Dirty Gardener: The Art Ball: La Vie en Rose @ Aljira

What happens when you get Erté versus Grace Jones, Warhol collages, and Divine inspiration in one room - "The Art Ball: La Vie en Rose"!

Join Aljira and The House of Jourdan-Zion for a fierce night of competitive categories (see complete list below) in Runway, Voguing, Face, Sex Siren, and Realness. Prizes will be awarded by a panel of illustrious judges from various houses and artists in our current exhibition "The B Sides".

"The Art Ball: La Vie en Rose"
Saturday, February 28, 2009
7pm to midnight
$10 presale/$15 at the door
Buy your tickets online at http://www. aljira. org
Get your tickets before February 21 and you will be entered in a raffle for a "We Love Newark" t-shirt designed by Jerry Gant!!

Cocktail Party provided by Patricia A. Bell, David Ellis Catering, and Jerry Rose Floral and Event Design.

Admission also includes free entry to the after party at Club Sugar Ray's (10 Park Place) across from Aljira.

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CATEGORIES
Open To All (OTA), cash prizes

1.
Face Most Photogenic OTA
Bring us a collage of your carta, carta and more carta a la Andy Warhol.

2.
Foot & Eyewear
Create your own glasses & footwear. Imagination is limitless.
Make it ovah!

3. Runway Erté vs.
Grace Jones OTA
Bring Erté to life. Or put some Grace in your face.
Do your research!

4.
Art Battle
Calling all visual artists. Show us your work.
Artwork that is! Now bring a strong piece to the runway!

5.
Realness
Pretty boy vs. School boy vs. Thugz vs. Butch. Battle in your group.
Then, winners from each group will battle to get that money!

Pretty Boy
Bring it as an art dealer. This is your art gallery, so now sell us a painting or other artwork in a business casual look.

School Boy
Bring us your art project that your art teacher assigned to you. Your painting or any artwork is your prop. Now get you’re A.

Thugz
You are on clean-up duty. Make us want to tear that custodian's uniform off with your realness or leery to walk on your floor.

Butch
You are an art collector. Come get your money’s worth and get your work of art. Bring it on down with a suit and tie. Look like you have the money to buy everything.

6.
Female Figure Realness
Bring pop art to life. Remember pop art stands for bright, dazzling, shocking colors. Hint, hint: in the name of Divine in John Waters’ movie “Pink Flamingos” (1972).

7.
Sex Siren OTA
Celebrate bring the Renaissance to life. Male figure; you’re the statue of David. Female figure; you’re the statue of Aphrodite/Venus. Make these old sex symbol statues new again.

8.
Hands Performance
Design a pair of fierce gloves. Wear it. Be innovative. Tell us a story with your hands.

9.
Trilogy Team Battle
The trilogy consists of any combination of three (3) of the following: Face, Sex Siren, Realness, Runway, and Performance. Each of the three-member team must come from one (1) of the five categories. No repeats. AIDS is not over. Bring together in your final pose an image of hope in honor of Visual AIDS's Frank Moore Archive Project and artists such as Keith Haring and Gran Fury.