Cactus Jack Design Ethos Fashion Scholarship Fund Recipients Unveiled At NYC Event
Each student who received a Cactus Jack Design Ethos Fashion scholarship received a $10,000 award from the Cactus Jack Foundation
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At a New York City function April 8, Travis Scott and his non-profit organization, Cactus Jack Foundation, presented the most recent recipients of the Cactus Jack Design Ethos Fashion Scholarship fund.
The introduction took place at the Annual Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) LIVE Gala at Glasshouse. The five students, who are now the latest class of FSF and Virgil Abloh™M “Post-Modern” Scholars, are also Cactus Jack Design Ethos Scholars; Jordan Dixon (Pensole College of Business and Design), Amaya Evans (Syracuse University), Bliss-Nurah Mack (Clark Atlanta University), Satchel Smith (Thomas Jefferson University), and Amanda Kerr (Savannah School of Art and Design), who were present at the function.
Each student received a $10,000 award from the Cactus Jack Foundation.
The scholarships will allow the aspiring creatives to get educational opportunities in the fashion and design industries.
In attendance at the function were several influential figures from the fashion and creative industries including Jerry Lorenzo (Founder and Creative Director of Fear of God,) Tony Spring (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Macy’s Inc.), Erin and Sara Foster (Co-founders of Favorite Daughter) and also a performance by The Hoborees.
This event comes two weeks after the Cactus Jack Foundation launched the Cactus Jack Design Ethos 101 with Fashion Scholarship Fund at the Cactus Jack Community Action Week in Houston.
“At #cactusjackcommunityactionweek, we officially launched Cactus Jack Design Ethos 101 in partnership with @fashionscholarship fund at the @cact.us.design.center @TXRXLabs featuring a cactus jack @nike sneaker lab workshop with @spacecenterhouston and the opening of the ART.US art show featuring the works of Cact.Us Design Center students.”
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The initiative was unveiled at this year’s Cactus Jack HBCU Softball Classic. The program allows students access to Cactus Jack’s creative philosophy, with hands-on workshops and a competition where several people will be blessed with scholarships and opportunities to work alongside the Cactus Jack team at the state-of-the-art Cact.us Design Center in Houston.