the economics of art

SFFAMA 2010 - The Year In Review: THE ECONOMICS OF ART

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:06:00 -0500

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SFFAMA: The Year In Review: THE ECONOMICS OF ART. Photography By: ADAM YANO, DEL GERONIMO & JOSH MEHLER/ Transluschent Studios. PR/Marketing/ Creative Director: OWEN GERONIMO. Produced by:SFFAMA (San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance). Location: THE BARBER LOUNGE. THANK YOU to all the models, speakers and designers.

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FASHION MASH-UP: Social Media in the Fashion Industry

Sun, 02 May 2010 02:52:00 -0400

FASHION MASH-UP: Social Media in the Fashion Industry

Date: MAY 20, 2010, Thursday, 6-9 pm
$5-$10 at the Door, SFFAMA is a California Non-Profit organization

Location: Pigment Cosmetics, One Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance

SPEAKERS:

Alanna Rayford - Couturious
Alison Messinger - Eclectic Ala Mode
Julian Dash - Dash, Etc.
Kip Baldwin - United Filmmaker Associations
Leslie Lum - Leslie Lum Marketing
Liana Burtsava - Trendy Lime
Nicole Lindgren - Style Bust
Siv Lam - J.Crewholics

TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS

1. How has social media reshaped the ever changing trends in the fashion industry
2. How to apply social media in marketing your online store, fashion design or boutique product?
3. Discuss how social media makes it possible for fashion designers or fashion boutiques to generate interest about their brand online.
4. How a brand can be promoted more to customers at a global scale with a minimal cost.
5. Discuss the following social media platforms: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and MeetUp.
6. What are the latest open source tools or online platforms in social media that enables the fashion industry to connect with their customers online

Agenda: 6-9pm
1) 6:00 - 7:00 PM - Networking and Photo Shoot
2) 7:00 -7:20 PM - Introduction of Speakers
3) 7:20 - 8:00 PM - Discuss Topics
4) 8:00 – 8:10 PM - Break
5) 8:11 – 9:00 PM - Q & A between Speakers and Audience
6) 9:00 – 9:30 PM - More meet and greet, then Close

INVITE ONLY - RSVP HERE - or - VISIT: http://www.fashionmash-up.com/

FASHION TWIT-UP, The Economics of Art’s Fashion and Tech Series

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:57:00 -0400

FASHION TWIT-UP, The Economics of Art’s Fashion and Tech Series
Presented By: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance

Date: APRIL 28, WEDS, 6-9PM
Schedule:
6pm-7pm - Mingle, Bring your own sandwich and coffee, photo (opps) session
7pm-9pm - Speaking Forum

Location:
PIGMENT COSMETICS, @ STUDIO (2) TWO, ONE MARKET, SF

In this open forum, we will examine how technology has reshaped the fashion industry. We will mainly discuss “blogging” as a form of media outlet in today’s social media conscious society.

SPEAKERS:

Alan Masarsky - Clipta - http://www.clipta.com/
Erin Hagstrom - Cali Vintage - http://calivintage.blogspot.com/
Jennine Jacob - Independent Fashion Bloggers & The Coveted
Laura Ellner - On The Racks - http://www.ontheracks.com/
Marie Denee - The Curvy Fashionista - http://thecurvyfashionista.mariedenee.com/
Mignon Gould - The Chic Spy - http://www.thechicspy.com/
Owen Geronimo (Moderator) SFFAMA - http://www.sffama.com/
Siv Lam - JCrewaholics - http://jcrewaholics.com/

These following topics will be discussed:

1. How has blogging affected the fashion landscape?
2. Why is blogging a popular media in fashion?
3. What are the challenges in blogging about fashion?
4. How do you become a successful fashion blogger?
5. Why blog about fashion?
6. What is a relevant fashion article?
7. How to keep track of your readership
8. What are the blogging tools available out there?
9. Should I start my own fashion blog? Is it worth my time?

