The Atlanta Wolfpack has qualified to compete in the AAASP State Wheelchair Basketball Championship at noon Friday (March 12) at the Gwinnett Arena (6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, 30096). The championship game will be held in conjunction with the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Basketball Championship. The game will be taped and broadcast by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The... Continue Reading →
Fierce and ferocious, doggies rule the catwalk during Grady fashion show
Well-dressed pups and their adoring owners received plenty of applause during the third-annual "Doggies on the Catwalk" fashion show Friday at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studio. But the biggest fanfare was reserved for students of the UrbanCouture fashion design program and their founder, teacher Vincent Martinez. "Each year the show gets bigger and bigger," he... Continue Reading →
Fox5 takes a bite out of ‘Doggies on the Catwalk’ (with Mychael Knight!)
Check out this cool video, a Fox5 segment on Saturday's "Doggies on the Catwalk" program. Gotta love Grady High teacher/UrbanCouture director Vincent Martinez and Atlanta fashion designer/"Project Runway" finalist Mychael Knight's appearance here. We're also excited that Georgia Public Broadcasting will not only be hosting Saturday's show but will be filming an hour-long documentary about... Continue Reading →
UrbanCouture students ready for tonight’s fashion debut
UPDATE: Vincent Martinez has passed along the amazing news that Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has offered to host Grady's annual "Doggies on the Catwalk" event, in GPB’s Midtown studios, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. On top of that, GPB plans to feature the Grady fashion program’s top designers in an hour-long documentary leading... Continue Reading →
Grady High gets ready for a week of dinosaurs
This just in, from the AJC: Dinosaur feet designed by Grady High School art students will soon be available for public viewing. Modeled after the characters Buddy and Tiny in "Dinosaur Train," the new PBS preschool program created by the Jim Henson Company, the four feet will be placed in various locations across Atlantato promote... Continue Reading →