The 2015 seARTS Fall Benefit will take place on Sunday, September 27th at Cruiseport Gloucester – a luxurious, waterfront venue at the entry to Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District.
Cape Ann and Gloucester are the home to four State-sponsored Cultural Districts and a vibrant arts & cultural community!
We invite you to showcase your talent to a crowd that is passionate in their support for the arts and the cultural community as a whole. This show is run by the seARTS Wearable Arts group, and community member volunteers.
seARTS invites all artists to submit ideas for a sculptural or non-functional wearable art piece/s (up to two will be accepted) to be modeled in the runway portion of the CWAIII event September 27th, 2015. The event kicks off at 1PM with an exhibit and sale and the RUNWAY portion begins at 2:45PM.
Of particular interest will be clothing/fiber work and unusual accessories – hats, belts, bags and shoes – but other pieces are welcome for review. If you have a piece from a recent Wearable Art Show, you are welcome to submit it for review. The curatorial committee will review the submitted descriptions for creative use of materials, fit among the existing work in the show, and ability to be seen on the runway.
To find out more about the previous show and see work by local artists who were in the show, check out Cape Ann Magazine’s article and the photo gallery on seARTS Celebrate Wearable Art section of the website.
Additional samples of this type of Wearable Arts can be found on these websites: http://www.wearableartawards.com/ and http://www.worldofwearableart.com
Application Fees (Non-Refundable):
- seARTS Members, FREE (please write to info@searts.org to check
that your membership is up to date. To learn about seARTS
membership, go to www.seARTS.org - Students, FREE
- Non-Members, $35
- Ticket for the Event $125 (if you buy a ticket, your fee for entry is waived)
Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite here.
The application is below. This application is for runway artists only. Please be sure you are using the right application. Once you have filled it out and uploaded your images, and if you are not a seARTS member, please return to this page and click here to pay the entry fee.
Upon acceptance you must submit a detailed description of your piece and its construction by June 1st.
Where possible, seARTS will match your piece with a model in the show. However, depending on the piece, you may choose to provide your own model or model the piece yourself. Hair and makeup will be provided by seARTS. If you think you will need a model, please indicate so on the application.
There will be a mandatory rehearsal at the Cruiseport on September 23. Details TBA.
Please have a model ready or prepare to model the piece yourself on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Cruiseport Gloucester.
Please Note:
All chosen work will be described in the program and announced by the emcee Steve Aveson from NECN. It is important that when you submit your description, you stay with your proposal because this will be published in advance and incorporated into the Emcee’s script.
Please note that by being part of this show, you are giving seARTS and any press and photographers/videographers permission to document your work online and in printed media.
In the form below, a minimum of three images is required. You may also attach five. If you have more than five images to submit, please contact Clare Higgins at info@searts.org. Thanks!
