ARTE: Donyale Luna

ARTE: ROOTS TILL INFINITY

A project I have been incubating for sometime will make its debut very soon.  Until then you can listen to the soundtrack were listening to while we work. Listen on shuffle. 

You can also listen to previous summers HERE

DJ AFRICA81 · ROOT$$$$$$$$$$$$ 2023

1. Catching my sun in my window   2. Saying my peace   3. Looking my peace   4. Speaking to my fleeting romance   5. Persimmon Sans 7-Up Cake by my Great Aunt Mary Lou and yes it is the businezz  6. Catching my sun on my Troublemakers quilt handmade in Dehradun, India by Project Purkul art by Waldia and Co 

Photographs by Michelle Joan Papillion

ARTE: Fashion Research Library Inaugural Symposium

I have been invited by the Fashion Research Library to have a conversation with two very dear friends, Shala Monroque and Micah Tafari.  The talk is being presented at their inaugural Fashion Research Symposium at the Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum of Norway) in Oslo, Norway on September 2nd & 3rd.

Our talk "WORLDWIDE OUTSIDE" is based on the theme for the symposium Decentralizing Fashion.

Worldwide Outside - a conversation between Shala Monroque, Micah Tafari and Michelle Joan Papillion.

Three creative collaborators operating outside of the centralized fashion zones; creative consultant Shala Monroque, Micah Tafari and Michelle Joan Papillion will share their experiences, point of view and key learnings on how this different perspective could contribute to the world moving forward.  Time is a luxury and impacts the creative process going hand-in hand with solitude and leadership.  How do we harness the elements and our nature in the periphery and alchemy to build bridges around the world?  How can brands step outside the traditional model with the use of integrity and risk-taking?  And in what way does care, attention and having a soul play part of our creative processes?

If you are in Oslo it is free to attend.  Register to attend Fashion Research Symposium 2022, a collaboration between @nasjonalmuseet & @fashionresearchlibrary, via this link!

 

Shala Monroque is a creative consultant, content developer and curator. Her early work includes art advising at The Gagosian Gallery and the position of Editor-at-Large of Pop Magazine. Monroque filled the role as Creative Director of Garage Magazine from 2011 to 2014, working closely with artists such as Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Anna Craycroft and Hedi Slimane. Monroque also served as a consultant with Prada for three years. Through the years, she has contributed to Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, served as a Co-Chair for the New York Public Library Gala Event and graced magazine covers and Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed List. Monroque walked in the Chloé Fashion Week 2020 show, alongside other female creatives.

Micah Tafari is a farmer, artist and sustainable development consultant. At age 17, he co-founded Rastafari Indigenous Village in Montego Bay, a cultural center and sanctuary for artists, musicians, farmers and healers. Micah currently advises a range of initiatives including The Jamaica Social Investment fund, Chronixx Music Group and Renewable Energy Developers. In 2016 working as a farmer and consultant at the University of Technology Jamaica, he created a horticultural model for the Jamaica cannabis industry. He has also trained with Unesco on Intangible Cultural Exchange. Within the arts, he is a publisher at Frontline Books, producing books and newspapers on African culture and spirituality, producing music shows, set creation and construction and as a locations manager scouting for National Geographic, Chronixx and Popcaan, among others.

Update on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 5:00AM by PAPILLION ART

The symposium was a success with the audience enjoying our conversation and finding inspiration with the fluidity and grace with which we live our lives.  World Wide Outside was really about that, being in the natural world, being natural people.  Not going against nature but moving with it.

ARTE: PAPILLION SUMMER 2021 1 1 1 1 $PAPILLIONART

CREATOR BLE$$

i know, its no where near summer yet....but 2021 is not holding back, it feels like we should be in summer by now.  To be continued...

MJP NEW YEAR illustration graphic by Peter Mabeo of MABEO Furniture 

Photographs taken by Michelle Joan Papillion

For the previous summer playlist you can listen here PAPILLION MIXTAPE

ARTE: Orpheus & Eurydice

One of my favorite films is the Brazilian "Black Orpheus" Gia Coppola does a film for Vogue by Gucci chronocling the myth.