Other Topic Discussions:
1. Twitting about Fashion
2. Twitterers and Followers
3. Discuss, RSS Feeds, Keywords, Bookmarking, etc’s.
4. Social media, why it works
5. Search Engine Optimization
6. Tech Talks and terminologies

The Economics of Art, The Barber Lounge, Feb. 11, 2010

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:32:00 -0500

The Economics of Art, The Barber Lounge, Feb. 11, 2010

LOVE Soiree: 'THE ECONOMICS OF ART' Feb. 11, 2010, Session One

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:24:00 -0500

Sponsored By: SMART ENERGY COCKTAILS

LOVE Soiree: THE ECONOMICS OF ART 2010 Session One
Presented By: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. and The Barber Lounge.

What is “THE ECONOMICS OF ART” Forum?

Our mission is to provide an open dialogue to engage in a forum which discusses the idea of the economics of art. This series is focused on how to develop innovative solutions that address the impact of our nation’s financial crisis on creative industries. As a thriving epicenter of independent talents, The Economics of Art features local artists, fashion designers, bloggers, retailers, business owners and tech savvies in an effort to brainstorm and share new business solutions and to create an exchange network amongst peers in San Francisco’s fashion and art community.

This event will benefit the ground works for the new San Francisco Fashion Week, a fashion industry product to be produced by San Francisco Fashion And Merchant’s Alliance, Inc., a California non-profit corporation.

With a seven panel of industry professionals. We are going to examine the challenges in how to sustain a successful business in the arts, media, luxury, fashion and beauty industry.

FORUM SPEAKERS:

1) Bacca DaSilva – Bacca Da Silva Atelier - http://www.baccadasilva.com/
2) Corinne Phipps – Urban Darling - http://www.urbandarling.com/
3) Greg Griffin – The Barber Lounge - http://www.barberlounge.com/
4) Leo Madrid - Linearis Institute of Fine Art - http://www.linearisinstitute.org/

5) JT Paradox - The SF Style - http://www.thesfstyle.com/

6) Deborah Paulino - Eco Couture TV - http://www.ecocouture.tv/

READ SPEAKER BIOS HERE

MODERATOR: Lorraine Sanders of 7X7 Glam Watch SFIndieFashion

FASHION DESIGN SHOWCASE by:
- Blanche Consorti - http://blancheconsorti.com/
- Joy Fan - http://vintagejoy.com/

- Medium Reality - http://mediumreality.com/

SWEETS BY: Edible Love - http://www.ediblelove.com/

Art By: Hilary Williams, Georgianne Fastaia, Matthew Colaguiri, Jack Androvich, Matt Mullin, Carlos Michael Finn, Serge Gay Jr., Jim Winters, Erin McElroy, Jason Austin, Christine Kesler, Jana Blankenship, John Waguespack

MUSIC BY: DJ Diego Rockwell http://www.myspace.com/djdiegorockwell

February 11, 2010, Thursday - 6pm to 10pm
THE BARBER LOUNGE
854 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA

$10 GENERAL ADMISSION and SFFAMA, Inc. Non-Members
$5-$10 Sliding Scale for SFFAMA, Inc. Members
In order to get a discounted rate, we encourage you to join SFFAMA, Inc. at http://sffama.ning.com/

Economics of Art - The San Francisco Design Community Unites by Lisa Martinez

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:58:00 -0400

Source: Lisa Martinez, Splash

One part exhibit, one part speaker series, and one part fashion show, the Economics of Art Event on June 18th held at Potrero Hill’s Project One Gallery was greater than the sum of all these parts. Benefitting the upcoming 2nd Annual San Francisco Fashion Awards, a collaborative cacophony of local artists united to share and celebrate San Francisco’s underground of undiscovered talent. Blending conceptual and multi-layered influences the “Come As You Are” art installation possessed a raw, multi-cultural aesthetic that juxtaposed iconic, metaphorical, and abstract elements. Aglow in incandescent light, the open gallery space was a perfect backdrop to the evening’s main event, an entrepreneurial speaker series featuring fashion designer Scatha Allison, Artefacture founder Christopher Jablonski, lingerie designer Jennifer Lynne, Innovative Fashion Council of San Francisco Executive Director Yetunde Schuhmann, and milliner Jasmin Zorlu. The program’s grand finale was a runway show with capsule collections from local design students Jamie Cole, Julia Meeks, and Carly Mikkelsen.

