Expressions of Interest for: Wyndham City Council and Wunder Gym presents: Tapestry of Culture: Wearable Art & Fashion Incubator Program

Celebrating cultural diversity through fashion and exploring the rich tapestry of global style in Wyndham.

Wyndham Arts and Culture is partnering with Wunder Gym to present the Tapestry of Culture Wearable Art & Fashion Incubator program. The program will support 20 creatives to develop and show a wearable artwork as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fashion Festival, runway event.

The program runs over 15 weeks from Sunday 17 November 2024 until Sunday 8 March 2025. Participants will experience a jam-packed program learning from some of Melbourne fashion’s greats including presentations from fashion designers Collective Closets, Sister Duo, Fatuma and Laurinda Ndenzako, Remuse, Tamara Leacock, as well as a presentation from Melbourne Fashion Festival Program Director, Sai Wai Foo.

The Tapestry of Culture Wearable Art & Fashion program is designed to showcase the beauty and significance of clothing across different cultures. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their unique styles and narratives woven into every garment.

We are inviting artists with a broad range of experience in different mediums and methodologies to submit an Expression of Interest. Twenty successful artists will be selected by a panel to participate in the 15-week program.

As with the Tapestry of Culture programming to date, Wunder Gym continues to support commitment to cultural sensitivity and respectful representation and build on journeys of exploration, appreciation, and celebration of cultural diversity through the universal language of fashion.

Participation is free and includes a materials stipend to each artist to contribute to material costs. Participants are required to commit to the entire programs' activities.

Optional Online Information and Q & A sessions will be held on:

• Sunday 28 October 5 – 6pm
• Sunday 4 November 5 - 6pm

Deliverables

• Participants will be required to create a ‘wearable artwork’ garment that will be presented on a runway by the artist or someone the artist selects to walk in the Melbourne Fashion Festival showcase.
• Participants need to be available to commit to 15 November 2024 to 8 March 2025

Program Key Dates

Program Information Sessions - Sunday 28 October 5-6pm & Sunday 4 November 5-6pm 2024  

Panel Selection - Monday 11 November 2024 – Friday 15 November 2024  

Participants Invited & Enrolled - Friday 15 November 2024  

Program Commences - Sunday 17 November 2024  

Program Commences - Sunday 17 November 2024