The 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway Show Hits the Road!

In June 2011, Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco of the non-profit arts collaborative Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) invited all of the designers from the 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway Show to present their pieces from that show and/or new/other wearable art work at a Wearable Arts/Fashion event entitled Celebrate Wearable Art! to take place in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA on Sunday September 25th, 2011. The show would be a combination of a seARTS Benefit and a showcase of local "wearable" artists who have been doing their own show for the past 5 years during the holiday period.

Thankfully fourteen of the original designers were able to make room in their schedules to participate in this "tour" of the 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway Show!

Julia Dusman
Alyssa Fishenden
Maria Ghitman
Bethany Haeseler
Elly Jessop
Amy Keefer
L. Mylott Manning
June Monteiro
Selina Narov
Anonymous
Katie Pray
Jenn Sherr Designs
Stephanie Skier
Jane Wang

and sara june modelled once again for Anonymous

(mobius.org event page: http://www.mobius.org/events/mobius-wearable-art-designers-searts)

Initial press of the seARTS show included: The Gloucester Times
and online: the New England Cable News channel!

After the runway show featuring both wearable art and fashion, the audience voted for their favorites in three categories and the winners included 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway alumna,

Julia Dusman (http://www.juliadusmandesigns.com/):

Viewer's Choice Award :: Favorite Runway Artist Presentation
sponsored by Eliason Law Office & Scanzani & Associates

for three neckpieces from her collection.

Congratulations Julia!

L to R:

Julia Dusman;
Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco;
Carolyn Kirk, Mayor of Gloucester;
James Caviston,
President of seARTS Board




Photo: Clark Linehan

Our special thanks to Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco of seARTS for inviting everyone from our show at Mobius to be part of their wonderful event in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.

and to our seARTS liaisons Pam Morss, Terry Weber, Clare Higgins,

and to Ellen Shea of Rising Design Boston and one of the original designers in the 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway Show for lending her considerable talents to helping organize the event.

Thanks also to Clark Linehan for his fabulous photographs of the event:

Clark S. Linehan Photography
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www.flickr.com/photos/29874046@N03/sets/72157627761639730

and Manuel Simoes of GoodMorningGloucester - the Gloucester community blog that just won best community blog in Massachusetts:

http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/searts-fashion-show-%e2%80%93-wearable-art-model-slide_show/

In addition to wearable art works for the runway, two designers from the original Mobius show, June Monteiro and Katie Pray, presented fashion pieces in Gloucester on the runway. Please click on the full set of photographs by Clark Linehan to see those beautiful pieces:

June Monteiro's fashion pieces start here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29874046@N03/6187119350/in/set-72157627761639730

Katie Pray's fashion pieces start here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29874046@N03/6187129680/in/set-72157627761639730


The next two posts on this blog will include photographs from the seARTS Celebrate Wearable Art! event taken by Clark Linehan:

Photos by Clark Linehan - Part 1
The 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Show on Tour!
at seARTS' Celebrate Wearable Art Show - Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
featuring our alumnae's wearable works which walked the seARTS runway for the first half of the runway show

and

Photos by Clark Linehan - Part 2
The 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Show on Tour!
at seARTS' Celebrate Wearable Art Show - Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
featuring our alumnae's wearable works which walked the seARTS runway for the second half of the runway show.


And finally, A HUGE THANK YOU to all the designers who participated in the show!