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Speaker Call: TEA Session Two

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:37:00 -0400

I’m looking for industry professionals to speak at our next forum. If interested please email Owen at owengeronimo@gmail.com

TEA Session One Pics

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:27:00 -0400

Event Details

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:54:00 -0400

THE ECONOMICS OF ART, is a quarterly insider networking event for the local retail and fashion industry of San Francisco consisting of the following format:

1. ‘Speaking Forum’, by selected business and professionals discussing about their business entities dealing with their challenges in the current economic climate.
2. ‘Fashion Show Installation’, four fashion designers are featured to showcase their talent in design in a mini fashion show
3. ‘Networking’, a social setting is provided to encourage attendees to network with other business professionals. Main networking subject for EA Session 2 will be San Francisco Fashion Week

GOAL

• To bring forth knowledge to tackle current challenges of running a retail/eTail and non-profit business. In turn, this open forum with the guidance of SFFAMA will become a valuable go to resource for local merchants, creative minds and entrepreneurs in the SF Bay Area.

SFFMA
• San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance is the producer of the this event. SFFAMA is a SFFAMA is a social development network that champions in various sustainable projects in support of the thriving local fashion industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Utilizing social network marketing, this forum was created to provide an ongoing open dialogue between the local merchants and fashion entrepreneurs to form a cohesive alliance in promoting creative synergy and productive business opportunities.
• Website: http://sffama.ning.com/

Previous Roster

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:41:00 -0400

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Featuring GUEST SPEAKERS:

Christopher Jablonski / Artefacture / Progressive T-Shirt Design and Concept
Jasmin Zorlu / Headwear for Earthlings / Milliner and Hat Designer
Jennifer Lynne / Porcelynne / Book Publisher / Lingerie Designer
Scatha Allison / Miss Velvet Cream / Fashion Designer
Yetunde Schuhmann / Executive Director of Innovative Fashion Council San Francisco

Host: Brynna Ashley Meier

Fashion Designers:
Jaime Cole (The Academy of Arts)
Julia Meeks (San Francisco State University)
Carly Mikkelsen (San Francisco State University)

Fashion Assistants: Robert Shabazz and Sara Taves
Crew: Mike Boyd Williams
Music: Del Geronimo & Christopher Jablonski
Concept by: Owen Geronimo & Robert Nixon
Event Make Up Artist: Diane Gendel
Design Credits: Julia Meeks, Kittinhawk & Jasmin Zorlu

Previous Speakers Bios June 18, 2009 Event

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:44:00 -0400

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CHRISTOPHER JABLONSKI / ARTEFACTURE / Progressive Design Concept

Artefacture creates progressive graphic tees and aesthetic intrigue. Artefacture got started with the release of “I Will Pay For Good Design” and “Design Will Save the World” which instantly got noticed in the blogosphere and among design-centric retailers and museum shops.
Inspired by iconic graphic works of the past, other design-themed tees followed and established Artefacture as a choice brand for designers and creatives alike.

Artefacture is a part of a culture that cele- brates human potential and creativity as expressed by art, design, music and fashion. Artefacture continues to explore its graphic design heritage and works to reach out to progressive individuals with an appreciation for aesthetic originality and good design.

Artefacture is run by brothers Andreu Osika and Christopher Jablonski. Andreu concepts and designs all of Artefacture’s output. Additionally, he runs a Boston based graphic and digital design studio. Christopher engages in marketing, promo- tions and sales initiatives. He is based in San Francisco - Artefacture’s spiritual home.

