VISUAL AID (A+D Panel Discussion)

“VISUAL AID” in an open conversation on the importance of an artist/designer's integrity and emotional intelligence when building a brand, fabricating ideas, working for others and team building. What tools are being used as a means to form ideas and what does it take for an artist or designer to fully transmit thoughts from inside of themselves into full-scale execution? We will be speaking with artists, designers, and educators from fashion and creative direction backgrounds; Leila Kyriacos, Tony Camaro , Tommy Nowels, Stephanie Ramos and Jason Wright, regarding these topics - moderated by A+D Museum’s Stephanie Ibarra.

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE OUTLINE

7:30PM Doors Open

8:00PM Panel Starts

9:00 PM Q&A Starts

9:30 Closing Remarks

About the Panelists:

Tony Camaro

Tony Camaro is a 29 year old Los Angeles based artist working in Fine Art, Fashion and Creative Direction. Through a multi-disciplinary art practice, Tony has been able to create a wide array of artworks within different mediums; everything from fashion oriented projects, videography, styling, set design, painting, illustration, graphic design, brand collaborations - an all around creative Tony has a unique strength in executing ideas.

Leila Kyriacos

Leila Kyriacos is a 25 year old fashion designer based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Savannah, GA, she is inspired and motivated by telling stories through visual art. Leila is a graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design, and has worked for different fashion brands in the LA area– in addition to doing freelance design work, she also owns and designs for her own line Kyriacos.

While she expresses her vision mostly through garments, she has also directed two of her own fashion films, A Kyriacos Film (2021) a short film to showcase her self-defense keychain, and Lost In Fantasia (2024) set to show in LA next month, a film about her most recent collection.

Jason E.C. Wright

Jason E.C. Wright is an educator, documentary photographer, Founder and Director at Burntsienna Research Society - a private artbook library and institute for slow design research. A twenty year veteran of the fashion industry, Wright has instructed at FIDM, spoken and moderated for AIGA, A+D Musuem, LA Design Festival, MOCA & more. Through Burntsienna, he continues to lead programming and curriculum around artbooks and slow research practices for product developers, design firms, retail and hospitality owner/operators, and independent creative professionals.

Stephanie Ramos

Stephanie is an LA-based creative marketing consultant who brings a visionary approach to brand strategy, partnerships, community building, and events. As the former Director of Collaborations & Special Projects at Nike, she has built a reputation for leading major brand collaborations, identifying and developing emerging talent, cultivating authentic communities, and creating groundbreaking experiences.

Stephanie holds degrees in Economics and Sociology from UC Irvine and Advertising & Marketing Communications from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. As a second-gen Filipina-American, she is also very passionate about pushing forward diversity and AAPI representation within the creative industries.

Tommy Nowels

Hailing from Los Angeles, Tommy Nowels was raised between LA, London and Miami, his unique perspective being rooted in a dynamic upbringing.

Throughout his life, Tommy has always viewed things imaginatively, yet practically - from a young age he was taking photos, drawing and playing instruments. In college he studied psychology + sociology with no intention of becoming a psychologist, but to understand human behavior as a whole and personally connect it to creative entrepreneurship.

Since dropping out of school, Tommy has owned and operated his own companies, under his umbrella corporation, July Holdings. Just like Tommy, July has always lived in the connective tissues of music, sports, fashion/apparel, video/photo production and consulting for other artists + companies

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