FACE and RACE 2022
Announcing The FACE Summit: Thursday 13th October 5-8pm (GMT) & Friday 14th October 11.30 am-7pm (GMT) a FREE event to platform research on identity, power, representation and belonging. This is an intersectional fashion platform led by Black and Brown Academics for all.
This event is for EVERYONE
The FACE Summit offers inspiration and practical teaching aids for required culturally competent delivery of education. The FACE Summit is both a live and online event hosted from the heart of London at Central Saint Martins in Kings Cross. Students especially welcome.
This Summit will be recorded and stored on the FACE YouTube channel. Online Summit on Teams, with some events also available to attend at Central Saint Martins, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AA, for those previously registered
FREE Registration now
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13th Oct UPDATE. After, registration, you will receive a welcome email with the attached talks schedule. It contains the live links to each panel . You can also download the talks schedule and live links below. But you must register via Eventbrite first and use the RSVP link below also.
What does an anti-racist curriculum look like, and how do we avoid under resourced, privileged view-points informing process? How do we move away from the current binary, hetero-patriarchal and elitist models to co-create with our students? The FACE Summit; is situated across two inspirational days in October dedicated to coalition and joyful curiosity.
This event is for EVERYONE
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“Black culture and Style is fundamental to the global conversation. The language of fashion and identity is rapidly shifting. Black and Brown creativity carries important market currency in 2022, so when and how will we remove race barriers to honour all student need for culturally competent education.”
FACE co-founders Andrew Ibi, Pascal Matthias, Sharon Lloyd
FACE together with organisers Central Saint Martins, have partnered with CHEAD, British Fashion Council, Parsons New York, Slow Factory, Farfetch, Fashion Minority Reports, Mentoring Matters, Tilting the Lens and Azeema. Special thanks to Hywel Davis, Tanveer Ahmed and Isabella Coraca.
Schedule of events
Thursday 13th Oct. 17.00 19.15 (GMT)
17.00 - 17.10 Welcome from Dr.Rathna Ramanathan, Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of Central Saint Martins College
17.10 - 17.30 Film: Disclosure: Voicing our Truth by Ricardo Barker (Leeds Trinity)
17.30 - 18.00 Keynote 1: FACE founders Andrew Ibi (Liverpool John Mores University Pascal Matthias (Southampton University) Sharon Lloyd (Solent University), in conversation with Caryn Franklin MBE (Kingston School of Art) pictured in the gallery below.
18.00 - 18.05 Break
1805 - 17.15 Keynote 2: Dr Christine Checinska. See below.
18.05 Keynote 2 : Africa Fashion at the V&A. Dr Christine Checinska, is the V&A’s inaugural Senior Curator of African and African Diaspora Fashion and Lead Curator of the Africa Fashion exhibition, July 2022 – April 2023. Formally
a senior womenswear designer, for iconic British brands such as Margaret Howell, Checinska’s creative practice and research explore the relationship between fashion, culture and race. Recent exhibitions include an intervention for Makers Eye: Stories of Craft, July-October 2021, Crafts Council Gallery, and Folded Life February 2021, Johanne Jacobs Museum, Zurich, Switzerland. Recent publications include ‘Re-Fashioning African Diasporic Masculinities’ in Fashion and Postcolonial Critique, Elke Gaugele and Monica Titton (eds.), 2019. In 2016 she delivered the TedxTalk Disobedient Dress: Fashion as Everyday Activism.
Friday 14th Oct 11.30 - 19.00 (GMT).
11.30 - 11.35 (GMT) Welcome to Day 2m from Tanveer Ahmed: Event Organiser (Central Saint Martins)
11.35 - 12.35 (GMT) Keynote 3: Growing up in different Worlds: Osman Yousefzada: Artist and writer in conversation with Asiya Durrani-McCann, Luxury brand consultant (Southampton University)
12.35 - 13.10 (GMT) Keynote 4: The Black Experience in Design: Lesley-Ann Noel (North Carolina State University)
11.35 - 12.35 (GMT) Keynote 3: Growing up in different Worlds Osman Yousefzada.