JASMIN ZORLU / Hat Designer / Headwear for Earthlings

Jasmin Zorlu Millinery aims to create exciting headwear which will achieve heirloom status and still look fresh 100 years from now. In patterned fabric hats, new silhouettes are created by taking existing headwear styles and hybridizing them, creating fresh takes on old styles which are easily recognizable. In June of 2004, she returned to the Bay area from New York City to settle down in her favorite city on Earth, San Francisco. In Fall 2007 and 2008, we saw the launch of special signature collections of hybrid hats for the higher end line, ‘Cassel Goorin’, for Goorin Brothers, a San Francisco hat company. Most recently, she designed two seasons of bags for Goorin Brothers. And four of her cocktail hats in horsehair were featured in the Hatwalk 2009 calendar, with one gracing the cover! Next….a men’s line for Fall 2009.

JENNIFER LYNNE, Lingerie Designer / Publisher

Jennifer Lynne studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC and graduated in 1999 with a specialization in intimate apparel. Lynne now teaches at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco. Lynne’s newest venture in education has led her to found the East Bay Fashion Resource and finished her first book on building a successful fashion business. Lynne is also directly involved on the Advisory Board of San Francisco’s Innovative Fashion Council.

SCATHA G. ALLISON, Fashion Designer / Author of DIY Book “JEAN THERAPY”

Miss Velvet Cream is the neo-archaic, pieces that embody silhouettes of the past with dreams of the future, all bridged by the conscious present. Miss Velvet Cream is guided by aesthetics of construction and design that are individualized, craft-intensive and on the whole, defy mainstream commodification. In this culture, creating quality, hand-crafted garments is a statement against mass-production and big corporations. I feel it is more important now than ever for designers to make something unique, something precious that cannot be copied. I would like to see conscious consumption in our society. I would like to see artisans recognized and respected for their essential contribution to culture. i am committed to local economies, global communities and respect for the individual.

YETUNDE SCHUHMANN, Executive Director
Innovative Fashion Council of San Francisco

San Francisco has a new, self-appointed fashion czarina - and she has big plans for seedy Sixth Street.

She sees beyond the graffiti, beyond the alleyway aromas, beyond the pawnshops and the transient hotels. As the first president of the San Francisco Innovative Design Council, Yetunde Schuhmann has visions of finally putting the Bay Area on the fashion map - with a wide-ranging plan that incorporates incentives for local manufacturing, expanding existing runway events and securing affordable studio and retail space on Sixth Street that would serve as fashion central for local designers. “I want San Francisco to be an epic fashion Center,” says Schuhmann, a 34-year-old single mother who is the marketing manager for the French-American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco.

The Economics Of Art Forum

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Economics of Art is a San Francisco Fashion Entrepreneur speaker series featuring Christopher Jablonski / Artefacture, Jennifer Lynne / Porcelynne, Jasmin Zorlu / Hat Designer, Scatha Alison / Fashion Designer and Yetunde Schuhmann / Executive Director of Innovative Fashion Council of San Francisco.

Our mission is to have an open dialogue to engage in a Forum to scrutinize the idea of ‘ The Economics of Art.’ This series will focus on how to be smart, be practical and be useful on how to bring up solutions during an economic downturn by means of being creative.

San Francisco is an epicenter of Creative Talents and we would like to hear what our local creatives have to say about small business solutions.

From this series, we will learn from the speakers, their current projects, their creative modules and simply, how to create a network exchange amongst our peers in the San Francisco’s fashion and art community.

Please join us on June 18th, Thursday Evening at Project One Gallery at 251 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94013, a plush-positive modern venue two blocks from the San Francisco Design Center.

The evening also includes a Fashion Exhibit and a Runway Show featuring Carly Mikkelsen, Jamie Cole, and Julia Meeks. All from the Academy of Arts and San Francisco State University.

In addition, this event will be benefitting the upcoming San Francisco Fashion Awards, a summer event extravaganza.