12:00pm - 4:00 pm | Open Gallery

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Planning Fashion Shows & Events with Second Row | Led by recent Parsons Graduates Aanya Singh, Alexander Pidzamecky and Benedetta Pizzi Second Row Founder | Step by step on how to plan your own fashion event.

1:30 – 2:30 pm * | Balmain Beauty Open Conversation: Creative Business & The World of Beauty | Hans Dorsinville, Senior Vice President, Global Creative at Balmain Beauty

*Date/Time subject to change and to be confirmed

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Designer? Artisan? The power in labels and the role of education in perpetuating privilege | For more than 15 years, the Parsons DEED Research Lab has focused on researching the artisan sector and modeling more sustainable and equitable ways for artisans and designers to collaborate. Join Lab Director Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo for this moderated conversation with Judy Frater, founder of the first program of design education for artisans in the arid desert region of Kutch, India; and two alumni from Somaiya Kala Vidya’s design program—Pachan Premji Siju, renowned weaver and entrepreneur, and Adil Mustak Khatri, award-winning bandhani artist and entrepreneur.

5 pm - 6 pm | Leaders of The New School | Join us for a conversation with five emerging designers Yetunde Sapp Multimedia Artist, Designer, Curator, Ahmrii Johnson Fashion Artist, Justin P. Etienne Fashion Designer, Storyteller, Yamil Arbaje Co-Founder, LEBLANCSTUDIOS Led by Mel Corchado Designer, and Founder of ITA. A Conversation on how they explore the imperfect yet empowering transition from fashion education to professional practice.