Mary Jane Marcasiano

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Mary Jane Marcasiano is the president of her eponymous design company in New York City, where she resides with photographer Ralph Gibson. She is a graduate of the Parsons The New School for Design and the recipient of the Cartier, DuPont, Cutty Sark and Wool Knit Awards.

Actively involved with the arts, she has designed costumes for DanceBrazil, the New York City Ballet, RythMEK at Jacob’s Pillow and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. For three years she served as the President of the Board of Directors of DanceBrazil, a non-profit foundation dedicated to cultural exchange between Brazil and the United States.

Her work in film includes producing the documentary film Ginga, about Capoeira and Mestre Jelon Vieira with director Gustavo Moraes, designing the costumes for Moraes’ short film Ate Quando. In 2007, Marcasiano will be working on Bruno Baretto's film 174 in Rio de Janeiro. Marcasiano is a special advisor to Cinema Tropical, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion and distribution of Latin American cinema.

Drawing on her background in non-profit, Marcasiano recently launched "Made With Love in Brazil" in conjunction with "Fashion With a Heart" [1], a groundbreaking program dedicated to producing and selling socially-responsible fashion that benefits NGO's in Brazil and the US. [2] ^[1]