EYE-CATCH! Open Call for Wearable Looks
The Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA)
- Deadline
- 27 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $500
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Exhibition window
- Sep 19, 2026 → Oct 31, 2026
- Applicants notified
- Aug 16, 2026
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About
Submit 4 wearable looks inspired by the aesthetics and counter-aesthetics of the Attention Economy for consideration in a fashion show and exhibition.
Overview
The Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA), a Brooklyn-based non-profit, is inviting wearable looks inspired by the aesthetics (and counter-aesthetics) of the Attention Economy. Selected artists will be featured in a fashion show and exhibition in September 2026 at the School's Sanctuary Gallery in Brooklyn.
What We Are Looking For
- 4 wearable looks inspired by the aesthetics and counter-aesthetics of the Attention Economy
- Thoughtful responses to the constant demand for eye-catching content in fashion
- How to resist human fracking through fashion; how wearables can salvage and retool toxic elements of the attention economy
- Looks may center on clothes, jewelry, hair, shoes, and other wearable elements
- Must be styled to walk down the runway for the fashion show
- May pair existing/repurposed items or materials and/or consist of articles of your own design
Key Dates
- Open call deadline: August 9, 2026
- Selected artists announcement: August 16, 2026
- Fashion show: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Exhibition: Late September–October 2026
Award
Selected artists will receive an unrestricted cash prize of $500.
Eligibility
Open to stylists of all disciplines. Any maker who creates wearable objects for the human body is welcome.
- Award
- unrestricted cash prize of $500
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Entries per artist
- Up to 4
- Theme
- Call for Entry/Open Call — Design Arts, Interdisciplinary/Hybrid, All Visual Arts, Crafts
- Eligibility
- Open to stylists of all disciplines and any maker who creates wearable objects for the human body.
- Audience
- Open to stylists of all disciplines; any maker who creates wearable objects for the human body is welcome.
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