ARTE: LAKWENA x CLINIQUE

Lakwena collaborates with Clinique creating a limited edition makeup bag. They spent 24 hours with her in her hometown of London, exploring and documenting places she's inspired by. You can catch it at The Wink. 

ARTE: Samuel Levi Jones x Shinola

Samuel Levi Jones designs a Shinola Jacket benefitting the Headlands Center for the Arts this year.  Place your bid on Paddle 8 now! Bidding ends on Febuary 16, 2016 at 3pm pst

ARTE: PAPILLION X BLM

Dear Art World,

Cozies being sent out!  Order yours now before they sale out. papillionart.com/store

ARTE: Dear Art World

STORE OPEN papillionart.com/store

ARTE: KANYE WEST AT L.A.T.T.C.

Kanye West recently spoke at the Golden Tremble Fashion Show at L.A. Trade Technical College

ARTE: The Coveteur Comes For A Visit!

"She's changing the art world" was the subject line in millions of inboxes this morning as The Coveteur talks about my interview on art x style x and all things LA.

"I'm an art dealer and a gallerist. I run a contemporary art space here in L.A. where I show emerging artists. Part of what I do, and what my specialty is, is that I develop artists and I develop collectors. I find people who are interested in getting into the art world by buying art works and becoming an arts patron, but don't necessarily have a direct connection in doing that. I facilitate that entry point for new people to be in the mix. Same thing for artists: for artists that I think have an immense amount of talent and skill and could be very successful, we help to build a good foundation for them to become the next great art star."

Read the full interview here

ARTE: Duro Oluwu Vintage Fashion Film

Duro Olowu, has unveiled a new fashion film in support of his recent Spring/Summer 15 collection.  It is beautiful.

ARTE: VOGUE

Thrilled, excited and surprised to be in such great company in the July issue of Vogue Magazine, with Lupita Nyong'o on the cover.  Elizabeth von Thurn und Taxis came to visit us on a recent west coast trip and wrote about it in her TNT coloumn of the magazine.  

Here's a snippet:

"What I found most inspiring about L.A.;s art scene was the unexpected young female force it bears.  I met a series of passionate and very noteworthy women - gallerists and artists alike.  What a relief from art-world machismo! Take Michelle Joan Papillion, who, with a great eye for emerging talent, recently set up shop in Leimert Park, an area with few galleries. "I think of Leimert Park as a flower waiting to bloom," she told me. "Three years from now, this place will be the talk of the art-and-culture scene."

ARTE: Nnadi by Nature

My latest online obsession is Vogue fashion writer Chioma Nnadi's new column where she blogs about her love for fashion and her curiosity of where fashion intersects with art, music and film.  Her first post about the fashion label Etudes has us feeling blue!

nnadibynature.virb.com

Left to right: Etudes shirt, pants and hat. Commissioned artwork by Pia Howell for the collection.

ARTE: I LOVE JANY

Came across this incredible video telling the story of one of the first Black models in fashion.

"Shot in New York by artist Sasha Huber. Story is about Jany Tomba, Haitian girl that moved to NY as a child with her family and explains how she became a model as a black girl, being one of the first black girls to get into magazine covers in US."

ARTE: THE MARKET

Happening Saturday August 3, presented by No 9 Candle Co along with Native LA and We Are Onyx.  Come out and support your local economy...all of the vendors are local LA based small business!

RSVP and invite others on facebook NOW!

ARTE: Vogue Jeanius: Chioma Nnadi

Friend of the gallery Chioma Nnadi looks great in her custom jeans! Love this Vogue Daily video of her giving her best denim insights.

Chioma is a fashion writer at Vogue.

ARTE: NICK CAVE FASHIONS

Tis the season! Who wouldn't want to recieve gifts wrapped up in Nick Cave paper. The sculptor and performance artist has wrapping paper, buttons, leggings, sequins scarfs, punching bags, tees and my favorite temp tattoos! Find it at all his shop