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I hope this collection comes to Chicago - does anyone know if it will?
The unique ‘Roberto Cavalli at H&M’ collection made by the Italian fashion legend in collaboration with H&M was presented to the international press at a gloriously glamorous gala event in Rome’s Salone delle Fontane. Roberto Cavalli made grande entrée on a red carpet catwalk with a trail of models wearing his luxurious party collection. Stars from the music- and movie business, as well as fashionistas came to celebrate with the designer in Italian rock’n roll style.
‘Roberto Cavalli is one of my personal favourites. His clothes are sexy, and he is always on the edge and changes before other designers. I think the collaboration with H&M is great because now all women can wear his designs’, says Halle Berry.The Roberto Cavalli party was staged like a gigantic VIP lounge where, among others, Sharon Stone and Halle Berry were spotted in the crowd. The ambience was heated up with the noise of a helicopter and cars, paparazzi flashes and the appearance of the Italian fashion legend together with his wife Eva, followed by models wearing the ‘Roberto Cavalli at H&M’ collection, sweeping down to the end of the red carpet catwalk where he contently declared:
‘This party for the launch of the Roberto Cavalli at H&M collection ishm-cavalli-campaign-01.jpg truly amazing! The atmosphere is electrifying, glamorous and full of positive and young energy. It’s a magical night that I will never forget’, says Roberto Cavalli.
‘I think the collaboration with H&M is a great idea. The clothes look great and the ads are beautiful. Roberto Cavalli is a wonderful designer who knows how to make both chic and sexy’, says Sharon Stone.
Models Erin Wasson and Jessica Stam showed Roberto Cavalli’s famous animal print dresses made of silk chiffon, a fabulous red carpet dress made of pleated gold lame, a mini sheath with sequins and pearls and shapely tuxedo style jackets and trousers. Nicolas Malleville showed the men’s range with sharply cut suits and tuxedo separates, worn as a suit or with jeans, T-shirts and shirts de luxe.
‘The collection is built around a selection of Roberto Cavalli’s favourite pieces throughout the years, of which many are made to wear on the red carpet. But Cavalli’s fashion is not only about the red carpet but foremost about a positive and optimistic attitude. It’s about enjoying the good things in life with large dose of fashion glamour’, says H&M’s head of design Margareta van den Bosch.
For more information please visit H&M at www.hm.com
Rockers NYC x Bay Icon Bloodfire Denim via Denimology
US clothing label Rockers NYC and Swedish denim brand Bay Icon have collaborated to produce these limited edition jeans made from 16oz selvedge black denim which come complete with a pair of suspenders and a bandana. (Source: HighSnobiety.com) 
I just posted 4-5 of my favorite fashion shows on my new myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/ambushuuu
Check them out…
Most of these shows are Alexander McQueen (if not all of them) and I’m trying to figure out who produced these shows. I found there website 2-3 years ago but can’t seem to find it now…If anyone can be of help that would be awesome…
btw: This is the page I will be continuing to update as I transition to Chicago…So be sure to add me…Thank you!
Denim Designer Of The Year Nominations
The LA Fashion Awards have announced the nominations for the Supima Denim Designer of the Year Award.
- 7 For All Mankind, Tim Kaeding, creative director
- Goldsign, Adriano Goldschmied, founder & designer
- J Brand, Jeff Rudes and Susie Crippen, co-founders
- Oligo Tissew, Kristopher Enuke & Amy Enuke, co-owners
- Paige Premium Denim, Paige Adams-Geller, owner & designer
In case anyone is interested, if I was on the panel my vote would go for J Brand.
Last week Nike dropped six t-shirts with vintage graphics from the ’70s exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Going hand in hand with the recent release of Nike’s “Classic Kicks” (aka the Cortez, Daybreak, Waffle Racer, Oregon Waffle and the LD-1000), the shirts have retro sayings from the era, like “ Hot Waffles to Go,” “ Have a Nike Day” (with a smiley face) and the ever popular, “ Just Do It.” Available for a limited time in limited numbers, they’re $32 a piece. Now it’s possible to relive your ’70s experience or—if you were born after the age of Aquarius—try it for the first time.
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Check out 21 year old Minneapolis photographer Julian Murray
Artist Statement :
My photography is more about the people than anything. Without the people, there are no photos. Over the past year I have been fortunate to meet and learn about some of the most real people possible. I’ve shot in multi-million dollar homes as well as the poorest project houses around. I learn from every experience. A thank you to those who I have met along the way, and for those I am yet to meet, I look forward to it.
