Glamour Moves 2026

Glamour Moves 2026

Thank you for joining us at Glamour Moves!

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, more than 200 guests filled the studio as 24 NIAD artists took the runway in fashion pieces they designed and made by hand, walking in joy, creativity, and power. Thanks to your generosity, the silent auction and studio sale raised thousands to support our artists.

Halisi Noel-Johnson walking the runway with both arms raised overhead, wearing a bright yellow tunic printed with orange, red, and green geometric patterns over black pants, and a patterned head wrap. Seated guests clap along the aisle beside her, with a rolling walker and a wheelchair in the foreground.

Image: Halisi Noel-Johnson walking the runway at Glamour Moves, 2026. Photo: RJ Mickelson.

To everyone who came, celebrated, bid, shopped, and cheered from the front row: thank you for supporting our artists and the work they make here every day.

Glamour Moves comes around once every two years, and for one afternoon, the tables clear and the studio becomes a runway. We're grateful to share a glimpse of studio life in this very magical way.

Karen May walking the runway hand in hand with volunteer Gina Golledge, wearing a red and orange paper crown and a red jacket covered in green and multicolored printed motifs, a cane in her other hand. Gina, tall with gray curly hair and a black sleeveless jumpsuit, walks beside her past rows of seated guests, with colorful artwork hung along the studio walls.

Image: NIAD artist Karen May walking the runway with NIAD volunteer Gina Golledge at Glamour Moves, 2026. Photo: RJ Mickelson.

And to our artists who walked the runway on Saturday, take a bow!

Felicia Griffin, Alice Sampson, Julie MacDonald, Karen May, Arstanda Billy White, Samantha Kershnar, Brandon Harris, Dorian Reid, Deatra Colbert, Jerry Taylor, Hector Barajas, Nakiesha White, Christian Vassell, Yuka Kobayashi, Shana Harper, Maria Radilla, Julio Del Rio, Max Wheaton, Heather Copus, Shantae Robinson, Jason Powell-Smith, Jarelle Peters, Halisi Noel-Johnson, and Saul Alegria (in order of appearance).

Couldn't make it to Glamour Moves? Watch the recorded livestream of the runway program below.

Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh, NIAD Director of Virtual Studio, MCing Glamour Moves as MC DJ DJ.

Image: MC DJ DJ, Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh, NIAD Director of Virtual Studio, at Glamour Moves, 2026. Photo: RJ Mickelson.

Two NIAD facilitators DJing side by side at a pair of turntables set on a black draped table in the studio, one in a straw hat and glasses with a hand raised, the other in an olive cap clapping, with photographs and prints pinned to the white wall behind them.

Image: DJ Horse, Liam Golden, NIAD Lead Facilitator, with DJ Bill Zillionaire, Bill Zindel, NIAD Facilitator, at Glamour Moves, 2026. Photo: RJ Mickelson.

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