Parsons Pre-College Academy
Since 2016 I have been a faculty member of the Parson Pre-College Academy. It has been such a pleasure to work with young designers as they learn to design and visually communicate ideas for fashion. I help them transform their 2D ideas into 3D using traditional and not-so-traditional techniques. Sew fun!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
I work with fashionable teens as they take inspiration from the Met’s Costume Institute exhibitions. Since 2017, I have been the studio instructor for the retrospective exhibition, Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons: Art of the In Between, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination and Camp Notes on Fashion. The summer 2020 exhibition, About Time: Fashion and Duration, was postponed, but we were able to carry on with teen studio virtually in January 2021. I hope to be back in the museum when it’s safe!
New York Times Student Journeys
It was a dream to step behind the scenes of the fashion industry with 23 young aspiring fashion designers, a New York Times style expert and other leaders. We spent time in New York and Milan, Italy, studying international trends and fashion history and networking with up-and-coming professionals in the industry. The 16-day program was canceled in 2020 but fingers crossed we’ll be back abroad next year.
Other Institutions
Museum of the City of New York, New Visions AIM Charter High School I, Pioneer Works, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum of Chinese in America, Hill Art Foundation, KIPP NYC College Prep, The Fieldston School, The Katonah Museum of Art, Queens Public Library, New York Public Library, Queens Museum and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.