Blessings
Stuck in an endless debate on the virtues of color, material, brand, cultural allegiances and street cred, those deliberating their next sneaker purchase often find themselves at an impasse. Our vote goes for the classic and simple, especially when it comes to a worthwhile investment like Common Projects’ Achilles mid-top sneaker.
A collaboration between designers Prathan Poopat and Flavio Girolami, the Common Projects’ Achilles mid-top perfectly exemplifies the brand’s criteria, with the stylish rise, uniform gray color and stitching, supple Nappa leather base and signature model number stamp. One look and it’s clear this season’s sneakers are altogether seasonless, making the choice, at least this time around, an easy one.
by Loryn Hatch
Does anyone know if the Roberto Cavalli collection will be in Chicago?
NEW YORK) Roberto Cavalli has come on board at Hennes & Mauritz.Today, the Swedish retail giant announced this year’s designer collaboration, “Roberto Cavalli at H&M,” which will opens its doors to the famed Italian designer. Cavalli will bring his Florentine craftsmanship to a one-off collection for women and men exclusively for H&M. It will be available in approximately 200 selected H&M stores worldwide for a limited period of time starting November 8. The line will consist of 20 menswear pieces and 25 womenswear pieces, including lingerie plus matching accessories.
“As the first Italian designer in the history of H&M, I enthusiastically welcomed this invitation, proud to bring the lively and positive spirit of my work to a new audience, who will be able to see and interpret my style in an individual way,” Cavalli said in a statement. “I love freedom and challenges: breaking down barriers, experimenting in different directions. H&M is all this for me. I will add a dash of festivity and dreams.” (Full Story)
According to SlamXhype.com these jeans are a collaboration between Levis FLU and former Japanese soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata.
Inspired by homemade publications, this limited-edition series of New Balance 1400s, called “Fanzine,” is designed by NB’s European team. It’s the third and latest collection from their Super Team 33 (ST33) line, named for the 33 artisans who hand make the shoes in Skowhegan, Maine.
A print evoking black-and-white photocopies that limns the socklining (and also shows through a translucent sole) features text that translates “DIY” into several languages. The three colorways, red, blue and white, are an homage to popular paper stocks used in making zines and the vamp and midsole are a reference to the look of heavily inked dots made by old typewriters. Somehow all the elements come together nicely and the shoe has the raw simplicity of the fanzine aesthetic.
To see the previous season of ST33s as well as a complete listing of the 33 shops where they will be sold starting 20 July 2007, go here. For more images go here.
Shooting fashion spreads, art directing international marketing campaigns and designing tees, 24 year-old Kiwi Paul Darragh (aka Bemodern or Darragh-G) creates work that fuels inspiration. Leaving his homeland in 2003, Darragh moved to Melbourne, Australia where he was offered the position of Art Director for a publishing house responsible for marketing campaigns across Australasia with the likes of Lee, Wrangler, Mooks, Sass & Bide, K-Swiss, David Jones, Ted Baker and Royal Elastics. Darragh’s personal work has featured in the pages of XLR8R, Beautiful Decay, Empty, Kotori, Pulp, Blowback and STU, just to name a few. This August, Darragh will make the leap to New York. With contracts already been thrown his way, this is one artist definitely worth watching. Check out more on his Myspace.
post from Gap In the Void:
[One of the drawings I did for Seth Godin's latest book, "The Dip".]
Social Objects and Homeless People
So I’ve been thinking some more about Jyri’s Five Principles of Social Objects, especially how they apply to gapingvoid:
1. You should be able to define the social object your service is built around.In gapingvoid’s case, that would be the cartoons for the most part. The straight writing part I’m less concerned about.
2. Define your verbs that your users perform on the objects. For instance, eBay has buy and sell buttons. It’s clear what the site is for.
The verb that springs to mind is “share”. Not only do people re-publish them on their blogs, they’re also allowed to upload them onto other media for free: posters, t-shirts, stickers, whatever works for them. My licensing terms are pretty open.
3. How can people share the objects?
The key word here is “re-publish”. Microsoft’s Steve Clayton is probably the most well-known of my “re-publishers”, as he’s always using the Blue Monster cartoon for different things.
4. Turn invitations into gifts.
Again, the Blue Monster cartoon would serve as a good example. Microsoft employees hand out Blue Monster schwag as an invitation to start a conversation about Microsoft. The Blue Monster’s main function is not about the message, the Blue Monster is about the social gesture.
5. Charge the publishers, not the spectators.
D’accord. The people who put the cartoons on their business cards are doing the paying, not the people receiving them.
