The Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 each to young fashion professionals who demonstrate outstanding early achievement.
Professionals in the following fields are encouraged to apply:
Designer - including but not exclusive to womenswear, menswear, textile design, accessories, and other artifacts
Stylist - including editorials, advertising campaigns, and fashion presentations
Makeup/hair artist - truly experimental pushing the breadth of materials used to communicate their narrative of makeup or hair
Image Maker - including fashion photography, film, animation, and illustration
Curator - including exhibitions, presentations, and display through real and/or virtual environment
Writer - fashion writing, including curatorial, journalistic, critical, editorial, and historical
The Big Read supports organizations across the country in developing community-wide reading programs which encourage reading and participation by diverse audiences. These programs include activities such as author readings, book discussions, art exhibits, lectures, film series, music or dance events, theatrical performances, panel discussions, and other events and activities related to the community's chosen book or poet. Activities focus on one book or poet from The Big Read catalog.