Port Moody Arts Centre is pleased to launch/announce 2012 Wearable Art Awards Call for Entry. $5000 in prize money will be awarded. Please see attached more information. If you have any questions, please contact Ella Caranfil at gcaranfil@pomoarts.ca
Please check our website: www.wearableartawards.com or go to www.pomoarts.ca/events .
The Wearable Art Awards is not a fashion show, it is a multi-media performance where the human body becomes a living, breathing, moving canvas. We are looking for more than a “pretty dress.” We are asking you to go deep into your imagination to create a wearable piece of art that challenges what most consider to be wearable, or everyday fashion.
The Wearable Art Awards is committed to challenging artists of all mediums to push their imaginations to create evocative, imaginative and thought provoking sculpture for the human body.
CATEGORIES
An entry must fall into one of the following three form-based categories. Cash prizes will be presented to category winners as determined by the jury.
Headdress
Brassiere
Complete Outfit«
«Entries must be a full outfit to be considered for this category. To be considered a full outfit, the entry should cover a model’s upper and lower body.
AWARDS
In addition to competing for a category win, entries will also be eligible for the following cash prize awards as determined by the jury:
Material of the Year: Netting and Webbing
Color of the Year: Purple
Wearable Art of Tomorrow
Second Life
Student
Best in Show
And the public will cast their votes for the People’s Choice Award.
IMPORTANT DATES
Electronic Application Deadline
December 2, 2011, 5pm
The application package and applicable entry fees must be received by the Port Moody Arts Centre no later than 5pm on December 2, 2011. (We will not be accepting the actual garments at this point).
Notification of Successful Entries
December 9, 2011
Artists will be notified by email regarding acceptance for inclusion in the performance and exhibition.
Shipping Dates
January 3-13, 2012
Selected entries, entry information forms, appraisals, ticket RSVP cards, and the related shipping materials must be delivered to the Port Moody Arts Centre during this time (note: Arts Centre is closed for the holidays until January 3). Entries can be hand delivered or mailed to:
Wearable Art Awards
c/o Port Moody Arts Centre
2425 St Johns Street
Port Moody, British Columbia, CANADA
V3H 2B2
The Wearable Art Awards Performance
February 18 & 19, 2012
Port Moody City Hall Galleria, 100 Newport Drive
Port Moody, BC
Exhibition Dates
March 1— April 8, 2012
Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns Street
Pick up of work after exhibit
April 14, 2012, 5pm for local artists
Local artists are responsible for picking up their entries no later than 5pm on April 14, 2012. Out of town artists will have their work shipped back after the exhibition. Please allow at least two weeks after exhibition end date for return of your work by courier or mail.
Extended Display
Last week of April, 2012
Some entries may be selected to be part of displays in and around the City of Port Moody provided approval by the artist.
Thank you and have a wonderful day