Somewhere along the line I figured out the easiest products to market are objects with “Sociability” baked-in. Products that allow people to have “conversations” with other folk. Seth Godin calls this quality “remarkablilty”.For example: A street beggar holding out an ordinary paper cup cup won’t start a conversation. A street beggar holding out a Starbucks cup will. I know this to be true, because it happened to me and a friend the other day, as we were walking down the street and a guy asked us for some spare change. Afterwards, as we were commenting about the rather sad paradox of a homeless guy plying his trade with a “luxury” coffee cup, my friend said, “Starbucks should be paying that guy.”
Actually, my friend is wrong. Starbuck’s doesn’t need to be paying the homeless guy. Because Starbucks created a social object out of a paper cup, the homeless guy does their marketing for free, whether he knows it or not.
Although I suspect he does. I suspect somewhere along the line the poor chap figured out that holding out a Starbucks cup gets him more attention [and spare change] than an ordinary cup. And suddenly we’re seeing social reciprocity between a homeless person and a large corporation, without money ever changing hands. Whatever your views are on the plight of homeless people, this is “Indirect Marketing” at its finest.
And of course, the way I market my cartoons and my other various enterprises is not all that dissimilar…
[Bonus Link:] A wonderfully thought-provoking podcast interview of Seth Godin. Disclosure: He kindly gives me a brief mention about 23.15 minutes into it.
The New York Times has published an interesting article on the Japanese denim scene and how the manufacturers over there are now producing what many people (including me) consider to be the finest men’s denim in the world.
A new home for the best in retro-mod and limited-edition men’s shoes, Ubiq, has just opened on Philadelphia’s Walnut Street. Designed by Rafael de Cardenas, the optically stimulating store vibrates with black-and-white patterns, intense and strategic lighting, and reflective surfaces. The back of the store holds a standout collection of men’s clothing and accessories in a space designed to feel like an old Upper East Side living room. The exclusive footwear, including Ubiq’s eponymous line, find special homes in bright glass cases that facilitate maximum ogling. And with an upstairs gallery that transforms into temporary pop-up shops, expect a string of exciting collaborations to come.
by Lisa Dionisio
Open another brand extension called Piperlime. Yeah, I mean, forget about the problems with the core brand and what its identity is, let’s reach out to the internet hipsters–that’s where the future is you know. Ok, it’s an earthy, cool looking little site, and it is ‘fresh’ yo. But is this what they need while Rome is burning? Have they given up and conceded the real world retail environment in favor of an online focus? Adding insult to injury, Sarah Jessica just stole the Gap’s look–and after they paid her all that endorsment money no less–then merged it with pricing at or below Old Navy’s. Yeah. Open a shoe store. That’s never been done before. Zappos.
>> There are model models, model talk show hosts, model actresses, model singers - but “model stylist” you probably haven’t heard too much before. Alexander Wang told Style File yesterday that he’s appointed Erin Wasson to take over from Victoria Traina as stylist of his spring 2008 presentation. Good move for an up-and-comer like Alex - it’s a surefire way for him to get some press, just like he did when he announced Victoria was his stylist.
P.S. More fun news from Style File: they’re perpetuating rumors over there that Naomi, Christy, Linda, and Kate are walking the runway at Dior’s July couture show in the Versailles Orangerie. If so, the show to see just got better!
I’ve been waiting for these American Apparel slacks for the longest time. Finally, a jean that isn’t too tight, too low -i nteresting colors, like mustard and peacock blue, is a great bonus.
* Ambush * if you’re in the know, you already know
Maybe you’ve been to an Ambush production?
