About this Event
You are invited to join us for an evening of valuable insights and connections.
Listen in on a conversation with Fashion Designer Whitney Manney as she discusses the financial strategies she has used to work in her business fulltime, produce fashion show collections and theatre costuming, and execute sizable collaborations with the Kansas City Royals, Peacock Network, and RuPaul's Drag Race.
Free RSVP includes complimentary food and drinks, and networking.
Agenda
🕑: 05:30 PM
Doors open, complimentary food + drinks, pick your seat
🕑: 05:45 PM
Artist conversation with Fashion Designer Whitney Manney
Host: Whitney Manney
Info: A Kansas City, MO native, award-winning fashion & textile designer Whitney Manney graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2012 with a BFA in Fibers. With a desire to create art in a wearable format, Manney creates garments and textile designs under her independent label WHITNEYMANNEY. WM's recent collaborations include the Kansas City Royals, her designs have been featured in the Peacock series Bel-Air and RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 8, and is a correspondent for PBS My World Too. Creating a narrative between color and pattern is a signature of Manney's work, "My job isn't done until everybody in the world believes fashion is art."
🕑: 06:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Q&A
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Networking
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council, 106 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, United States
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