PORT TOWNSEND — It’s time to get your art on.
Jefferson County Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls is seeking imaginative wearable art designs for the 2012 Beautiful Apparel and Beyond Belief Wearable Art Show.
“Artwear which is functional or fantastic, creative, gorgeous, sculptural or unexpected is being encouraged,” said Judith Bird, local artist and event artist contact coordinator.
“Garments can be made in any media, and we wish to promote provocative, challenging art,” Bird said.
“Students are encouraged to enter,” she said.
Best in Show winners for Beautiful Apparel and Beyond Belief categories will receive $250.
Winning designers for Best Student Work and People‘s Choice will receive gift certificates.
Held in Port Townsend, regional artists are offered the opportunity to enter the juried runway show.
Entries must be submitted by Feb. 1 for the May 12 event.
First show sold out
The inaugural wearable art show — “From Beautiful Apparel to Beyond Belief” — was in May this year and attracted an audience of more than 170 people, a sold-out crowd, to the Madrona MindBody Institute at Fort Worden State Park.
In that show, 18 artists submitted 27 pieces that were worn by live models competing for prizes.
It raised $3,700 for the Jefferson County Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls.
The winning outfits were put on display at Northwind Gallery in Port Townsend, and the show was taped by Port Townsend Television.
The artists’ works included creations fashioned from silk, leather and woven radio wire, as well as found objects such as seashells and beach glass.
“People had so much fun at the inaugural show that they couldn’t wait to do it again,” said Debbi Steele, chairwoman of the Fund for Women & Girls.
“The event was so popular, in fact, that we have expanded it to two shows,” Steele said.
Proceeds will go toward grants from the foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls to local nonprofit agencies that “address the root causes of problems affecting women and girls’ well-being,” according to its website at http://tinyurl.com/bnr3wjl.
Application and guidelines are available at http://www.jccfgives.org or by emailing judithbird@cablespeed.com.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
