If you’re like me, you can’t get enough of Bravo’s darned addictive design-related reality shows, like Project Runway, Top Design and Shear Genius (the one about hair stylists). Well, get this–the International Academy of Art and Design has created their own online reality series, Artistik Envy, which focuses on a competition between ten multimedia and graphic design students here in Tampa.
Viewers have the option of attending the judging panel live tonight at IADT or watching the video online afterwards. I’ll be watching and blogging about the show after each episode. Needless to say: brilliant marketing on the part of IADT. At some point, I hope to interview the instructor who hatched the idea.
Dare I ask: who’s ready for a similar project about Bay area “fine” artists?
Full press release after the jump explains the complete concept.
ARTiSTiK Envy: “The Search for the Creative Genius”
International Academy of Design & Technology hosts the “American Idol” of creative competitions.
Tampa, FL – October 6, 2008 –ARTiSTiK Envy, conceived by instructor Josef Mancino, provides students of International Academy of Design & Technology – Tampa (the Academy) the opportunity to take their studied trade and apply it abstractly through a creative, multi-media competition. The contest spans three months (September through December) with a series of events. The first challenge will take place on Friday, October 10 in room 407/470 located at the Academy, 5401 Eisenhower Blvd in Tampa. Preshow at 6 p.m./ Show begins at 7 p.m. / Post show to follow. The public will then have four days to vote for their favorite contestant and two will be eliminated before the next challenge.
ARTiSTiK Envy, the search for the creative genius, will host a series of five bi-weekly challenges that will ask students to push the boundaries of creative concepts and execution. Each challenge will be critiqued by ARTiSTiK’s panel of industry professionals and will then be broadcast on the ARTiSTiK Envy website (http://envy.artistikmagazine.com) where the public will have a chance to review various presentations by the contestants such as original music, fashion apparel, short films and more. Then they can vote for their favorite submissions online. The two contestants with the lowest amount of votes from each challenge will be eliminated.
On September 19, the panel of industry professionals that included Charles Armstrong, CEO of SPARK Labs; Kate Whatley, Art Director for PeakBiety branding + advertising, and Carl Vervisch, Copy Writer for SPARK – chose 10 Academy students and alumni to compete in ARTiSTiK Envy 2008. The contestants are Keith Burnson, Jovani Coleman, Corey Garlow, Walter Hamilton, Kristi Lamons, Carlos Mangual, Henry Spencer, Rick Timpe, Brian Wilson, and Jerrodoemie Winters.
“We want to combine the desire of Tampa’s potential with our local professionals’ as a creative hub,” said the Tampa Academy’s President Mark Page. “This series of challenges illustrates what we’re committed to doing every day here at the Academy – providing the training and experience to hit the ground running.”
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ARTiSTiK Envy Calendar of Challenges:
Challenge One - Havana Days - Friday, October 10 at 6 p.m.
Contestants are asked to create a piece that explores Tampa’s rich Cuban history and culture.
Challenge Two - 70’s Revival - Friday, October 24 at 6 p.m.
The Top Eight contestants will be asked to create a piece that considers the modern-day echoes of 70’s styles and social trends.
Challenge Three - Goth Diva – Friday, November 7 at 6 p.m.
The Top Six contestants will be asked to create a piece that represents what happens when Goth meets Glamour.
Challenge Four - Urban Funk – Friday, November 21 at 6 p.m.
The Top Four contestants will be asked to create a piece that discovers what makes a city come to life.
Challenge Five - Surreal World – Friday, December 5 at 6 p.m.
The Top Two contestants will be asked to create a piece that makes a statement about the relationship between pop culture and the subconscious.
Final Results Show – Friday, December 19 at 6 p.m.
The big reveal of who will be named ARTiSTiK ENVY 2008 and featured in the January issue of ARTiSTiK Magazine.
Tribeca Color Salon is the official salon for the ARTiSTiK Envy competition.
Hair & makeup for the contestants provided by Tribeca Color Salon, 900 W.Kennedy Blvd, Tampa Fl.
About the International Academy of Design & Technology
The International Academy of Design & Technology, founded in the 1970s with a single location, is a vibrant and growing college committed to providing a design education that delivers today’s technology into the classroom, and tomorrow’s creative professionals into the workforce. Today, International Academy of Design & Technology has 10 locations and continues to grow. The International Academy of Design & Technology is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is also recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. For more information please see www.academy.edu
4 responses so far ↓
1 melissa fair // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:20 am
i have to say, that i have thought of this a million times! i don’t know who would watch fine artists, as opposed to fashion or interior designers, hair stylists, etc. but it would probably be the most entertaining - and, the most frustrating for the participants. who in the world would be on the judging panel? that might be more fun than the show.
years ago, when i still cohosted a regular poetry reading series in ybor, we played with the idea of a “battledome” poetry event or an american idol type event for poets (this was pre-Bravo fever, mind you).
but thanks for passing on the word about this…i am going to make a point of remembering to watch this.
2 Megan Voeller // Oct 14, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Have you been to GaYbor Karaoke Idol? That briefly fulfilled my local reality tv-style competition jones a few months back.
Yes, artists would be the most entertaining - and quite difficult to judge! After watching the first round of Artistik Envy, though, I have to say it didn’t look all that easy to judge either. Fashion v. music v. animation?? Tough calls.
Perhaps the reality tv concept could somehow be applied to the problem you’re having with the Ybor Art Walk… Why not stage a fine artist competition show at the Ritz during the Art Walk - a la Artistik Envy, with a website and videos - to drum up interest?
(Why do I think Okesene Tilo might be the person to organize this?)
3 simmons1313 // Oct 30, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Hello Megan,
I was looking forward to more coverage of the Artistic Envy competition but haven’t seen anything on the Art Squeeze website for round 2. Hope you will continue to cover it.
Thanks!
4 Megan Voeller // Oct 30, 2008 at 4:27 pm
You got it - coming up!
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