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contact name: Rebecca Yaker
email: hazelandmelvin@gmail.com

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http://www.mnrollergirls.com/teams/garda_belts/cupcake.php

Hazel and Melvin's Room
Launched Winter 2005, Hazel and Melvin’s Room has arrived to revolutionize baby bedding once and for all. Inspired by the colors and patterns of the 1950’s, this unique, stylish collection focuses on retro looks for baby’s room. Rebecca’s quirky sense of color and style, coupled with her love of wit and whimsy has helped to create one of the most unique collections for the baby home furnishing market. Each item is designed and handmade in her Minneapolis design studio where she focuses on finding the best quality fabrics with the right balance of fun, bold colors and patterns that appeal to both the baby AND the parent – challenging the status quo.
http://www.hazelandmelvin.com

Wayne State University: Detroit, Michigan
MA Candidate, Fiber Arts: Sept. 2000 – Dec. 2003
Post Bachelor work in Fashion Design and Merchandising: Jan. 1997 – Dec. 1999

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude: Russian Language and Literature: Sept. 1990 - April 1994

Moscow State Linguistics University: Moscow, Russia
Study Abroad program through Boston University. Course work includes: Russian Language, media, history, and politics: Sept. 1994 – Dec. 1994

• Exhibited the Sock Monkey Dress at “Monkey Day” at the Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, Michigan: Noecember 2006

• Work shown at the Creative Activies Center at the Minnesota State Fair - the Sock Monkey Dress Maddness starts here.....: August -September 2006

• Walker Un-Prom: Not Your Mama's Formal: A prom inspired fashion show presented by Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) as part of the Walker's Museum’s OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) exhibition. Created the Sock Monkey Dress to portray prom as extension of the arts: May 2006

• Twin Cities' Les Dames d'Escoffier's Local Treasure; Food as Fashion: one of eleven local artists showing "Edible" apparel - clothing from food. Third place winner for the Fruit Roll-Up Western Shirt: October 2005

• Voltage Fashion Amplified: Premiere designer for the Minneapolis, MN fashion show uniting the top local bands and designers in the Twin Cities for a benefit for Youth In Music, a non-profit whose focus is to create sustainable music education ensembles: May 2005 (http://www.voltagefashionamplified.com/designer_ry.htm)

• Personally handcrafted a silk-screened, appliquéd messenger bag of own design in home studio on HGTV’s Crafters Coast to Coast: aired November 2004, re-aired January 2005 (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_accessories_purses/article/0,1789,HGTV_3227_3334983,00.html)

• 4 original wearable art clothing designs showcased at Crafty Planet during the NEEMA Art-a-Whirl: May 2004

• One of 11 artists exhibited in “Craft Work 2,” the biannual juried, regional art exhibition at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana: August – September 2002

• Exhibited Hot Wheels 2 and Rotary Cutter ensemble in the Wayne State University Graduate Exhibition: March 2002

• Exhibited Cleaning Lady’s Night Out in “Fashion Portraiture” at the Print Gallery, Southfield, Michigan: November 2001

• Hot Wheels 2 displayed at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan: August 2001

• Embellished Levi’s Jean Jacket auctioned off at the Paint Creek Center for the Arts annual fundraiser, For the Love of Art, Rochester, Michigan: February 2000

• Cleaning Lady’s Night Out displayed at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan: August 1999

• Solo exhibition of original garment designs at Patti Smith Boutique, Royal Oak, Michigan: July 1999

• Featured Spring 1999 Collection at Carousel fashion show at Alvin’s, Detroit, Michigan: May 1999

• Garden Goddess exhibited in Our Town artist show, Birmingham, Michigan: October 1998

• Garden Goddess displayed at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan: August 1998

• Sandwich Outfit displayed at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan: August 1997

• Exhibited the Sock Monkey Dress at “Monkey Day” at the Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, Michigan: Noecember 2006

• Sock Monkey Dress shown at the Walker Un-Prom: Not Your Mama's Formal: A prom inspired fashion show presented by Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) as part of the Walker's Museum’s OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) exhibition

• One of 11 artists exhibited in “Craft Work 2,” the biannual juried, regional art exhibition at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana: August – September 2002

• Exhibited Hot Wheels 2 and Rotary Cutter ensemble in the Wayne State University Graduate Exhibition: March 2002

• Exhibited Cleaning Lady’s Night Out in “Fashion Portraiture” at the Print Gallery, Southfield, Michigan: November 2001

• Embellished Levi’s Jean Jacket auctioned off at the Paint Creek Center for the Arts annual fundraiser, For the Love of Art, Rochester, Michigan: February 2000

• Garden Goddess exhibited in Our Town artist show, Birmingham, Michigan: October 1998

• Hot Wheels 2 featured in the Eastpointe News, Shelby Utica News, and Tech Center News: August 2001

• Cleaning Lady’s Night Out featured in the Oakland Press and the Chicago-Sun Times: August 1999

• Garden Goddess featured in the Windsor Star, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, and Birmingham Eccentric: August 1998

• Sandwich Outfit featured in the Detroit News: August 1997

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Detroit, Michigan

Birth Date:
August 12, 1972

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
NE Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Designer

 

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