# @virgilortiz on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdPN0SLpBbx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70360989-virgilortiz-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-13T18:37:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Virgil Ortiz (@virgilortiz) — https://gondola.cc/virgilortiz

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LETS GO! @ndnstarmaker @andrewmichaeltaylor @wendyhickey_ • @ajourneyideserve Let’s help @artpop get to their $5,000 goal! 🖼️✨

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending ArtPop’s 6th Annual Sustainable Fashion Fundraiser Show — thank you, Jude, for the invitation!

If you know me, you know fashion + art + sustainability + community is a combination I can absolutely get behind.

ArtPop Street Gallery takes retired highway billboard vinyl and transforms these heavy, discarded materials into one-of-a-kind, high-fashion runway couture — keeping materials out of landfills while giving artists an incredible platform to create.

The evening at Blume Studios featured:
✨ Wearable upcycled art
✨ Guest designers
✨ Silent auctions
✨ Local dance performances
✨ And so much creativity on one runway!

But this is about more than a fashion show. ArtPop raises funds for artist stipends, student scholarships, and free public art programs — helping creativity reach more people throughout our community.

And the fashion? STUNNING.

@margaretfleemanstudio created this incredible piece from a @diegoalba.art 2025 billboard, and @thesydneynicole absolutely WOWED the runway as Queen Charlotte. 👑 Just stunning!

Now, let’s keep the momentum going. 💫

Donate. Vote for your favorite upcycled fashion piece. Share. Every vote and every dollar helps support artists, students, sustainability, and free access to the arts.

Let’s get @artpop to that $5,000 goal! ❤️

👇🏽 Support the artists + vote here:
https://artpopstreetgallery.betterworld.org/campaigns/artpop-upcycled-fashion-show-peo?utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print

#ArtPopStreetGallery #ArtPop #UpcycledFashion #SustainableFashion #CharlotteNC CharlotteArts WearableArt SupportLocalArtists Sustainability FashionAndArt QueenCharlotte

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sustainablefashion, artpopstreetgallery, upcycledfashion, charlottenc, artpop

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