Tuesday, October 26, 2010

La Femme Noir Team

Here are the team members of our group.

Left to Right:
Susan Lazear (documenter)
Duke Windsor (artist)
Osbaldo Ahumada (designer)
Andrea Marx (educator)

Interestingly enough.. we are all or have been involved in some form or manner with Mesa College. Duke and Osbaldo were students, and Andrea and I (Susan) teach as Professors in the Fashion Program.

We have been meeting since late summer, and have planned our project. More to follow on this.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Who is La Femme Noir? Art Meets Fashion

This blog belongs to La Femme Noir, one of the teams involved in Art Meets Fashion in San Diego, California.

The team is composed of the following people:

Artist: Duke Windsor

Fashion Designer: Osbaldo Ahumada

Documenter: Susan Lazear

Educator: Andrea Marx

As a group, we will combine art and fashion to create paintings and fashion garments according to our theme which is La Femme Noir.


Art meets Fashion is a project in the works in the San Diego area of California. It is sponsored by the San Diego Visual Arts Network and Focus. To learn more about this project, visit their site. http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/


Various teams have been created to participate in the project. Each team has chosen a theme and will be creating collaboratively between now and February 15, 2011.