*Big Hairball 2007 - DJ Rich B, DJ Solarz, Isisserettes, 6 Salons (Bella, Blondies, Halo, Marc Stephens, Salon Bliss, Sacred Skin & Hair), Robert Canada (Glamour Puss), MC Lenny, Sexy go-go dancers, video installations by On Purpos (onpurpos.com) + Flatform (flatform.net), much more…
*Art Noir - After Dark events (in conjunction w/Liza Kindred -lizakindred.com)
*YPC @ the Opera
*YPC @ the Symphony
*YPC @ Gateway Lofts - DJ Solarz - Pearl Vodka -
*Fresh Breath - Howl Jame Brown - Host Robert Canada (performance of Glamour Puss), Dj Dave Culpepper, FloorSpiders, Ms Vee, Mic (Check), Chandra (Raw Emotion), many other talented performers
*YPC/Metro Arts Two Rivers Preview Party + After Party @ Vertigo -Floor Spiders, J Bromell (Live Performance Art), Oxygen Bar, Dj Retro P
*Warhol Ball - Art Noir-Des Moines Art Center - The Autumn Project (Sound + Visual), DD Sparks, DJ Raj all in The Factory
*Grey Market 1 (After-Party) - DJ Phase II
*Fresh Breath - Mars Cafe - Robert Canada - Dj Dave Culpepper
*515 Alive Afterparty - Dj Retro P lead the efforts but ambush offered consultation
* LoveStruck - Des Moines Most Eligible Singles -Runway show w/Dj Rich B - sexy Ambush models - Opera Singer Kim Fitch -W Salon - much more… www.mosteligibledsm.org
*Naughty New Years (2006) - Runway Fetish Performance
*Glamour Girl Charm School @ Aura
Featured: Floor Spiders, What? Dancers, Isiserettes, Napoleon Dynamite, Handsome Boy Modeling School
*Big Hair Ball 2005 - Des Moines Art Center
*bu boutique 1st Fashion Show @ Aura -
Featured: CT from the Real World, Dialekt (L.A. Breackdancer), What Dancers, Ambush Runway Models
PS - If you’d like me to plan your next event - please contact me @ ambushdsm@gmail.com
| The Des Moines Fashion Alliance’s mission is to cultivate and support the Des Moines fashion industry by providing a network of resources and information geared to stimulate growth and development, as well as nurture and encourage emerging talent in the Des Moines metro.
It is the intent of this start-up organization to foster the following goals: This is for everyone in the Fashion industry: Founders: Liza (lizakindred.com), Ashley Canney, Nathan (ambush) If you are interested in getting involved e-mail me @ ambushdsm@gmail.com |
The Des Moines Art Center & Art Noir Present:
Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend
Nov 16 & 17
More details coming soon:
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Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007 email this print this
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.
HAIR:Halo Salon is the best salon in Des Moines…Amazing team of talent and professionals. Ryan is a genius…
Halo Salon
Call 278-3487.
849 42nd St., Des Moines
Hours are about 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Appointments are best.
Halo has relocated to the Shops at Roosevelt from 7440 Hickman Road in Windsor Heights, in the Sherwood Forest shopping center. Halo was located there more than three years, owner Ryan English said. It opened Jan. 2 in the former location of Reichardt’s clothing store.
The salon provides all hair services, eyelash extensions, manicures and spa pedicures in cabanas for privacy.
English said the salon has 10 stylists, with room for 12, two manicurists and two pedicurists. The move gave the salon more than double the space it had before, from 11,000 to 26,000 square feet.
Mens:
SMASH website
Screen printing, T-shirts, local labels, band merchandise, vintage clothes, graphic and web design.
400 E. Locust St., Ste. 12 see map
(515) 288-1323
Sarto in West Glen
Fabrik at Jordan Creek Towncenter
Badowers on Ingersoll
Melrose Boutique
Now in West Glen
(81 
633-2226
You can always go to the chain stores at Valley West Mall or Jordan Creek Town center like Banana Republic, Express… I’m a big fan of the clearance racks at Von Maur, Younkers and Dillards…
And if you’re balling on a budget, I’d recommend Burlington Coat Factory…
LADIES
Fabrik at Jordan Creek Towncenter
Aldo @ Jordan Creek Towncenter
SMASH website
Screen printing, T-shirts, local labels, band merchandise, vintage clothes, graphic and web design.
400 E. Locust St., Ste. 12 see map
(515) 288-1323
Sarto in West Glen
Aimee website
Upscale women’s boutique in the heart of the East Village with clothing, accessories, shoes and a little girl’s corner.
432 E. Locust St. see map
(515) 243-0045
Blonde Genius - Jordan Creek Towncenter
Melrose Boutique
One of the trendiest fashion stores to hit Downtown, located in the Historic East Village.
504 E. Locust St. see map
(81 633-2226
Knotting Hill in West Glenn
The Velvet Coat
Trendy and sophisticated clothing, located in the historic East Village.
500 E Locust see map
(515) 244-6308
Chain stores at Valley West Mall or Jordan Creek Town center like Banana Republic, Express… I’m a big fan of the clearance racks at Von Maur, Younkers and Dillards…
And if you’re balling on a budget, I’d recommend Burlington Coat Factory…
CUSTOM:
If you are looking for a one of kind outfit definitely hit up Des Moines fashion designers Chelsea Albetins or Sarah Dornink
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100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman offers up over 400 images of fashion as a comprehensive survey from the past century. Not only a collection of illustrations, but a traipse through the history of fashion as well, this book is easy on the eye and makes everything old seem new again, reminding us of the value of traditional techniques and perspectives. The glamour of fashion has always been very much present, but so has a combination of its levity, simplicity and elegance.Paperback, 384 pages. Laurence King 2007, $26.40 at Amazon.
