“An emerging art form in its own right”
AUSTRALIAN Wearable Art Festival, a home-grown success story, will once again showcase the incredible creativity and talent of our burgeoning Australian wearable art scene.
A fresh wave of wearable art talent is set to transform Venue 114 on August 9-10, when they unveil their latest genre-bending creations, reminiscent of Met Gala and Paris Fashion Week runways.
Australian Wearable Art Festival cofounder, Helen Perry, said the local event (which held its first show in Eumundi in 2019), has gone from strength to strength in recent years and brings the growing worldwide enthusiasm for wearable art to a home base in Australia.
“The Sunshine Coast is becoming synonymous with the Australian wearable art scene and, truly, it is so exciting to have the Festival return to Bokarina in just over a week’s time!” Ms Perry said.
“Across the world and here in Australia we are seeing wearable art continue to gain followers – an exhibition like QAGOMA’s current ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ is testament to that and wearable art is, hands-down, emerging as a standalone art form in its own right.
“Creating an internationally-spanning industry platform that connects emerging artists and designers into Australian fashion, art, music and entertainment industries is no small feat – especially in the current economic environment.
“The Sunshine Coast community – from our sponsors believing in the vision, to volunteers at the show and, of course, people buying tickets – everyone has wholeheartedly thrown their support around us.”
With many finalists applying their finishing touches, there will be 38 new pieces unveiled across the festival’s four categories: recycled ‘Trashion’; foraged organics in ‘Sustainable Nature’; ‘Floriana’, inspired by floral elements; and silhouettes framed in ‘Avant-Garde.’
“The possibilities of where wearable art can take artists are limitless and the Australian Wearable Art Festival exists to nurture emerging talent and empower designers to commercialise their craft by creating a unique collective platform,” Ms Perry said.
The Australian Wearable Art Festival will host three shows from Friday 9 August to Saturday 10 August 2024.
To purchase tickets, visit www.australianwearableart.com.au.
