EVENTO Wearable Arts

The annual Evento Wearable Arts Awards was held on Saturday, 29 July at Manfield Park Stadium. This year there were four categories - Twenty One, Everyday Superhero,  Asian Inspired, and Green. Awatapu College had five entries:

• Lucy Scrivener - "Sweet Child of Mine" (Twenty One)
• Sasha Harrison - "Lucky I Have Fred" (Twenty One) and modelled by Bryony Gatehouse
• Brianna Dobson - "Levi's 1887" (Twenty One) and modelled by Piper Woods
• Jenny Gatehouse - 'Viredescent" (Green)
• Lyric Sinclair - "The Tamed Garden" (Green)

All students did incredibly well to create such artistic costumes, and their models did a fantastic job on the night. A special congratulations to Sasha Harrison and Bryony Gatehouse who won the Performance Award in the Twenty One category and to Brianna Dobson was awarded the Rose City Quilters Award for Excellence in Textile Construction. Finally, congratulations to Jenny Gatehouse who was awarded both the Performance Award in the Green category as well as the Westpac Design Scholarship for the best overall design portfolio.