Artist Talk: Evoke Empowerment: Celebrating Matrilineal Strength

In partnership with Memphis Fashion Week, the Brooks is proud to host Native American artist and fashion designer Loren Aragon for a special artist talk entitled Evoke Empowerment: Celebrating Matrilineal Strength.  Aragon and his wife Valentina co-founded ACONAV, a couture fashion brand based in Phoenix, Arizona that celebrates the strength and empowerment of women through designs that tie culture to modern style.  The artists’ talk will express the meaning behind his brand’s statement of #EvokeEmpowerment, covering the ideas that stem from his Acoma Pueblo heritage and views of these ideas as they apply to existing in the modern world. -5:30 p.m. – Reception -6:30 p.m. – Talk Admission is free.