Fine Art and Fashion Unite to Celebrate Industry Leaders, Including Two-Time Academy Award Winner Ruth Carter Tuesday 25 April, 2023
NBAF held its 17th Annual Fine Art + Fashion Benefit, sponsored by Neiman Marcus, at the Atlanta History Center. The event brought together art and fashion enthusiasts and showcased emerging designers of color through the annual Fashion Forward Student Design Competition.
Ruth E. Carter, a two-time Academy Award-winning Costume Designer
The 2023 Fine Art + Fashion honorees included Ruth E. Carter, a two-time Academy Award-winning Costume Designer, Shanequa Gay, a Visual Artist, and Busayo Olupona, a Fashion Designer.
Jakarie Akhil Whitaker, a junior at Clark Atlanta University
Yemisi Sanni, a junior at Savannah College of Art and Design
NBAF’s 2023 Fashion Forward Student Design winners were Jakarie Akhil Whitaker, a junior at Clark Atlanta University, and Yemisi Sanni, a junior at Savannah College of Art and Design. Each NBAF Fashion Forward honoree received a cash prize of $2,000. Their work will also be highlighted with a showcase at Neiman Marcus.
Fine Art + Fashion raises funds to support NBAF’s operations and programs for artists of all ages and disciplines, particularly youth arts education programs for underserved students of African descent.
Fashion Show sponsored by Neiman Marcus
Special guests in attendance
Cynthia Bailey and Monyetta Shaw (RHOA), Tameka Foster Raymond (Author, Entrepreneur), Charly Palmer (Visual Artist), Jennifer Drake (Sr. Director, Sony Music Group), Iman Ramadan (Celebrity Stylist), Branden Zayden (Designer), Derek J (Celebrity Hairstylist and NBAF Board Member) and more.
Photo Credit: Kim Evans Photography
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NBAF held its 17th Annual Fine Art + Fashion Benefit, sponsored by Neiman Marcus, at the Atlanta History Center. The event brought together art and fashion enthusiasts and showcased emerging designers of color through the annual Fashion Forward Student Design Competition.
Fine Art + Fashion raises funds to support NBAF’s operations and programs for artists of all ages and disciplines, particularly youth arts education programs for underserved students of African descent.
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