Call for Entries – 16th Annual YWCA Rags Guild Benefit

16th Annual Benefit: Juried Show and Sale of Wearable Art

The YWCA RAGS Guild announces a call for entries for its 16th annual juried wearable art show and sale. The show will take place March 11–14, 2010, at Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma, WA. Open to all artists working in all media of wearable art—garments, fashion accessories, and jewelry. Two entry types with nonrefundable fees:

• Gallery - competition of one-of-a-kind artist made pieces ($15 per entry, up to three entries)
• Marketplace – boutique-style sale ($35 entry fee)

All initial entries are juried by digital images. Accepted gallery entries are judged for award from actual works in late February 2010. Cash prizes to gallery winners in garments, accessories/jewelry, and best of show. As a benefit for domestic violence programs of the YWCA Pierce County, RAGS retains 33% of sales in Marketplace; 40% of sales in Gallery.

Deadline for submitting digital images is December 10, 2009. For prospectus and entry information, visit www.YWCApiercecounty.org (click on RAGS), or send an SASE to Artist Coordinator, YWCA RAGS Guild, 405 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402. For more information, call the RAGS hotline at 253-272-4181, ext. 352.

Contemporary Craft in Northwest Museums

Four Curators Discuss Contemporary Craft in Northwest Museums

Sunday, August 23, 2009, 1 pm

Several museums in the Northwest have made a commitment to collecting and exhibiting works in ceramic, fiber, clay, metal, and wood. Curators from those institutions, Stefano Catalani from Bellevue Arts Museum, Rock Hushka from Tacoma Art Museum, Kathleen Moles from the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, and Namita Wiggers from the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, will each talk about the significance of craft in their collections and exhibition programming. They will then come together for a discussion of their varying approaches. This program is co-sponsored by the Seattle Metals Guild. The cost is $15; $10 for Tacoma Art Museum and Seattle Metals Guild Members and includes museum admission. For advance tickets, email Education@TacomaArtMuseum.org or call 253.722.2455.