THANK YOU FOR A GREAT CONTEST! WINNING SHIRTS FOR SALE!
T-SHIRT SIGNING & Sales KICKOFF was held Thursday, June 27, 2024 to KICK-OFF THE WINNING T-SHIRT SALES!!
Press Release 5.24.2024— at the Winner Announcement Party at ClearWater Arts, it was announced that EXHIBITION T-SHIRTS received 643 total votes, in our Audience Vote/ People’s Choice category— and, TWO artists TIED, with 72 votes apiece! Accordingly, on Fri 5/24 we announced an extension of the Contest with a RUNOFF VOTE! The Runoff Vote engaged another 299 online voters who elected Jagu Patel as the final Audience Choice Winner, with Najee Barnes a close runner-up!
And— Thanks to Winner Daniel Blumenfeld, who gave back his Creative Stipend so that both of the initially-tied Peoples’ Choice artists could go home with $1,000!
Downloadable EVENT PHOTOS from the Winner Announcement Party on May 24th are now available (as of 6/27/24) at THIS LINK (Click HERE) with thanks to Photographer Melissa Easley of Rhythm & Exposure Photography! Selected copies of some of Melissa’s photos are also shown below.
Selected Photos Below, of our Winner Announcement Event taken May 24th, 2024 in ClearWater’s Main Gallery; Click on each to see larger!
Some photos shown below, were taken by ClearWater Coordinator, Sarah Gay; and some, by Event Photographer, Melissa Easley of Rhythm & Exposure Photography
Please keep up to date by following our Instagram and Facebook posts! If you have good snapshots you’d like to share, please tag ClearWaterArtsNC on Instagram OR email!
Winner Shirt Sales Kicked off THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024
All Winner T-Shirts will remain on sale thereafter until gone.
100 Shirts of each Winning Designer were printed; Winners are Abigayle Davis, Victor Moore, Jagu Patel, and Daniel Blumenfeld; with Najee Barnes as Audience Choice Runner-Up (determined by Runoff Vote). Congrats Artists!
The Contestant T-Shirt Exhibition featured 25 Local Designers and Artists! On View, May 11 - May 31, 2024 in ClearWater’s Main Gallery
Their mission: Design a new T-Shirt for ClearWater Arts Center & Studios, to convey a message of Creative and Cultural Inclusion and possibly to win $1,000 towards supporting creative work!
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY was held FRIDAY MAY 24th!
Please see the Press Release on City Of Concord’s Website
RUNOFF VOTE DETERMINED THE FINAL PEOPLES’ CHOICE WNNER~ Please see our Instagram Account for fun updates; @clearwaterartsnc
BACKGROUND INFO - Contest Rules & Guidelines PDF’s (links below) - which Designers used to create their entries.
