Saturday 3 November
Doors 8pm. Runway 9pm
At the Folk Arts Centre
85 Church Street
Downtown St. Catharines MAP
Energetic, enthralling, risqué, playful; these are just some of the words used to describe STRUTT, the Niagara Artists' Centre's Wearable Art Show, one of the area's most inventive fundraising events.
Over fifty amateur and professional contemporary visual artists from Niagara and Southern Ontario create art for the human form. The creations range from the outrageous to the gorgeous, from the comic to the sublime. Volunteer models from the Suitcase in Point Theatre Company and students of Brock's Dramatic Arts program STRUTT their stuff on the runway while the artists compete for cash prizes in four categories:
Erotika: wearable art that best communicates libidinousness originally Chaotika: the most idiosyncratic wearable art that is deviant from fashion norms Testokia: wearable art for a man that best exemplifies the virtues of that gender Demokratika: the audience's favourite wearable art as determined by a mixed member proportional system
"STRUTT isn't a fashion show, it's a wearable art show, a carnival celebrating the absurd," Stephen Remus (NAC's director)
STRUTT is an annual benefit for the Niagara Artists' Centre (NAC), a charitably registered non-profit Artist-run Centre devoted to presenting and supporting the production of contemporary art. Many hundreds of volunteer hours go into realizing STRUTT every year. The event is licensed and is followed by a post-runway dance party with a food and refreshments provided by downtown restaurants.
Tickets on sale at NAC & Out of the Past Vintage Clothes downtown St. Catharines
$40 Curator's Row: a reserved first-row runway seat
$25 General Admission
$15 Senior/Student
$350 Curator's Tables (best seats in the house)
NAC works to contribute to a community that gets excited about art, that supports and recognizes local artists and cultural institutions, and that understands that an investment in the arts is an act of enlightened self interest. We believe that the arts and a critical dialogue on the arts are integral to a healthy community.
