Month: October 2022

Willy Chavarria: Diversity & Inclusivity Through Fashion

“It’s important to me and my brand to share the beauty of people – especially those who don’t normally get the light.” -Willy Chavarria (Highsnobiety)

For the conceptual fashion artist Willy Chavarria, inclusion and activism are at the forefront of his collective work. This Latinx designer firmly stationed himself as a force of nature in the fashion world with his iconic, blocky silhouettes and subversive designs.

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Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place

Industrial Designer Stephen Burks’ “Shelter in Place” exhibit at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is artist expression in physical form. Like many of Burks' works, the pieces in this collection inspire innovation from handmade structures. 

Burks, a Chicago native, graduated from The Illinois Institute of Technology.  While there he studied in the school’s Crown Hall designed by his biggest inspiration, American-German Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Burks went on to study architecture at Colombia University Graduate School before opening his own studio in New York in 1997.

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The Woman King: A Fierce Story

For generation upon generation, society continues to press women into a box of stereotypical projections on what a woman should be. For the most part, women are told to be meek, small, and weak. Women should be quiet, soft-spoken, and gentle beings who are only there to be caretakers amongst the men they grow and raise. These stereotypes wash away in just about every instance, in Film Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s newest film “The Woman King.” 

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Lil Baby: Defying the Odds

When you’re born into a system built against you, the likelihood of success diminishes as those in power profit off of the impoverished. On the streets of Atlanta is no place for young men with big dreams, however, that is where most of those born into poverty reside, finding side hustles as a way to provide for themselves and their loved ones.

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Rebellious Revolutions

Beijing-born writer, producer, and director Chloe’ Zhao has always been drawn to controversy. 

Conforming to Communism and restrictions in her Chinese culture never piqued her interest. In fact, the very boundaries placed on her were the same ones that pushed her to rebel. From childhood, Zhao found an escape in her admiration of the western world. She discovered fulfillment in the freedom of self-discovery she observed in Americans. 

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