Patrick Kelly: A Legacy of Love / Bay Area Black Creatives on Patrick Kelly's Influence

"What does Patrick Kelly's work mean to you?" ReLove brings together Bay Area Black designers, business owners, and creatives in a thought-provoking conversation about Patrick Kelly and his impact on the mission of San Francisco-based collective and its work today in the community. This panel will be moderated by Delila Hailechristos, owner of ReLove. Learn more about ReLove: https://shoprelove.com/pages/about-us About the Speakers: Delila Hailechristos is the owner of ReLove, a vintage and modern resale clothing store in San Francisco. Ramekon O'Arwisters is the founder of Crochet Jam, a community arts project infused with folk art traditions that foster a creative culture in cooperative relationships. Mattie Loyce is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and community advocate originally from and currently based in San Francisco, CA. About the Exhibition: This exhibition celebrates the career and legacy of Black fashion designer Patrick Kelly (1954–1990). First presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2014, the exhibition presents seventy-nine fully accessorized ensembles, dating from 1984 to 1990, from the Philadelphia Museum’s archive of Kelly’s work, to new acquisitions from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s costume collection. Kelly drew upon his childhood in the United States South, his African American heritage, his experiences in the club and gay cultural scenes in New York and Paris, and muses from fashion, art, and Black history to create light-