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Carisa Kelly will be a part of International Production Design Week on a panel with fellow costume and production designers.
"Learning From Each Other: Production Designers × Costume Designers." This panel is part of a broader conversation on "Collaboration as Authorship: Women Redefining Visual Storytelling in Film and Television."
Conceived by panel moderator Deirdra Govan (Vice President, United Scenic Artist, Local 829 IATSE) to offer thought leadership and creative insight, celebrating women's agency in shaping cinematic worlds. It will explore how collaboration between Production and Costume Designers redefines authorship in visual storytelling. Fostering a robust, engaging, and forward-looking dialogue on creative partnership, equity, and leadership, while also modeling what true collaboration in design can look like across film and television.
Founder Carisa Kelly testifies via zoom in front of the city council zoning subcommittee on land use about the importance of the garment district. Each person is given 2 minutes to speak, the first part of my time was to read the great costume designer Kasia Walicka Maimone speech about the importance of the garment district.
Carisa Kelly alongside countless other costume and fashion folk, many from the New York Fashion Workforce Development Collation as we testified in person, via zoom, and emails to urge stronger protections inside the MSMX plan for the garment district.
The ReThread Projects Founder Carisa Kelly attends a rally calling for protections for the historic garment district alongside local USA IATSE local 829 President Edward Pierce, Vice President Deirdra Govan, and Tony award winning costume designer Susan Hilferty.
The ReThread Project founder and Susan Hiflery gather to celebrate the legendary Helen Uffner and her impact on the education of emerging costume designers throughout her almost 50 years of running her costume rental house. We were honored to celebrate Helen and all she has done!
Photo Credit: Pooja Patel
