The Creative Cookie

3 of Art to Ware's Upcoming Events That Will Bring Out the Fashion Lover in You

Sunday, June 20th at 2:30 PM EST

Art to Ware is hosting a live performance by Lē Matthew from Degrade by Lē, one of the artists found in our store!

 

This event will take place at Art to Ware on 21 Greenwich Ave.

 

Sunday, June 20th at 3:30 PM EST

After Lē Matthew's live performance, the general manager of Art to Ware, Rachael Stein, will sit down with her and Christine Jiwon Ra, an Art to Ware x Nuuly artist, to take a peek inside their creative minds.

 

This event will take place on Instagram Live so you can tune in to check it out from anywhere on our Instagram @arttoware.

 

If you can't make it to either of these events, don't stress because there's more!

 

Tuesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM EST

Art to Ware will host another artist talk moderated by our general manager, Rachael Stein! Rachael will be sitting down with Dana Robinson, a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist, and Stephanie Land from Elements by Land, an artist and designer found in the Art to Ware pop-up shop.

 

This event will also take place on Instagram Live so you can check it out on our Instagram @arttoware. 

 

There will be more events coming soon! Until then, check out our Instagram @arttoware to stay up-to-date on all the pop-up shop happenings!

Art to Ware is Opening a New Location!!!

Art to Ware isn't going anywhere any time soon! We are so excited to announce that ChaShaMa, a non-profit arts organization that helps artists access spaces to create and connect in New York City, recently offered Art to Ware a second location to be opened on August 26, 2021. This pop-up shop will be an extension of the original Art to Ware pop-up shop and will carry many of the same designers including Ooh Baby, Christine Jiwon Ra, and more. 

You can find the new Art to Ware store at 320 W 23rd Street, New York, NY. 

If you have visited the current Art to Ware pop-up shop at 21 Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, make sure you come back in before the store closes on July 22nd to pick up a discount card for 11% off your first purchase at the new Art to Ware store location. 

If you didn't have the chance to visit the first location and want to know more about Art to Ware, it is a WOC-owned business that promotes socially conscious, upcycled, and handmade focused items. The pricing ranges from $3 (flowers and small things like patches & pins) - $700 (original artwork and intricate handmade wearables). The store also had the opportunity to collaborate with Nuuly, a subscription clothing rental brand, where out-of-circulation items were donated to be upcycled and reworked by our designers at Art to Ware.

Make sure you pop in to check out the new location, new items, and reworked one-of-a-kind items only offered at Art to Ware!

Thank you all for the support that you have offered to make this second location happen! We couldn't do any of this without our amazing Creative Cookie followers!

Prints and Posters at the Pop-Up Shop!

Art to Ware has a handful of unique prints and posters that are only available at the pop-up shop until July 22nd! Read about them below and shop them in-store or online at the Art to Ware website.

The New Yorker Cartoon- Victor Varnado, an artist, writer, filmmaker, and Lesley's husband produced this cartoon for The New Yorker in 2020 and it became one of the most widely shared New Yorker cartoons of the year. You can shop this limited edition, signed print in the Art to Ware pop-up shop or on the website for $100.

Check out the original cartoon in The New Yorker! 

You can find more by Victor Varnado at his exhibit, Cartooning while Black, opening July 15th, in Chelsea (NYC).

 

 

The HOPE Poster- Signed copies of the HOPE poster by Elizabeth Meggs, a Brooklyn-based artist, illustrator, writer, and designer, are available at the pop-up shop and on the website now through July 22nd for $100! You can read more about the HOPE poster and the Hope Poster Wall via two links in @meggspaintings bio on Instagram, under “PRINT MAGAZINE: THE DAILY HELLER” and “ESSAY: HOPE TAKES FORM.”

Please visit the Hope Poster Wall on Instagram @hopewallrva!

 

 

 

Ooh Baby Artwork- Ooh Baby produced two large acrylic on canvas pieces exclusively for Art to Ware! You can shop these pieces in the Art to Ware pop-up shop for $450 until July 22nd. Ooh Baby is a Pittsburgh-based artist and designer who recently opened her second store. Her pieces have been worn by several celebrities including Wyatt Olef, Bebe Rexha, Nick Kroll, and more. So, make sure you pop in to get these exclusive paintings before they're gone! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Art to Ware pop-up shop is coming to an end, but don't worry, we have many exciting things in the works that we can't wait to share with you all! In the meantime, shop these prints and posters before they're gone!

Christine Jiwon Ra x Art to Ware

The second in our series of collection drops coming out every 2 weeks is available now in collaboration with recent Parsons School of Design graduate and South Korean designer Christine Jiwon Ra! This collection is hand-dyed, painted, and covered in reclaimed buttons to create one-of-a-kind upcycled garments using out-of-circulation pieces from our friends at Nuuly.

 

“This collection was created with a focus on using pre and post-consumer 'less than ground zero' textile waste destined to be thrown away. Through incorporating artisanal hand dyeing techniques, each item has been designed to have transcendental value in my customer’s wardrobe,” said Christine. “I want to encourage more careful and meaningful relationships between garments and their consumer with my pieces designed to be treasured for life.”

 

Pop into the space, at 21 Greenwich Ave, to shop and celebrate AAPI History Month with this exclusive collection! Check out @arttoware on Instagram and TikTok for up-to-date content on this collection.

 

If you are curious about fashion rental - subscribe to Nuuly and save $10 off your first month with our special code "ArtToWare".

Fashion is Self Care: Change is a Good Thing!

For those of you who have been tuning in to the fashion is self-care pieces that I’ve been writing, I am exceedingly grateful. This experience has been so amazing and I’m beyond honored that I had the opportunity to share these amazing and creative people with you. The fashion is self-care series is taking a brief pause but I promise we will be back in June with a new and improved fashion is self-care series. If you’ve enjoyed reading these pieces, please keep an eye out for the revamped series! Again, thank you for taking the time out of your day to learn a little more about alternative ways to view the fashion world, and remember to always treat fashion as a form of self-care.

If you’d like a refresher on all the visionaries who shared their thoughts with us, you can find the fashion is self-care series here!

O.o.h. Baby x Art to Ware

Ooh Baby, who was recently featured on our fashion is self-care series, has joined the team of designers for the Art to Ware pop-up shop. Art to Ware x Ooh Baby is a one-of-a-kind upcycled collection using out-of-circulation garments from subscription clothing rental brand Nuuly, available exclusively at Art to Ware pop-up starting May 13. Each item is hand up-cycled and original. Make sure you check out the new collection on May 13 and read more about Ooh Baby in her most recent Creative Cookie feature, Fashion is Self Care with Ooh Baby.

Interested in ordering a piece and you are not in NYC, don't fret just email us at [email protected].