Columbus Fashion Academy

1. The Mini-Incubator — Monday Downtown (5th grade and older only)

Schedule: Mondays, 5:00–6:30 PM (12-week cohort)

Age Group: 5th grade & up

Location: 122 N. Grant Avenue (former CCAD Studio Hall)

Description: Welcome to the Mini-Incubator — a semester-long journey where young designers stop practicing fashion and start making it. Every Monday, our 5th grade and up fashion artists join a small, consistent cohort to design, construct, and refine an original collection from the ground up — the same way a young entrepreneur builds a first product line.

This isn't a single project. It's a body of work. Students develop real technical skills — patternmaking, draping, construction — while building something they'll be proud to call their own.

Cohort designers have the opportunity to present their Fall design(s) during the Clintonville Candlelight Luncheon Fashion Show on 12/2/26.

Fall Semester: 12 weeks | Spring Semester: 16 weeks (includes 4 additional business-focused classes in prep for Grandview Hop Market days)