SOYA 2010
July 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under Submissions
Talented Australians aged 30 and under across seven creative fields – fashion, film & animation, industrial & object design, music, photography, visual arts, visual communication – are invited to submit their work for a chance to financial support in the form of $5000 in cash and $5000 in Qantas flights, as well as a rare 12-month mentorship opportunity with leading lights of the international creative community.
In 2010, SOYA boasts a stellar line-up of inspirational mentors; Marc Newson (Design), Nicky and Simone Zimmermann (Fashion), Jan Chapman (Film), Tony Mott (Photography), Lee Groves (Music), Elizabeth Ann MacGregor (Visual Arts) and Deanne Cheuk (Visual Communication). As success stories in their respective fields, these industry leaders know that getting a break and having the right doors opened can launch a creative career.
SOYA winners to date have included fashion labels ANTiPOD!UM, Friedrich Gray, Romance Was Born; musicians Wolf & Cub, My Disco, Oh Mercy and Fergus Brown, artists Rebecca Baumann, Danielle Freakley and Grant Stevens; photographers James Brickwood and Nirrimi Hakanson (pictured above) among many others.
SOYA is open for submissions until August 9 with the winners to be announced on November 11 at the Foundation Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Check the web site for more information.
Text above adapted from and image from SOYA web site.
