viboonviriyawong, FIDM Alumnus, with his line of Vilaiwan exquisite semi-precious hand-made jewelry (seen above.)

The Art Walk takes place monthly every second Tuesday, but this is the only time you can come to The FIDM Musuem & Galleries and view and purchase the work of FIDM Faculty and Grads.

Directions to the FIDM Museum & Galleries, on the FIDM Los Angeles Campus, are here.--Belissa

West Hollywood's Design Walk 2008 to Feature FIDM's "Chairing Styles"

"For the eighth consecutive year, The Avenues of Art & Design is partnering with The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising... for the exhibition of Chairing Styles, to be staged at the Walker & Zanger showroom on the Avenues," reports WeHo News. Over three hundred showrooms and galleries will be participating in West Hollywood's 11th annual Art & Design Walk on May 31st.

You won't want to miss the fantastic Chairing Styles exhibition featuring work by FIDM Textile Design, Fashion Design, and Interior Design Students. In the annual project, unveiled every year at our Debut Fashion Show and Gala, 30 students from the three disciplines collaborate to create fabric, ten outfits, and ten matching chairs. See past Chairing Style exhibitions in our online gallery.  --Kim

FIDM Instructor Featured in Gallery Show (L.A.)

Freelance Graphic Designer and FIDM Instructor Cameron Tiede, well-known for his hugely popular line of hip collectible vinyl toys, will be showing two pieces at the "Everything but the Kitschen Sink" group show March 7-30. Find out more about Cameron Tiede in Faculty Stories. (Pictured: Thermal Hullabaloo by Cameron Tiede)--Kim

FIDM Instructor Curates "The Purse and the Person" Exhibition

What does your handbag say about you? FIDM Instructor Javier Cordon and fellow curators of the The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women's Purses explore that very question in an exhibition currently on view at the Pasadena Museum of History. Featuring over 3,000 purses and accessories, the exhibition explores both the evolution of handbags over the last century and how the accessory reflected its owner, whether she was an "Edwardian matron" or a late 20th century "superwoman." For more details on The Purse and the Person, visit the Pasadena Museum of History website. --Kim

World Renowned Graffiti Artist SABER Talks -- And Paints -- At FIDM Los Angeles

Legendary graffiti and fine artist SABER spent the day at FIDM, painting, signing his new book Mad Society, and giving a lecture/slide show about his work and his (mis)adventures in graffiti art.

SABER's fine-art and graffiti works will remain in the FIDM Museum & Galleries for another week.

Read more about SABER on Fashion Club Daily. PLUS: Find out more about FIDM's Graphic Design Program.

Experience LA Graffiti & Fine Artist Saber at FIDM Museum Shop

Experience Saber, L.A. Graffiti and Fine Artist, at the FIDM Museum Shop in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 7. Saber will paint a wall piece from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. He will be signing the book "Mad Society" (available for purchase in the FIDM Museum Shop) at 11:30. At 3:00 p.m. there will be a lecture and slide show inside the Gallery. Don't miss this incredible event! Saber's art will be featured in the FIDM Gallery from 11/5--11/9. --Kim   

Yolanda Jackson Awarded Kennedy Center Internship

FIDM Graduate Yolanda Jackson has accepted one of 22 prestigious fall 2007 internships with the world-renowned John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. A 2007 cum laude graduate of FIDM’s Merchandise Product Development Program, Yolanda will gain hands-on experience interning in major gifts development, which secures annual gifts of $25,000 and greater. Her responsibilities will include working with donor stewardship, including preparing materials for donor correspondence and assisting in special event planning. --Kim