
Local Fashion
Friday, March13, 2020 • Runway 8pm | Cocktails 7pm
Tickets: $25 in advance • $30 Day Of • +$10 for Premium Seating



As a multidisciplinary artist, Mariapia Malerba experiments with different media, painting, installation fashion and video. Weaving them together to create. She strives for artwork that captures the profound beauty and vulnerability of the natural world and explores the interrelationship of humanness and environment. Fabric is but what the loom produces: small waves of thread, a surface, a new skin. Of course, fabric is more than skin-deep. In this series, Mariapia Malerba engages in a dialogue between strength and fragility, solidity of form against ephemeral delicacy.
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Katarina Danks (Bendykat) is a South Florida based contortionist, handbalancer, and performance artist. Originally from Pittsburgh, she is trained in both Mongolian and Western contortion techniques, learning from the world’s most prestigious trainers and performers from Europe, Canada, the U.S., and circuses like Cirque du Soleil, the Big Apple Circus, Ringling Brothers, and Circus Roncalli. She most recently has performed locally for Circus TransformUS, the Fort Myers Film Festival, Telemundo Television, HSN, Papa John’s and more. She has recently begun performing trick shooting known as foot archery.
Instagram: @bendykat

Couture Fashion
Saturday, March 14, 2020 • Runway 8pm | Cocktails 7pm
Tickets: $40 in advance • $45 Day Of • +$10 for Premium Seating



Kenneth’s brand goes beyond the traditional bridal and evening wear and reflects his vision to create a lifestyle positioned at the highest level of luxury and elegance. Motivated by artistic, imaginative and modern design, couture-quality and impeccable customer service, the Kenneth Barlis collection has undeniable appeal.
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Angela Hicks As a contemporary dancer and sharp sword balancer, Angela has been featured at local art festivals, national conventions, and performed for The Olympians Welcoming Ceremony in 2011. Angela has trained with professionals such as Ryan Heffington (Choreographer for Sia’s Elastic Heart and Chandelier), Derek Mitchell (Choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance), and Dana Moore (Broadway star in Fosse, Chicago, Sweet Charity, and A Chorus Line). Angela currently teaches the visual arts, dance and musical theater choreography for after school programs at the Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs.

Glam! Bam! Burlesque!, the SWFL Burlesque troupe has been tantalizing audiences across Florida for 4 years. The founders Nettie Boom and Rosie Luxure strive to keep classic burlesque alive in our area. Don’t miss their full Glam! Bam! Burlesque! production June 6th, 2020 here at SBDAC.

Haute Couture Fashion by Mariapia Malerba • AWR 2016
Art Walks the Runway Previous Years
Art Walks the Runway 2017