An Alaskan carpenter has become the first international designer to win New Zealand’s largest and most flamboyant art event – the Montana World of Wearableart (WOW).
It seems the global pinch is providing a positive creative spin-off for New Zealand’s largest art event - the Montana World of WearableArt Awards (WOW) in Wellington.
Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, is to continue hosting the country’s largest art event, The World of WearableArt Awards, in a fresh deal signed at the closing of this year’s successful show.
Wellington costume designer Nadine Jaggi, who works for the Oscar-winning WETA Workshop, is the supreme award-winner at the 2008 Montana World of WearableArt.