Ameerah Vania
NikeLab Chicago Re-creation Center
c/o Virgil Abloh
The Re-Creation Center's mentorship program welcomes 10 Chicago-area creatives for an immersive eight-week experience with Abloh. Each having the opportunity to advance the skills of their respective practice and engage with complementary areas of expertise. Commencement was marked by the presentation of a final project.
She too can fly…
After almost two months of interactive workshops and one-on-one consultations with the mentors, each of us was asked to construct an exhibit culminating all of the things we had learned during the program.
My concept was to examine blackness from the female perspective within what we know to be as ‘sneaker culture’. My exhibit reflects the perspective of black adolescence. It takes you into a young girl’s bedroom, highlighting elements that indulge in music, sport, fashion, and family.
Through the construction of this concept, I created ‘Sugar Athletics’, a brand dedicated to uplifting the voices of black femmes.
