Spurred on a by a friend, I have entered the Sanlam Vuleka Art competition. We sent in our entries together. There are cash prizes, but I am not aiming for any of those, I am simply aiming to be juried into the exhibition, which will run for most of next month in Cape Town. Last year 48 out of 388 entries went on exhibition. Stiff competition. I had to enter in the 'Other' category; - when will Fibre become recognised as more than a Cinderella medium??
The competition aims to showcase "new work... aimed at encouraging creativity, innovation and adventurous art from all cultures". I like to think that every time we can get something fibre accepted into a mainstream art exhibition, that that it will be another step towards changing the mindset that fibre cannot be 'real' fine art. It might not be my home-grown, outsider art, which does this, but I can hope!
Following on from Robyn's comment (thanks Robyn!):
Stupidly, I didn't even take a photo of one of them. I only just completed it and my camera has been out of juice :( (I have to laugh - what a lame excuse!) This means that should it get lost in transit, I have no record of it. Since I was quite proud of it, that will be some loss. But let me not be negative.
A pic of the other entry (I sent two) is here.
2 comments:
Looking forward to seeing your entry. Holding thumbs!
Thanks Robyn!
Stupidly, I didn't even take a photo of one of them. I only just completed it and my camera has been out of juice :( What a lame excuse!
The other is here: http://picasaweb.google.com/moonlightress/GalleryMajors02?fgl=true#5197883126201270050
I hope you can see it. I can't search my blog for the pic.
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