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Jourdan Ash

What’s On Your Feet?

Youth Sneaker Design Workshop

Brightly colored custom-designed sneakers collection on yellow background, showcasing unique artistic footwear for fashion-forward individuals and sneaker enthusiasts.
Diverse woman with dreadlocks wearing white athletic outfit, standing confidently against a teal textured background at BRIC arts media center.

“What’s On Your Feet?” is a three week sneaker workshop allowing select Sophomores and Juniors from BRIC partner high schools in Brooklyn to explore the many layers of the sneaker industry. Taking place in February 2024, fifteen students will go through the entire process of creating their own shoe from:

  • Moodboarding
  • Picking Fabrics
  • Learning their Audience
  • Creating a Marketing Plan
  • And Finally, Presenting their Shoe

Concept, programming, & class taught by Jourdan Ash.

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Thank you to our Sponsor  

What’s On Your Feet?
Jourdan Ash magazine cover featuring a confident woman with braided hair wearing a sleeveless white top against a textured teal background. The cover highlights themes such as carving out space for brown and black women in sneakers and streetwear, multi-hyphenate creative from Harlem, and sneaker design workshops for teens in partnership with BRIC. The tagline reads "What's on your feet?" and includes Jourdan's advice: "Just start." Logos for BRIC and Salomon are displayed at the bottom. The issue is dated March 2024.
Yaya Nuñez is featured sitting on a brick hearth in front of a fireplace, smiling with her hand resting on her cheek. She has curly hair and is wearing a black sleeveless top, a plaid skirt, white socks, and white high-top sneakers with black laces. The text around her promotes a youth sneaker design workshop titled "What's On Your Feet?" scheduled for March 2024, highlighting her as a creative producer from the Dominican Republic and mentioning the InHerSoles Collective and BRIC.
Camella Ehlke magazine cover for March 2024 featuring a woman with blonde hair wearing a white graphic t-shirt and a floral skirt, sitting in front of a piano with plants in the background. The cover highlights topics including "555 Soul," "Streetwear," and "Sculptural Chairs & Poufs." Logos for BRIC and Salomon are displayed at the bottom, along with the text "Youth Sneaker Design Workshop.

Participating Artists

Diverse woman with dreadlocks wearing white athletic outfit, standing confidently against a teal textured background at BRIC arts media center.

Jourdan Ash

(she/her)
Multi-Hyphenate Creative
Vibrant young woman with curly hair smiling sitting by fireplace, urban fashion, street style, casual outfit, sneakers, lifestyle photography, modern art scene, Brooklyn, BRIC arts media center.

Yaya Mazurkevich Nuñez

(she/her)
Hailing from the Bronx—by way of the Dominican Republic
A smiling woman with blonde hair sitting near a piano in an art-filled, cozy indoor space with lush green plants, showcasing creativity and artistic ambiance.

Camella Ehlke

(she/her)
Streetwear Label 555 Soul
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
Salomon Sports is a collective born in Annecy, French Alps, crafting the future of sports since 1947. We make gear that transforms sports experiences.