BIRDS ON T-SHIRTS
· Unique opportunity for artists
· Exhibition - 100 T-Shirts printed with their designs on show
A UNIQUE T-shirt competition is unveiling 100 designs in an exhibition this week.
Artists from all over the country have been invited to submit their artworks on the subject of birds in the city for organisers, p-ornithology, to sift through with an expert panel of judges. The top 100 designs have been put onto T-shirts and will be exhibited in Microzine in Bold Street and in the 08 place, where four designs will be on sale. The top three designs will net their creators cash prizes totalling thousands of pounds.
Liverpool City Council leader, Councillor Warren Bradley, said: "Most people wear T-shirts on a regular basis so to use this popular forum to display artwork makes a truly mobile art gallery!"
P-ornithology create artistic and thought-provoking clothing. The 100 shirts project is supported by the Liverpool Culture Company, Merseyside Acme, the Liverpool and Manchester Design Initiative, Microzine, The Arts Council, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, and Acme Art.
Director Robbie Davison from p-ornithology said: "We wanted to inspire, support and facilitate the talents of visual artists from all over the UK and provide every artist who enters, the opportunity to win awards and exhibit their work. We feel that this competition has opened up the raw potential of T-shirts to be recognised as a perfect template for visual art."
There is also an online exhibition at www.p-ornithology.com. There will be an awards night at Microzine, starting at 7pm.