US-based Guyanese sisters offer pop-up museums, other events to showcase art, culture
of NY. The show also included a half-time display which featured vintage sari apparel and new paint to print IM of The Saree collections.
Made of Guyana (another of their projects), exhibits historic ecofriendly hand or custom figurines, toys, tourism ready apparel, eco-friendly budget conscious and luxury bags, shoes, painting turned paint to print fashion with drop ship for a modern yet abstract historic yet fashion perspective of Guyana, all designed by Guyanese.
Guyana’s new First Lady, President and cabinet members are invited to participate in their fashion and ancestral history with submission of vintage fashion for the New Age Guyana Art Project. The photos can also be used to created souvenirs, such as, art biographies and tributes for loved ones.
Ashvini explained that the Made of Guyana project is an innovative idea that was created to collaborate with Guyanese artists to have their work converted into fashion pieces. This creates a whole new market for artists. Those looking to collaborate with the Persauds and their team are required to contribute a small percentage of all proceeds from their sales. This gift shop idea will not only promote Guyanese artists for just one time around but will promote their work continuously as well as provide them with the much- needed copyright protection.
The creative director added that they are also interested in work from the Indigenous communities in Guyana.
Meanwhile, the founding of IM of the Saree was inspired by a Bombay doll and the bringing together of vintage and arts of communities to inspire generations to come. As a result
of this doll, IM of the Saree now create miniature dolls and figurines to tell fashion art history which are placed in their created sets as if they are performing for the camera.
IM of The Saree includes volunteers with family history in Guyana, Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, India (Maharastra, Kerala), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, and Ecuador.
The pop up is welcoming vintage photos and videos of saree, salwar, hajab, lehengha, dhoti, kurta, and accessories for continued social media feature and documentation.
They seek all Guyanese participation in this project for a public social media feature. They can provide as a service, custom fashion art gifts, historic family tributes and art for departed loved ones, which can be reserved private or public. Persons can donate or loan to the museums, photos, Indian artifacts, or attire that will be used in their projects and returned.
Persaud acknowledges the volunteers who have been exceptional in their projects, the Persaud family, Nataly Horan, Autumn Rose, Wendy Pascal, Rhonda Binda, Valentina Gojcaj, Patricia Langford, Dianne Madray, Giamon Luong, Sandra Ung, Nadiushka Vega, Adres Jaramillo, Georgette Perimenis, Katryn Lopez, Raymond Ally, Ravi Beepat, Indarjeet Pal, Linda Greenhause, Gonsalves DeAgrella fam
ily, Roxy Pierre, Renee Hastick Motes, Cloyette Harris- Stoute, Melissa Noel, M Jennings, Sharon Legall, Sara Golan, Kermit Urena, L M Verges, Ann Narine, Persaud- Dial Family, Lorenzo IzarraDial, Azeez and Angel Contributor, Tom Kowalski, P Bisoondial, Dr Bindu Babu, Diane Madray, Rhonda Binda, Patricia Langford, Pulmath Bisoondial, Z Chowdhury, Sara Golan, Pallavi Shetvate, Veronica Hossain, N Vega, Poonam Chung, Izarra Dial Family and the Wong family.
So far many of the popup events have been pri
vately been funded out of the pockets of the founders and other volunteers. Green FAD Museum and IM of the Saree are inviting the various ministries in government to participate in their projects seeking to preserve culture and heritage globally. Interested persons can also make donations towards any of their projects.
They can be contacted a t imofthesaree@gmx.com/2 03.667.1673 fb/ig: international museum of the saree/imofthesaree. H e r i t a g e shop: www.greenfad.shop.