Creative Entrepreneur | Aesthetic Value
What defines a creative entrepreneur?
The Culture's creative director (Nicholas Cruze) and Modeling instructor (Morgan Cruze) had an awesome interview with the owner of Rustica Bakery and Dogwood Coffee (Minneapolis, MN). The topic of aesthetic value peaked interest... enough to make a short video about it. Enjoy!
Music by the Music Production instructor (David Wiesjahn) - [email protected]
The Culture Clothing Co. Dance Video
Dominick Just was in the first group of our Fashion Design program. He showed passion and potential in his creative ambition. So it wasn't hard to see how The Culture Clothing Co. could team up with him to produce this video. We hope you enjoy this and share it with your friends! We want the message of creative passion to prosper in our cities!
The Culture | Music Production 2016
The Culture Music Production program leads students through the fundamentals of designing original sounds and musical content using Ableton Live. Each of The Culture's programs are taught by a local artist and the Music Production course is led by artist & producer David Wiesjahn.
Video shot & edited by Nicholas Cruze.
The Culture | Fashion Design
Fashion Design is one of The Culture's core programs. Each program is led by a local artist who's currently pursuing their artistry! Christian Abraham (apparel designer & tailor) leads his students as they learn the basics of designing, patterning, and sewing clothing.
Video shot & edited by Nicholas Cruze.
The Culture Modeling Program
The Culture Modeling program seeks to inspire young men and women to understand and express true beauty! Hear what two of the program's students have to say about it. Morgan Cruze is the instructor of this program and she is simply amazing!
Video shot & edited by Nicholas Cruze.
The Culture Fashion Show (winter 2015)
This video is from The Culture's first fashion show from 2015 winter. We taught high school students Music Production, Modeling, Apparel Design, Print Design, and Songwriting. The programs culminated to produce this fashion show hosted at the David Petersen Gallery in Minneapolis, MN.
Video shot by Dan Ostrem.
Video edited by Nicholas Cruze.
The Culture - Apparel Design interview
Dom took Apparel Design last school year and was interviewed about his experience with the program. We're excited to see his stylistic ambition help rebrand MN fashion!
Video shot & edited by Nicholas Cruze.
The Artist
(watch in HD, select the button)
May 29th - an event by the artists, for the artists
Music starts - 7pm
Fashion Show - 7:30
Dance the night away or linger under the lights
Event closes at 10pm
The Culture Creative Program
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
We currently offer 5 programs:
Electronic Music Production
Songwriting
Modeling
Apparel Design
Print Design
Each program is taught by an artist who is local to the Twin Cities, and aims to introduce students to their creative passion through someone who pursues their artistry as their career.
Each program produces a product that contributes to the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show. The live performances give the students a taste of the real world and provide a raw experience to the crowd.
The Fashion Show incorporates all of our programming: the Electronic Music Production students play their tracks as the models display the garments down the runway. The songs performed are written in the Songwriting program. The models are trained in the Modeling program. The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
The Culture // Modeling 2015
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
Our Modeling program is taught by Morgan Cruze, a model local to the Twin Cities. This program brings students through the process of modeling. The students learn the basics of multiple poses, different facets of the modeling industry, and the art of working a photoshoot.
The students will showcase student-created garments down the runway at the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show.
The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The tracks played as the models display the garments down the runway are created in the Electronic Music Production program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program. The songs performed at the Fashion Show are written and rehearsed in the Songwriting program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
Video shot & edited by Nicholas Cruze.
Songwriting
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
Our Songwriting program is taught by Aria Souder, an artist local to the Twin Cities. This program brings a student into the beautiful process of songwriting. From singer/songwriter to hip hop, this course is not genre specific.
At the end of the program certain songs will be performed during the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show. The live performances give the students a taste of the real world and provide a raw experience to the crowd.
The Fashion Show incorporates all of our programming: the Electronic Music Production students play their tracks as the models display the garments down the runway. The models are trained in the Modeling program. The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
Electronic Music Production
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
Our Electronic Music Production program is taught by David Wiesjahn, an artist local to the Twin Cities. This program brings a student into the DAW Ableton Live to learn the basics of production and sound design.
At the end of the program, the student's tracks are DJ'd during the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show. The tracks are played as the models display the garments down the runway.
The models are trained in the Modeling program. The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program. The songs performed at the Fashion Show are written and rehearsed in the Songwriting program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
Apparel Design
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
Our Apparel Design program is taught by Christian Abraham, a designer local to the Twin Cities. This program brings students through the process of designing and creating their own garment. The students start by learning the basics of sketching their design, and we jump right into creating the working pattern. The students will be introduced to sewing methods and their finished garment will be displayed in the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show.
The models are trained in the Modeling program. The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The tracks played as the models display the garments down the runway are created in the Electronic Music Production program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program. The songs performed at the Fashion Show are written and rehearsed in the Songwriting program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
The Fashion Show
The Culture develops and implements creative programming for high school believing creativity is the root to lifelong education.
We currently offer 5 programs:
Electronic Music Production
Songwriting
Modeling
Apparel Design
Print Design
Each program is taught by an artist who is local to the Twin Cities, and aims to introduce students to their creative passion through someone who pursues their artistry as their career.
Each program produces a product that contributes to the culmination of all our programs: The Culture Fashion Show. The live performances give the students a taste of the real world and provide a raw experience to the crowd.
The Fashion Show incorporates all of our programming: the Electronic Music Production students play their tracks as the models display the garments down the runway. The songs performed are written in the Songwriting program. The models are trained in the Modeling program. The garments are created in the Apparel Design program. The fashion lookbook held in the viewer's hands is produced by the Print Design program.
We believe the student’s experience of producing this Fashion Show is the proof of The Culture's success.
