May 8, 2014 the District of Columbia Public Schools(DCPS) held their opening reception for their district wide end of the school year art show featuring student work from over 55 schools. In years past, the celebration was strictly student art with opening remarks, light refreshments, and viewing of the work. This year, DCPS livened up the event thanks to their new Arts Coordinator, Amanda Boggs. Amanda cam to DCPS this past summer, and actually has roots within the school system. She was a DCPS student and graduated from Wilson High school within the district. Amanda brought a traveling fashion show which creates awareness through outfits made of recycled materials. This event is known as Trashion Fashion. Featured in the fashion show were outfits made of 100% recycled materials but students, staff, and local DC artists. Within Trashion Fashion came a phenomenal installation artist, named Nina. She brought down her installation from Connecticut for the event and I had the honor of working as an assistant to the assembly of the installation! Along with Nina came the Trashion Fashion team full of amazing working artists. I worked alongside their web master Darcy, and fashion show team members as well. In the photos below you will find a variety of moments of the day from documentation of the installation, to our speakers including Amanda Boggs, Brian Pick, and the Head of Reagan National Airport where the event took place. In a post soon to come (hopefully within a few days) you will see the amazing runway and models within their Trashion Fashion entries. Enjoy the post!
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