Four artists will participate in the month-long mentorship program and will have their work featured in Saint Heron’s digital gallery and shop, Small Matter
Lalese Stamps: People were wanting to support Black-owned businesses
2020 was a year of growth for the small business owner.
Lalese Stamps, Ceramicist
The founder of Lolly Lolly Ceramics made a difficult choice in 2020. As her side hustle took off after a surge in demand for products from Black-owned businesses, the 2017 Columbus College of Art & Design graduate decided to abandon her full-time job as a graphic designer to concentrate on her budding business.
On growth amid the protests: “That’s exactly when my business literally went from zero to 100, and I think the reason for it is because people were wanting to support Black-owned businesses.” She acknowledges mixed feelings about this initial surge, when she was picking up 10,000 Instagram followers a day. “I remember just thinking, ‘Wow, I don’t even care about ceramics right now.’ I’m literally out here in the streets every day. I’m dirty. I’m tired. I’m still working full time. It definite
Vans, the global icon of creative expression, presents “
These Projects Are Ads for Creativity”, an artist-first brand campaign that showcases creativity in its purest form by enabling Vans’ family of creatives to go out and make things – drawings, sculptures, music videos, custom shoes, digital animations, and much more.
In celebration of International Women’s Month, Vans goes beyond creating a conventional ad campaign and instead, has committed traditional ad resources to empower five women-identifying creatives, fueling their DIY spirit of making art that’s truly their own.
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These Projects Are Ads for Creativity” enables creativity and expression by showcasing the unique craftsmanship of art, objects and ephemera, artfully designed by a talented roster of independent artists from around the world. Featured in the campaign is a diverse community of women, whose creative ambitions are proof points of empowerment and equity in the creative space. Since the COVID
Since opening her first storefront in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood in 2001, Ikram Goldman has single handedly put America’s Second City on the fashion map. Her eponymous boutique, which moved to a bigger location in 2011, is home to some of the world’s most illustrious designers and their straight-off-the-runway designs–Goldman’s brand roster includes Comme des Garçons, Sacai, Givenchy, Valentino, Fendi, Stella McCartney, and more. Inside her lacquered, crimson-splashed shop with giant porthole windows, you’ll find rows of mannequins dressed in nothing but strands of statement necklaces, as well as a second floor stocked with clothes, gifts, and accessories, as well as a farm-to-table cafe. Brooke Bobb