An interdisciplinary artist and writer, Yousefzada’s practice revolves around modes of storytelling, merging autobiography with fiction and ritual. He launched his eponymous label in 2008, and expanded his practice into a visual art space since 2013. His work is concerned with the representation, rupture and reimagining of the migrational experience and makes reference to socio-political issues of today. These themes are explored through moving image, installation, writing, sculpture, garment making and performance. Yousefzada is a visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University and a research practitioner across Spatial Architecture and Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. His work has been shown at various international institutions and currently a series of solo interventions titled ‘What is Seen & What is Not’ are showing at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington.
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2.35 - 13.10 (GMT) Keynote 4: The Black Experience in Design: Lesley-Ann Noel. An Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Design Studies at North Carolina State University, with a BA in Industrial Design from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, in Curitiba, Brazil a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, Noel earned her Ph.D. in Design from North Carolina State University in 2018. Co-Chair of the Pluriversal Design Special Interest Group of the Design Research Society she was previously the Associate Director of Design Thinking for Social Impact at Tulane University. Noel’s
research promotes greater critical awareness among designers and design students by introducing critical theory concepts and vocabulary into the design studio e.g. through The Designer’s Critical Alphabet and the Positionality Wheel. She is one of the editors of "The Black Experience in Design" an anthology featuring the stories of seventy Black designers.
13.10 - 13.15 Break
SESSION 1: FASHION INDUSTRY 13.15 - 14.15 (GMT)
Panels will run concurrently
Panel 1. Addressing Racism in the Fashion Industry
Flavia Loscialpo (Solent University), Salmena Carvalho (Edinburgh College of Art), Radha Singh (THE HOUSE OF RADHA). Presentations: racial capitalism (FL), institutional racism (SC), diverse role models (RS)
Panel 2. Diversifying Digital Fashion
Sonia Sood (Southampton Solent) Beatrice Newman (University of East London) Noorin Khamisani (University of Portsmouth): Presentations: digital diversity (BN), racism in data (SS) Digital Sustainability (NK)
Panel 3. Unseen on Screen
Bafta winner PC Williams in conversation with Daniel Peters, Minority Report
Panel 4. Beyond Europe: African New Wave Fashions
Erica de Greef and Lesiba Mabitsela (African Fashion Research Institute) (chairs) with Nkumbu Mutambo (Northumbria University), Tolulope Omoyele (London College of Fashion) Benita Odogwu-Atkinson (University for the Creative Arts) and Fashion Liberation Collective (North Africa) Nada Koreish (University West England)
Panel 5. Hair, Race and Beauty intertwined
Sharon Lloyd (Solent University), Chair with Davina Hawthorne (De Montfort University), Rose Sinclair (Goldsmiths College), Max Kandhola (Nottingham Trent University), Michelle Marshall in conversation with Professor Emma Tarlo TBC (Goldsmiths University) discussing the exhibition Hair: Untold Stories at the Horniman Museum
Panel 6. Black and POC Masculinities
Harris Elliot (CSM), Chair, with Lorraine Henry King (LCF), designer Samson Soboye, Presentations: Black Super Heroes (LK)
14.15 - 14.30 Break
PC Williams is a BAFTA winning costume designer & stylist. Graduating from Central Saint Martins, and working across moving image, advertising, fashion and music; In 2021 Williams was announced as part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class. Her credits include “We Are Lady Parts” (C4 / Peacock) which she won Best Costume Design at the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards, The Baby (HBO / SKY), 2020 BAFTA winning Dreamland (SKY), as well as upcoming projects currently in post-production – Polite Society (Focus Features) and The Kitchen (Netflix).
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Join academics, industry champions, cultural influencers, activists, artists and designers to explore RACE in 2022 and beyond
Harris Elliott is a Multi Disciplinary Artist, Cultural Curator and Academic with an extensive portfolio working in fashion, music and art. ‘Culture without compromise’ is his studio mantra, a statement of intent refined through years of inspired global working with heavy emphasis and inspiration from Japanese and Jamaican cultural references. Elliott is renowned for his international, cultural, socio-style exhibition Return of the Rudeboy, Somerset House and Punk in Translation. He is also a Senior lecturer in Fashion, Identity & Culture at Central Saint Martins.
