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

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/

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

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

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