📍 NYC • MAY 1-23 • 48 Great Jones Street NYC 10012 • Daily 12-6pm

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, 3.1 Phillip Lim and the Female Design Council present Crafting Selfhood, an exhibition of Asian American female identifying artists and designers from May 1st - 23rd.

Curated by Karen Wong and Lora Appleton, the exhibition assembles a myriad of stunning ceramics and sculptural objects on display at the 3.1 Phillip Lim flagship at 48 Great Jones Street. While traditional portraiture continues to dominate the art world, the presentation provides a broader discussion of how form, technique and medium illuminate the creative process. These artists integrate heritage, identity, and, oftentimes, sly humor into the work.

Featured artists include:
Janny Baek, Julia Chiang, Cecile Chong, Phaan Howng, Lena Imamura, Sonya Yong James, Myung Jin Kim, Antonia Kuo, Eunji Jun and Halin Lee, Eny Lee Parker, Linda Sormin & Steffany Trần.

Crafting Selfhood is presented in partnership with Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur, Meta Prosper, and the Female Design Council.

📍 VIRTUAL • MAY 6 • 6-7pm EST

Community Meetings are one of our most fun and fruitful events. These meetings provide an opportunity to gather online, no matter your location, with other FDC members, introduce yourself and your work, and build new industry connections that lead to future collaborations, new clients, sales, and press.

During Community Meetings, we share our wins & challenges, swap valuable advice on building design business, and offer a safe space to share the wins and challenges in design, art & architecture.

This meeting is led by our Executive Director & Founder, Lora Appleton.

*Member only event

📍 NYC • MAY 10-14 • 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

The Female Design Council has partnered with TEFAF to offer free entry to our members for 2024.

FDC members - keep an eye on your emails this month to register for complimentary tickets!

📍 NYC • WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 • 6-8 PM EST • Marc Phillips D&D Building, 979 3rd Ave, Suite 211. New York, NY, 10022

The Female Design Council has partnered with design legend Clodagh, whose four decade career spans retail, residential and hospitality, three books and a documentary film. Clodagh has been recognized with numerous awards including the Interior Design Hall of Fame; Interior Design Magazine Top 100 Interior Designers; Architectural Digest Top 100 Designers in the World; and Interior Design Magazine Best of Year awards in both product and project categories.

On May 15, she will be launching her collaboration with Marc Phillips Rugs, and the FDC will co-host a reception with Interior Design Magazine to preview the collection.

📍 NYC • THURSDAY MAY 16 • 10th Street NYC • 6-8pm EST

The Female Design Council is proud to be a partner of the annual Neighborhood Gallery Walk. Join the 10th street walk in Manhattan and explore the latest exhibitions at 1950 Gallery, Bernd Goeckler, Demisch Danant, Eerdmans, Hostler Burrows, Karl Kemp, Magen H Gallery, Maison Gerard, Nicki Kehoe, Plain English Design, and Prelle & Passemanerie Verrier Paris.

📍 NYC • MAY 19-21 • Javits Center, 429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001

The FDC has partnered with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair to offer free entry to FDC members for 2024.

FDC members - keep an eye on your emails this month to register for complimentary tickets!

📍 IRL • NYC • MAY 20 • 5-6pm EST • 50 Greene St, Floor 2, NYC 10013

RBW is engaging a potent conversation with powerhouse female creatives. Join for an engaged talk on Monday, May 20th and come mingle with other FDC members and the full community.

In honor of their collaborator Little Wing Lee, winner of the second cycle of FDC’s grant program for BIPOC designers, RBW will sponsor two one-year memberships to the FDC for BIPOC-identifying designers.

Moderated by RBW founder Theo Richardson, the panel will feature FDC founder Lora Appleton and Little Wing Lee.

📍 VIRTUAL • JUNE 10 • 6-7pm EST

Community Meetings are one of our most fun and fruitful events. These meetings provide an opportunity to gather online, no matter your location, with other FDC members, introduce yourself and your work, and build new industry connections that lead to future collaborations, new clients, sales, and press.

During Community Meetings, we share our wins & challenges, swap valuable advice on building design business, and offer a safe space to share the wins and challenges in design, art & architecture.

This meeting is led by our Executive Director & Founder, Lora Appleton.

*Member only event

📍 VIRTUAL • JUNE 17 • 6-7pm PST

Community Meetings are one of our most fun and fruitful events. These meetings provide an opportunity to gather online, no matter your location, with other FDC members, introduce yourself and your work, and build new industry connections that lead to future collaborations, new clients, sales, and press.

During Community Meetings, we share our wins & challenges, swap valuable advice on building design business, and offer a safe space to share the wins and challenges in design, art & architecture.

This meeting is led by our Executive Director & Founder, Lora Appleton.

*Member only event

📍 NYC • TUESDAY, JULY 23 • 5-7 PM EST • Madison Square Park

Please join the FDC from 5 - 7 pm on Tuesday, July 23 for a private curator's tour of Rose Simpson’s Seed public art exhibition at Madison Square Park in Manhattan with Artistic Director and Chief Curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport. The tour will start promptly at 5pm, and will be followed by a casual picnic in the park. Bring your own drinks and snacks to share.

For this newly commissioned public art exhibition, Rose B. Simpson created seven eighteen-foot-high sentinels convene in a circle supporting and nurturing a female form who emerges from the earth. Simpson’s art responds to present-day life and the parklands we treasure and occupy. Visitors will learn about her work, ancestral and contemporary lands, and Native histories through this outdoor exhibition.

*Member only event. RSVP required