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Lecture with Fashion Designer Jawara Alleyne

Saturday, 25 August 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Dart Auditorium

Join fashion designer Jawara Alleyne as he discusses his new collection exhibited in The Art of Fashion, inspired by works from the National Art Collection. The Art of Fashion exhibition will remain open until 7:30 PM for extended viewing before or after the discussion. Admission to both the lecture and the exhibition is free and all are welcome. Programming is made possible due to the generous support of Butterfield.

Lecturer’s Bio:

Jawara Alleyne is an award-winning Caymanian fashion designer and artist, currently practicing in London. He is a National Gallery scholarship recipient with a BA in Fashion Design and Marketing from the prestigious London College of Fashion – University of the Arts, London. Since graduating, he has worked with a host of international fashion brands such as Giles Deacon and Peter Pilotto, where he currently works as a Studio Coordinator managing the operations of design development within the studio.

Jawara’s work is an inspection of his Caribbean culture and an exploration of the attitudes and values that underpin it. Imbedding work within the context of his experiences, he challenges his audience to think more deeply about notions of representation and self by pushing the boundaries that define Caribbean art and fashion. This goal has led to an extensive exploration of gender and masculinity and the revisiting of prescribed formulas of how to view and create for the male form.

The name Jawara means “lover of peace”. Accordingly, he has created a brand that aims to peacefully and lyrically explore evolving concepts of identity. Telling the stories about the Caribbean people, his own people, in ways they have yet to explore.