The Search Is On At The New England Institute Of Art To Find Teens With A Passion For Fashion

Aug. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- The New England Institute of Art (NEiA) announces its search to find the next winner of The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition.  The call for entries is open to high school seniors throughout the U.S., Canada (excluding Quebec) and Puerto Rico.  High school seniors with a passion for fashion on the business side, are encouraged to submit an entry to The New England Institute of Art. Entries must be postmarked by November 19, 2010.  

The competition is for students interested in Fashion & Retail Management.  Local competitions will take place at each participating Art Institute school throughout U.S. and Canada.  The NEiA local Fashion & Retail Management Competition winner will earn a $3,000 tuition scholarship to the school’s Fashion & Retail Management program.

Local first place winners from each school will move on to the national competition. The national grand prize winner will earn a full tuition scholarship to their respective Art Institutes school.  In addition, the grand prize winners will receive a VIP trip to Fashion Week in New York City in February 2011, participate in a “meet and greet” at Seventeen Magazine’s New York City offices, and lunch with a Seventeen Magazine Style Pro.

“It is our distinct honor to produce the annual Passion for Fashion Competition.  We believe the competition provides a forum by which those interested in a fashion education can express their full range of talent,” said Kathleen Evans, Chair of the Fashion & Retail Management program at NEiA.

The Art Institutes Passion For Fashion Competition is open to legal residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are full-or part-time high school seniors scheduled to graduate in 2011 with a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average.  Entries must be submitted along with a completed Entry & Release Form to The New England Institute of Art, 10 Brookline Place, Brookline, MA  02445. Entries must be postmarked by November 19, 2010.  

Please log on to http://www.artinstitutes.edu/pr.aspx?ID=AI2119  to learn more about The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition or contact Kathleen Evans, kevans@aii.edu, or 617 582-4609.

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The New England Institute of Art is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of more than 45 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.