FEATURED COLLABORATORS

The MTP Gift Shop is a crossroads where Greenway Arts Alliance collaborates with the LA creative community to support Fairfax High School.

Each collection is designed to create space for LA artists, makers and designers to create exclusive artwork and design exclusive apparel, accessories, apothecary goods and more – all fundraising for Greenway Arts Alliance’s Programs and Fairfax High School’s Student Activities Budget.

Each collaborator is paid upfront at a fair wholesale price, and then we promote the collaboration together.

The items are purchased, and the funds are distributed accordingly to create opportunities in the arts and for positive student experiences.

Meet our local creative collaborators!

  • Christopher Bailey is an upcycling artist that specializes in taking second hand garments and other objects and turning them into 1/1 art pieces with the art of screen printing. Each garment has a past just like us and each one is one of a kind just like us. Don’t wait until next time you can afford the LAST ONE LEFT.

  • Professional Makeup Artist and Esthetician, Asia El, collaborated with us on the Melrose Apothecary rollerball perfume. Every product is meticulously crafted in her home studio with exceptional, natural ingredients and backed by over 20 years of skincare knowledge and experience. Her life’s motto is “Live, love and do Good On Purpose.”

  • CAYA is an inclusive, gender free clothing brand encouraging all people to Come As You Are to celebrate the beauty of our differences through fashion. Our clothing is for everyone regardless of race, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, size or ability.  Morgan and Tara collaborated with us on a fantastic embroidered jogger and hoodie set. &

  • Artist Cira Davis is a Fairfax High School alumna and student at UCLA. She designed the Mid City West LA Map and many items in the Melrose & Fairfax Collection. Cira is part of the creative team at Greenway Arts Alliance.

  • Jewelry Designer Vanessa of Desert Moon keeps everyone in LA looking fly with her classic and innovative designs. Our team worked with Vanessa to create the three gold necklaces in this collection: “Melrose,” “Fairfax” and “I Heart LA”

  • Miguel Sermeno and his family run Grandma’s Closet, a vintage shop at the Melrose Trading Post. They strive to create reworked vintage items out of previously loved garments. Their goal is for customers to come back to something new and one-of-a-kind every time.

  • Zoe of Happy Goods Unlimited creates a handmade line of products for happy people in her studio in Culver City. She collaborated with us to create a Moisturizing soap bar for The Melrose Apothecary in our signature scent of lavender and rose.

  • “I never want you to see someone else in what you’re wearing.” Josh Lobb took his intense love for his own personal 1 of 1 clothing to melrose in 2014 with Infinite Expression, and has been handcrafting clothing and accessories ever since. Every item is small run or completely 1 of 1, to ensure you own a piece that no one else has

  • Myche is the owner of Just A Tote, and a Fairfax Alumna from 2010! Just a Tote is a brand that represents saving the earth from using plastic bags. Each time a reusable tote is used, a single-use plastic bag is kept out of circulation, leading to a greener planet. Just a Tote creates sustainable, reusable totes, designed to carry any that you need.

  • Lindsey Foard sells gorgeous artwork prints in her booth at MTP. We love her prints so much! She prints artwork as Giclée prints on Premium Fine Art Matte Paper, which is what she did for the Marz Jr. Fairfax Art Prints in this shop.

  • Artist Marz Jr. is known for his renditions of landmarks in Los Angeles and around the US. He worked with our team to create the original illustration of the Melrose Trading Post with Fairfax’s beautiful Rotunda in the background. This artwork is featured in the shop as art prints, postcards and stationery.

  • Mixologist extraordinaire, Jennis of Melrose Mixology, created the perfect loose leaf tea blend for the Melrose Apothecary Collection. His tea blends match the excellent quality and love put in all the tea blends he creates for his own line, Tea Vibes. His talent for mixing flavors makes his booth very popular every Sunday.

  • Malvena Walker, affectionately known as Nena, hails from Compton, CA. In 2016, Nena decided that she wanted to create an organic, plant-based solution to resolve her ailments. Today Nena’s Organics is fast becoming a successful boutique product line with an inventory of over 70 unique plant- products that will be featured in the upcoming podcast, “

  • Artist Subin Yi is a Fairfax High School Alumna, Class of 2019. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Toy Design at Otis College of Art and Design. Subin created an original digital illustration of booths at the Melrose Trading Post featured in the Postcard section.

  • Aaron and Erika of Taylord Sox innovate with their custom printed sock business. They also create clothing made from socks through their next venture, Off Top Sox. They can create the socks of your dreams, and they create the most unique and eye-catching socks you’ve every seen.

  • Artist, wordsmith and visionary Michael G. Simpson creates with words, paint and anything he can get his hands on! Michael’s eye for design and fashion photography inspired us to bring him onboard to take photos and videos of our team wearing merch. Michael also designed the Juneteenth Celebration Collection!