Fashion Incubator
Fashion Designers! Register Now for Gerber Technology AccuMark 2D Course
Posted on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 11:38am“The Gerber Accumark pattern design software and 3D fitting software are powerful tools that allow designers to work efficiently and to professional standards.” - ACC Fashion Incubator Student Skylar Johnson.For Austin Community College District (...
Weigh in on the future of Austin’s Fashion Industry
Posted on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 2:15pmAustin Community College District’s (ACC) Fashion Incubator and the City of Austin Economic Development Department invite residents to weigh in on future investments in Austin’s local fashion industry. Austinites may complete the Austin Fashion...
ACC talks Black History Month: Michelle Washington
Posted on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 2:13pmThroughout Black History Month, Austin Community College District (ACC) asks influential and accomplished faculty, staff, and students to discuss what Black History Month means to them. Michelle Washington is an instructional coordinator at the ACC...
ACC Fashion Incubator and Macy’s Barton Creek Square launch new, virtual program
Posted on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 12:57pmAustin Community College District’s Fashion Incubator and Macy’s Barton Creek Square announce a new collaboration to help aspiring fashion designers and creative business owners explore what it takes to launch their own fashion business. Together,...
ACC Fashion Design, CAD, and Art faculty and staff pull resources to create protective equipment for employees and community
Posted on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 11:50amAustin Community College (ACC) faculty and staff are creating essential personal protective equipment to help keep employees and the community safe and prepared during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Facial Coverings using Fashion Lab The...
Bursting at the seams: Treasured handmade fabric collection gifted to ACC Fashion Incubator
Posted on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:20pmCosette Russell was known for her fabric marbling techniques. “Her work was displayed and sold at the Supreme Court gift shop and in the Smithsonian Museum Store Catalogue,” says Aysha White, Russell’s daughter. “She would want it to go to a...
ACC Fashion Incubator wins national innovation award
Posted on Thu, 06/13/2019 - 1:03pmThe ACC Fashion Incubator was named a 2019 Innovation of the Year by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The League's Innovation of the Year Award was devised as a way to recognize significant innovations at Board and Alliance...
ACC Fashion Incubator opens to grow local fashion industry
Posted on Tue, 05/14/2019 - 12:37pmAustin Community College (ACC) unveiled the state-of-the-art Fashion Incubator with a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, April 30. More than 200 people attended the celebration including Austin Mayor Steve Adler, ACC President/CEO...
ACC unveils Fashion Incubator to meet growing fashion industry demands
Posted on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 9:37amAustin Community College (ACC) unveiled the new state-of-the-art ACC Fashion Incubator Tuesday, April 30. The 7,500-square-foot facility offers real-world learning opportunities, commercial design and manufacturing contract services, business...
ACC celebrates Fashion Incubator grand opening, 4/30
Posted on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 11:49amAustin Community College (ACC) celebrates the grand opening of the ACC Fashion Incubator 10 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday April 30, at ACC Highland Campus, Building 4000 (6101 Highland Campus Dr.). The innovative facility is a first of its kind in Central...
ACC approves degrees in fashion design and technical theater
Posted on Wed, 01/16/2019 - 9:10amThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees approved two new associate degrees to prepare students for jobs in Austin's growing creative industry. The Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Design equips students with the skills...
Austin Community College board approves new programs in fashion design, technical theater
Posted on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 10:27amCommunity Impact: Austin Community College board approves new programs in fashion design, technical theater By Jack Flagler Students at Austin Community College will be able to pursue associate degrees in fashion design and technical theater after...
Austin aims to become fashion hub with help from ACC
Posted on Tue, 04/10/2018 - 1:04pmKXAN News: Austin aims to become fashion hub with help from ACC By: Alyssa Goard Updated: Apr 10, 2018 07:40 AM CDT AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin isn't currently known for being a fashion hub, but if the City of Austin and Austin Community College have...
ACC gets fashionable with new incubator in support of nascent industry
Posted on Sun, 02/18/2018 - 8:30amAustin Business Journal: ACC gets fashionable with new incubator in support of nascent industry By Patricia Rogers – Research Director, Austin Business Journal Feb 17, 2018 Austin Community College wants to put the Texas capital on the same...