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SESSION 2: FASHION EDUCATION 14.30-15.30 (GMT)
Panels will run concurrently
Panel 1. Can White Educators Decolonise Fashion Education?
Caryn Franklin (Kingston School of Art) Chair Mylinh Nguyen (University of Brighton), Sukaina Dykes (Solent University), Jason Forrest (Nottingham Trent University), Max Kandhola (Nottingham Trent University), Jacob Goff (Northumbria), Presentations: decolonising the curriculum (MN), library (SD) curricula/industry (JF) Creative Change makers (MK); heritage brief (JG)
Panel 2. Addressing Barriers to Fashion Education
Asiya Durrani-McCann, Luxury brand consultant (Southampton University) and Ezinma Mbeledogu (UCA) presenting and in conversation with Dal Chodha (Central Saint Martins), Berni Yates (Central Saint Martins) and a fashion designer (TBC) Presentations: Embracing the uncomfortable truth – How to address racism and ethnicity in HE(AD) and The Only Black in the Village (EM)
Panel 3. Fashion Education: The Systemic Revolution (book discussion)
Ben Barry, Dean School of Fashion (Parsons School of Design) in conversation with Black/POC book contributors: Grace Jun (University of Georgia), Sang Thai (RMIT University), Riley Kucheran (Toronto Metropolitan University - formerly Ryerson) and Tanveer Ahmed (Central Saint Martins)
Panel 4. Student Experiences
FACE Student Group-led panel from Kiara Morris (Central Saint Martins) and Tegan Rush (Central Saint Martins) from FACE Teleica Kirkland (London College of Fashion) Ranji Mangcu and Sameerah Balogun (Hemlines, CSM)
Panel 5. Fashioning Education Workshop
Film Screening: Expectations of diversity in textiles education and industry. Elaine Igoe and Nicholas Dunn (Chelsea College of Arts, UAL) presenting student film
Panel 6. The Intersectional Politics of Fashion Education: nightmares & dreams.
A workshop of constructive, collective destruction - Fashion is a Great Teacher. Renate Stauss (The American University of Paris) and Franziska Schreiber (Berlin University of the Arts) Marteena Mendelssohn (American University of Paris)
Panel 7. See My FACE
Pascal Matthias (Southampton University) Caryn Franklin (Kingston School of Art) and John Tatam (Independent consultant on EDI and the student awarding gap).
There is still a huge awarding gap between white and minoritised students right across HE. What does this mean for fashion students? What anti-racist initiatives has FACE been taking and how can white associates help?
15.30-15.45 Break
Daniel Peters launched The (Fashion) Minority Report in July 2020. Peters is a brand and marketing specialist, creating equality within the fashion industry and creative sector for diverse professionals, by advancing the conversation around inclusion and diversity to a point of measurable change.
The Diversity Report connects with a broad reach of clients to help them create Inclusive Workplace Cultures, by developing strategies and delivering solutions unique to their businesses that foster a more inclusive community which supports existing talent.
Peters, a Peckham native, also sits on the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee at the British Fashion Council, and the Fashion Retail Academy, helping to bring about systemic change relating to inclusion and diversity in the sector.
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This summit is brimming with creativity presenting inspirational voices of minoritised visionaries across technical, commercial and educational disciplines.
Céline Semaan-Vernon is a Lebanese-Canadian designer, writer, advocate and public speaker. She is the founder of Slow Factory, a 501c3 public service organization working at the intersection of environmental and social justice, which produces a conference series promoting sustainability literacy called Study Hall, and the first science-driven incubator in fashion called One X One. She is on the Council of Progressive International, has been a Director's Fellow of MIT Media Lab, and served on the Board of Directors of AIGA NY, a nonprofit membership organization that helps cultivate the future of design in New York City. Céline has received a grant from the city of New York to build a climate institute in Sunset Park focusing on pollution reduction and accessible climate education. The Slow Factory Institute opens its doors in Spring 2023.
