fashionSPARK & Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham Provide Exciting Experiential Education for Students
August 23, 2011 – Raleigh, NC – fashionSPARK volunteers have always been the heart of fashionSPARK’s success. This year, student involvement has become key in the planning and execution of events. The Art Institute Raleigh-Durham and fashionSPARK organizers have formed a partnership that provides Event Promotion students with real-world experiential education as well as steps up the quality of the experience audiences can expect of fashionSPARK.
Approximately 3 – 5 AI students are participating in each of the following fashionSPARK 2011 events:
RICA Fundraiser, Friday, July 29th
Flanders Kick-Off Event, Thursday, August 25th
Mini Show at Spy, Thursday, September 8th
Mini Show at The Union, Tuesday, September 13th
The Sept 16th fashionSPARK fashion show, which features fourteen of the Triangle’s most talented designers, will provide the widest array of opportunities for volunteers of all the fashionSPARK events. Some students will be paired with designers and will act as their assistants for the evening. Other students will be assisting stage production, organize models and designers as well as provide crowd assistance.
Jessica Palmer is an AI Fashion Instructor as well as Faculty Advisor for “Moda Guild,” AI’s fashion student organization. She has been instrumental in coordinating with fashionSPARK to provide volunteer opportunities for her students. Palmer states, “Putting on an event is complex and multifaceted. The students really get hands on, in the field experience.”
fashionSPARK, a division of SPARKcon, is Raleigh’s grassroots “creative potluck” convention featuring creative themes such as art, music, film, fashion and technology. Sponsored by the Visual Arts Exchange, this non-profit event has grown each year since its inception and is a popular outlet for designers and fans alike. fashionSPARK organizer Angel Feimster-Montoya can be reached at HoneySuite@gmail.com.
