Maine College of Art & Design Presents The 2026 Fashion Show

Maine College of Art & Design Presents 

The 2026 Fashion Show

Hosted at the Institute of Contemporary Art

522 Congress Street, Portland, ME

VIP Reception 6:15pm; Doors open 7:00pm

Textile & Fashion Design by Alyssa Evangelista ’26

Modeled by Ann Prickett (Attended) ’25

Photo by Natalie Conn, Salt ’07 

PORTLAND, ME — April 20, 2026 — Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is proud to announce that its annual Fashion Show will take place on Friday, May 1, 2026. The Fashion Show presents original work by the Textile and Fashion Design students, with ticket proceeds donated towards the College’s robust scholarship program.

All work shown in the Fashion Show was designed, developed, and constructed entirely by MECA&D BFA students and includes work from first, second, third, and fourth year students. Students express their unique concepts through their work and often employ their textile design expertise to create their own fabrics through weaving, knitting, printing, and dyeing.

Alysha Kupferer, Chair of the Textile & Fashion Design program, shared, “This year’s Fashion Show reflects the conceptual concerns of the next generation of artists and designers, including topics such as mental health, environmental ethics, gender, and performance. Both senior collections this year employ textile materials as a means to carry cultural identity, and they celebrate and defend queer communities and indigenous communities, respectively.”

This year, $30 raffle tickets can be purchased in-person or online for the chance to win a limited edition leather bag made by Adriana Uribe-Rodriguez ’26, titled “The City Pack”, valued at $575.

The City Pack, by Adriana Uribe-Rodriguez ’26.

The Fashion Show will take place at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design (522 Congress Street, Portland, ME). Doors open at 7:00pm with a VIP Reception for Sponsors and Host Committee members at 6:15pm. 

This event is made possible through the support of the following sponsors:  VIA, Press Hotel, Northland, USI, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Wright-Ryan, Northern Benefits, Bath Savings, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Kennebec Savings Bank, Sodexo, Northeast Delta Dental, Edison Press, Ocean AVL, and Joseph’s. 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

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ABOUT MAINE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) has been activating students of all pursuits to make art and inspire change since its founding as Portland School of Art in 1882. Located in Portland’s thriving Arts District, students have access to state-of-the-art facilities, 24-hour-a-day studios, a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio, and unparalleled Artists at Work resources—giving every student the place, pace, and space to be seen and make an impact with their work. The College offers BFA Majors and Minors, Graduate Programs, Online Learning, Continuing Studies, Pre-College, and includes the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and the Institute for Contemporary Art. 

For images, further background, or interviews, please contact:

Leah Brooks

Director of Marketing & Communications

Maine College of Art & Design

T:  +1-207-699-5009

lbrooks@meca.edu

Katrina Stewart

Account Manager, Visual Arts

Blue Medium

T: +1-212-675-1800

katrina@bluemedium.com