New York Collective T-shirt Competition Show & Opening to be a Winner During Fashion Week

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 7, 2005

anOTHER T.SHIRT COMPETITION September 13 - September 24, 2005

anOTHER T.SHIRT COMPETITION, is a NYC-based competition/ exhibition/ limited-edition sale of "work of art" t-shirts submitted by designers and artists from all over the world, and juried by a select group of professionals who represent the design, fashion, and gallery world. Our COMPETITION is a reinterpretation of the traditional t-shirt competition. Using a t-shirt as a medium, raw material or jumping off point, anOTHER T.SHIRT COMPETITION will showcase works which extend the boundaries of what a t-shirt is and what design can be.

The winning t.shirts will be featured at a NEW YORK COLLECTIVE flash environment: a temporary exhibition space/store. Located at 269 Elizabeth St. (next to PROHIBIT) it will be open from September 14th—September 24th, 2005, during NYC fashion week, and will be kicked off by an opening night party (9.13.05). The exhibition will also include the sale of winning artists' entries in limited edition multiples interpreted and produced by NEW YORK COLLECTIVE.

DETAILED INFORMATION:

Gallery Location:

anOTHER T.SHIRT SPACE

269 Elizabeth St. (between Prince and Houston)

New York, NY 10012

Gallery Hours:

Open September 14 - September 24, 2005

12:30pm - 6:30pm (Monday-Sunday)

Press Preview:

September 12th, 2005

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Please RSVP by September 9: astra@astralogical.com

Opening Night Party:

SALON

505 West St. (corner of Jane and West Side highway)

New York, NY 10014

September 13th, 2005

7:00pm- 10:00pm

Open Bar 7:00pm - 8:00pm

FEATURED ARTISTS

Lauren Adolfsen

Ben Colebrook

Dina Knapp

Robert Lindo

Jordan Mattos

Snerko

Jim TerMeer

Tilmann Steffen Wendelstein

Tara Whelan

Youth of Tomorrow

JUDGING PROVIDED BY

Rachel Comey – Fashion Designer

Adam Glickman – Publisher/Creative Director - Tokion Magazine

Peter Hahn – CoFounder - Turntable Lab

John Hobbs – CoCurator - Riviera Gallery

Toshiki Okazaki – Director - Zakka Corp

Isa Saalabi – CoFounder - Nom de Guerre

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

American Apparel – Los Angeles

Astralogical Public Relations – New York City

Custom Alexis – New York City

Museum of Modern Art – New York City

New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York City

Prohibit – New York City

Real Media 24/7 – New York City

Salon – New York City

TekServe – New York City

ABOUT NEW YORK COLLECTIVE FOR THE ARTS

NEW YORK COLLECTIVE FOR THE ARTS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create programs in the arts that provide opportunities for the development of talent and promotion of artistic culture in New York. Our members are diverse individuals who have the common goal of providing artists a platform for their work through events and collaborations with NEW YORK COLLECTIVE.

Information in this release is current as of 9.6.05.

For more information please visit http://www.nycollective.org or contact astra@astralogical.com

PHOTOS AND INTERVIEWS FURNISHED ON REQUEST

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