INTERFORM strives to support and grow the local creative community and remain at the forefront of educational opportunity and programming. We aim to showcase and retain the talent that makes our area unique and to act as a catalyst for future collaborative productions. We will constantly uplift and center the creative works of those who are underrepresented and use our platform to influence others to do the same.
FOUNDED IN 2014, NWA FASHION WEEK HAS BEEN THE PREMIER FASHION WEEK IN ARKANSAS FOR OVER 6 YEARS. REBOOTED IN 2016 TO FOCUS ON DIVERSE REPRESENTATION, LOCAL CREATIVE PRODUCTION, AND CELEBRATING ALL THINGS ART AND FASHION IN THE REGION OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, NWA FASHION WEEK MADE A NAME FOR ITSELF ACROSS THE NATION AS BEING A PREMIER FASHION AND INCLUSION EVENT. NOW PRESENTED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF INTERFORM, NWA FASHION WEEK STANDS TO BECOME A NATIONAL BEACON OF ART, FASHION, AND DIVERSITY ACROSS CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND CREATIVE DIVIDES.
ASSEMBLY is the first of its kind, community engaged, curatorial training program and regional open call exhibition. Launched in the summer of 2021, ASSEMBLY brought together 7 curators and 50 artists, into 13 exhibitions across 10 venues in Downtown Springdale for the month of June. The project was the culmination of a four month curatorial intensive program that took six emerging artists and partnered them with industry professionals to learn the ins and outs of exhibition making. The next iteration of ASSEMBLY will launch in November of 2022 with exhibitions in Summer of '23.
In response to the Covid-19 resurgence in Fall 2021 INTERFORM opted to shift our production of Fashion Week into an ambitious Fashion Film under the program name Premiere. The film, titled The Collective, brought together Emmy winning film makers with 10 designers and dozens of models to highlight their collections against the gorgeous and varied backdrop of Northwest Arkansas. Premiere isn't currently scheduled for round two but if that occurs the information will be made available here and across social media.