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SESSION 3: RECRUITMENT & PROGRESSION 15:45 – 16:45 (GMT)
Panels will run concurrently
Panel 1. Details forthcoming.
Panel 2. Diversifying the Fashion Industry. Asiya Durrani-McCann, Luxury brand consultant (Southampton University) and Radha Singh (THE HOUSE OF RADHA) in conversation with Daniel Peters (Fashion Minority Report), Laura Edwards (Mentoring Matters) and Diversity Head (Farfetch)
Panel 3. Diaspora Fashions. Harris Elliot (Central Saint Martins), (Chair) Nada Koreish (University West England) presenting own practice Fashion Liberation Collective (North Africa) Jameela Elfaki (AZEEMA) Rahemur Rahman, (Central Saint Martins)
Panel 4. Disability and Accessibility. Tilting the Lens workshop. (Details forthcoming).
Panel 5. Inclusive Bodies. Leigh Odimah (LCF) chair, Sam Marshall, Antoinette Ale, Marie Loney, Beth Dolecki and Nicole Scott.
16.45 - 17.00 Break
PROVOCATIONS 17.00-1900 (GMT)
17:00 – 17.45 Panel 5. Provocation 1: Slow Factory Céline Semaan
17:45 – 18.15 Panel 6. Provocation 2: Black Business Institute Sharon Lloyd and Darren Miller.
18:15 – 19:00 Panel 7. Closing Provocation: LEGACY: There Is Nothing New About Black Fashion Culture Andrew Ibi (Liverpool John Mores University) and Harris Elliot (Central Saint Martins) BOLD presenting BOLD (Black Oriented Legacy Development) in conversation with fashion designers (TBC)
19.00 21.30 Drinks with party, all invited, DJing by Andrew Ibi Lethaby Gallery
FACE Summit 2022 Speakers (continued)
From L-R Row 1. Ricardo Barker: Leeds Trinity, Tolulope Omoyele: London College of Fashion, Teleica Kirkland: London College of Fashion. Tegan Rush: Central Saint Martins. Row 2 Tanveer Ahmed: Central Saint Martins, Sonia Sood: Southampton Solent, Sang Thai: RMIT (Australia), Riley Kucheran: Ryerson University (Canada)
From L-R Row 1. Ben Barry: Parsons School of Design (US) Dal Chodha: Central Saint Martins, Darren Miller Black Business Institute, Davina Hawthorne: DeMontfort University. Row 2. Elaine Igoe: Chelsea College of Art, Flavia Loscialpo: Solent University, Grace Jun: University of Georgia (US). Jacob Goff: Northumbria University
From L-R Row 1. Nkumbu Mutambo: Northumbria University, Nicholas Dunn: Chelsea School of Art, Mylinh Nguyen: University of Brighton, Max Kandhola: Nottingham Trent University. Row 2. Kiara Morris: Central Saint Martins, Kelly L. Reddy: Iowa State University (US, Jason Forrest: University of East London, Jameela Elfaki Founder & Editor in Chief AZEEMA
From L-R Row 1. Bernie Yates: Central Saint Martins, Erica De Greef: African Fashion Research Institute, Lesiba Mabitsela: African Fashion Research Institute, Asiya Durrani-McCann Manchester Metropolitan University. Row 2. Beatrice Newman: University of East London, Benita Odogwu - Atkinson: University for the Creative Arts, Emma Tarlo: Goldsmiths College, Ezinma Mbeledogu: University for the Creative Arts. Row 3. John Boddy: Falmouth University, Nada Koreish: University of West England, Radha Singh: Nottingham Trent University, John Tatam (Independent consultant on EDI and the student awarding gap). Row 4. Dr. Renate Stauss: American University in Paris, Sameerah Balogun: Central Saint Martins, Ranji Mangu: Central Saint Martins, Rahemur Rahman: Multi media artist. Row 5 Rose Sinclair: Goldsmiths University. Marteena Mendelssohn: American University in Paris, Lorraine Henry King: London College of Fashion, Catherine Hudson Row 6. Angela McRobbie: Goldsmiths University, Samson Soboye: Designer and Owner: Saboye.