Swap-O-Rama-Rama: crafty volunteers wanted

Swap-O-Rama-Rama is an international event about re-use and community. It's a giant clothes swap with a creative edge. We are looking for desginers to help people re-make their second-hand scores and lead DIY workshops at this great event!

Swap-O-Rama-Rama - Artist Open Call

DATE: 20 February, 2010

TIME: 11am – 4pm

LOCATION: Lyttelton Recreation Centre       

CONTACT: Kris Herbert 03 328 9384

www.swaporamarama.webnode.com

"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi

Join in the communal process of reuse and celebrate our collective creativity! You are invited to participate in Swap-O-Rama-Rama as staff. Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a giant clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores reuse and creativity through the recycling of used clothing.  At Swap-O-Rama-Rama consumers are taught to be creators and this transformation takes place through the local talent in the community. Swap-O-Rama-Rama is seeking artists of all calibers, recyclers and creatives of all kinds for the following roles:  artist taught DIY workshops, designer run sewing stations, silk screening, reuse designers for a recycled fashion show, sorters (get first dibs on clothes) and general help. 

DIY Workshops: If you have a unique skill that transforms would be trash into a wearable item (clothing/jewelry/handbag etc.) please consider bringing this to Swap-O-Rama-Rama in the form of a DIY workshop. 

Sewing Station/Fashion Show: If you’re a whiz behind a sewing machine and work with reuse, consider being a Swap-O-Rama-Rama designer helping people learn how to mod the used clothing they find at the swap. And join the Swap-O-Rama-Rama fashion show and show off your creations. 

Silk Screen Crew: If you’re a silk screener and would like to join the silk screening crew, offering your fresh designs to bring used clothes back to life, please get in touch! 

Example: Previous workshops - http://gaiatreehouse.com/makerfaire07.htm

Previous Swap Images: http://gaiatreehouse.com/makerfaire/luizaleite/luizaleite.html

Previous Fashion Show Images: http://gaiatreehouse.com/makerfaire/luizaleitefs/luizaleitefs.html

About Swap-O-Rama-Rama: http://swaporamarama.org

Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a Creative Commons Project:  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Treehugger Pod Cast: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/treehugger_tv_t_1.php

"Swap-O-Rama-Rama by Wendy Tremayne, is an international network protected under a Creative Commons License."

Swap-O-Rama-Rama is proud to be sponsored by Singer and Yudu

http://www.singerco.com

http://whatdoyudu.com