WHO WE ARE
WE BELIEVE THAT FASHION IS ART.
We are a collective of professionals, community leaders, entrepreneurs and parents who believe that fashion is art and should be supported in our schools.
Our mission is to provide funding to fashion arts programs in NC and serve as the lead sponsor for the fashion and costume design program at the Northwest School of the Arts (9th-12th grades) in Charlotte.
MEET OUR FOUNDER Teresa D. Bryant
Attorney. Public Schools Advocate. Philanthropist.
A 1993 graduate of Duke Law School, Mrs. Bryant has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career practicing law throughout NC. A passionate public schools advocate, she has served on her county's Board of Education and as a trustee at a member university of the UNC System. Her interest in supporting the arts in public schools began in the mid-1990s when she was an attorney at a large law firm in Charlotte and the Northwest High School of the Arts was first opening its doors to students.
The mother of one, a fashion designer and fashion educator, who currently teaches at the Northwest School of the Arts, Mrs. Bryant has a great deal of experience vetting fashion education programs and opportunities for youth both in the US and abroad. Not surprisingly, she found that the top programs also had the best resources. Access to similar resources in public schools fueled her decision to form the Fashion Arts Booster!