Tuesdays: Fashion Design Basics [13- Adult)(NEW!)

Fashion designers are inspired by the world around them.  In turn, they turn that inspiration into ideas and create designs through a process is then produced and delivered to the consumer.  Students will learn to assemble mood and presentation boards through inspiration with a color palette, trend, fabric, print and pattern direction as well as learn to flat sketch by hand to create a collection of apparel or accessories.  Students will have some light homework as they search for inspiration via magazines, Pinterest, etc.  Hand sketching of flats to round out presentation boards will also be taught.

About the Teaching Artist: Maria Maurio is an apparel and textiles designer, an artist, natural dyer, and a chemist.  Having grown up in a local family business, she was exposed to the many facets of design as well as salesmanship.  Maria went on to study apparel design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City specializing in couture. After a successful career designing for many well know companies in New York City and Philadelphia she opened her atelier in Trenton, New Jersey.  Maria creates artisanal quality accessories utilizing hand dyeing, hand block printing, and various other resist methods. The platform for the business is based on eco-friendly, natural dyes and sustainability. Her designs are sold nationally in boutiques and museum stores.

In addition to teaching various fashion design courses at the university level, she lends her time to judge student work for Philadelphia University, Drexel FCCLA.and the

Maria also conducts beginner and master workshops in natural dyeing, indigo and various Japanese resist methods.  

Tuesdays, October 2-Octboer 30: 5 sessions
5:00-6:30pm

Registration fee:
Members: $128.50 (Ages 13-18 must be registered as household members)
Non Members: 140.00

Materials fee: TBD to be paid directly to the instructor

Late fee of $25 will apply from September 25, 2018