As most of you know, I was asked to participate in RAWart back in April. RAW is a non-profit organization of artists helping other artists showcase their talents. There are many catergories of "art"...RAWart showcases painters, dancers, musicians, photographers, make-up artists, etc...
Every year the organization has an awards show to honor Artisit of the Year in each of these categories. Every artist that did a show with RAW during the year is eligible...and there are a lot of artisits in each category in different cities around America. I won the online votes to put me into the sem-finals; which consisted on 5 artists per category. We all showcased our work on Thursday...I am proud to say, I won for my category!!!! This means that I am now a finalist, and am representing the city of Los Angeles in my category (Visual Artist). Each city did this same showcase and picked one winner in each category...now the winner represents it's city. A panel of RAWart judges will review each cities' bodies of work and announce ONE winner in each category for the entire year at Mann's Chinese Theatre, January 12th! I am VERY excited to have made it this far and am hopeful I will win the title of RAWartist of the year!!!! It is a bit daunting to compete at a national level with SO many great artists....but I feel giddy that there is a possibility for me to win! The winner gets rewarded with features in several magazines and art galleries, as well as art supplies and to show in RAWart's 2012 show in any city of choice. (I would, of course, choice NYC) SO, Keep your fingers crossed....there are a lot of cities I am up against...but I am OH SO PROUD to represent Los Angeles and made it this far in the competition!!!!
Here's a few pics of Thursday's show....
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