H&M Meets The Sims
Cheap-chic goes virtual
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(NEW YORK) H&M has gone virtual chic. The Swedish retail giant has teamed up with Electronic Arts (EA), producers of massively popular computer game The Sims, to create The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Stuff Pack. The stuff pack, which hits shelves this month, contains virtual replicas of garments from H&M’s summer collection, plus everything you need to create your own H&M store, including mannequins, clothing racks, cash registers, fitting rooms and more. The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Runway Showcase will also launch simultaneously, inviting players to create outfits for six design themes in an online virtual runway throughout the summer. The 12 best entries each week, which the public will vote for online, will be featured in the Fashion Runway Showcase, with one winner’s design produced and sold in H&M stores. But don’t expect to pick up a copy with your H&M Kylie Minogue-inspied swimwear. Though The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Stuff Pack will be sold via EA’s sales channels, both online and in stores, it will not be sold via H&M stores.
check it out - not a big fan of the color choices but what do I know…
Pret-a-porter which is french for ready to wear…
Check out this site
Working on starting an org in Des Moines that supports the fashion Industry here.
If you’d like to be involved, send me an e-mail w/your name, phone, email, and any relevant info (website,fashion interest, bio, background, whatever)…
BIG HAIR BALL 2007
BIG HAIR BALL 2007
Get out your hair extensions, wigs and teasing combs because the most talked about party of the year is back! Saturday, May 12 the Art Center will host the third Big Hair Ball, a party that combines contemporary art, must see performances, music and dancing, and outrageous hair – all in the name of self-expression and creativity. Tickets are limited so get them now. A party with this reputation is bound to sell out quickly!!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
8:00 pm – 12:00 am
Des Moines Art Center on Grand Avenue
Advance tickets: $30 members/$35 non-members
*Advanced tickets include a free drink!
Day of the event: $35 members/$40 non-members
You must be 21 or over to attend
Tickets may be purchased through IowaTix at 277-3727
or www.iowatix.com beginning Sunday, April 1, 2007.
If you’d like to join Art Noir - please send an e-mail to Paula @ artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org
Young art lovers plan to showcase Iowa design this fall
by Tim Paluch
juice staff writer
02/28/2007
Nathan Hewitt and Art Noir have big, bold plans for 2007.
Namely, for a weekend in November when the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir Presents: Catalyst State Iowa Design Weekend.
The two-day event will showcase Iowa’s design talents and will be the culmination of nearly a year of planning by Art Noir, a young professional organization started nine months ago as a way to promote the Des Moines Art Center to a new generation. The event is still in the planning phases.
Hewitt, the 27-year-old co-president of Art Noir, said Catalyst State is a huge undertaking that will feature Iowa (or former Iowan) designers. The focus is on four main components of the design field: fashion, graphics, built environments and objects. There will be lectures from top professionals in the industry, fashion shows and an award ceremony.
With the Iowa Caucuses just a few months later, Hewitt sees the event as a chance to capitalize on interest in Des Moines and really make a splash.
“We want this to get national attention,” he said. “We want people from New York and L.A. at the event.”
Interest in Art Noir has exceeded expectations so far. Hewitt said there are about 150 members. While many members work or dabble in the arts or creative outlets, bankers and lawyers and people in all walks of life are joining.
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of fresh energy,” he said. “There are a lot of young people involved in the arts and creative community in Des Moines, and we are the people who could really help shape the future of Des Moines in those areas.”
As for benefits, Hewitt said members get early previews to art exhibits and often get to meet artists and curators the public may not receive. There are also occasional social events.
If you’re an active member of the Des Moines Art Center, you can be a member of Art Noir. Eventually, there may be separate membership fees, but right now the $35 annual Art Center membership fee is the only cost to join the organization.
What they do: Promote the Des Moines Art Center to young professionals in Des Moines and encourage creative and artistic endeavors in Des Moines.
Membership: About 150.
Requirements: Must be an active Des Moines Art Center member, which costs $35 a year. Most members are in their 20s and 30s.
How often they meet: Monthly board meetings and social events, often timed around an exhibit at the Art Center. Art Noir often has exclusive, early access to artists and exhibits.
How to join: Go to the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., go to an Art Noir event, go to desmoinesartcenter.org or email artnoir@desmoinesartcenter.org.
Go to an event: The next Art Noir event is the Black Maria Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Art Center’s Levitt Auditorium. The film festival is a juried competition of bold, contemporary films that stops in cities across the country. Art Noir hosts an afterparty at 25th St. Cafe.