William Ivey Long to Receive 2011 Design Guild Award
Please join us for the 2011 Design Guild Award Dinner honoring recipient William Ivey Long on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, NC beginning with a reception at 7 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Dress will be black tie
Directions: Nasher Museum of Art
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14TH ANNUAL DESIGN GUILD AWARD HONORS WILLIAM IVEY LONG
“There’s no place like home”…and no matter how far away and to what heights his talent and career have taken him, William Ivey Long, a native North Carolinian, has never forgotten from where he came.
William spent his childhood summers in Manteo, North Carolina, where his family worked at Paul Green’s outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. There, at the tender age of five, William made his first costume, an Elizabethan Ruff for his dog. Each summer, since 1988, he returns to Manteo, serving as Production Designer.
William’s career as a costume designer on Broadway spans more than three decades and more than 60 Broadway shows. He has eleven Tony Award nominations, and has won five times (Grey Gardens, Hairspray, The Producers, Crazy for You, and Nine). His work also extends beyond Broadway into designing for operas, dance, movies, music videos, and clothing for private clients to name a few.
William’s illustrious career as a designer is well known and acknowledged by his five Tony’s and numerous other awards, but his quiet work for the people of North Carolina and NC State University is not as widely known. For many years, William has given generously of his time to students of the College of Design and College of Textiles, most notably for the Art to Wear fashion show. His interaction with and mentoring of students has provided them with invaluable experience learning from a master.
William has also partnered with the College of Design and College of Textiles on the Seaboard School of Fashion and Costume. This project will give students hands-on experiences designing and fabricating costumes for theater and dance productions along the east coast. His dedication to Seaboard is an important economic stimulus providing jobs with dignity to a deserving population.
William uses his artistic talent not only to provide award winning costumes, but he willingly shares his knowledge and talent in order to expose this special art of fashion and costume design to those that may never have the opportunity to see a show on Broadway.
For his incredible talent and contributions to the world of art and design as well as his efforts to educate future designers and to give back to North Carolina, the Design Guild Board is pleased to name William Ivey Long the recipient of the 14th annual Design Guild Award.
Sponsors
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Design Guild Award Dinner please fill out our online form.
EVENT SPONSORS
- David Allen Company - Main Event Sponsor
- Brad and Missy Brinegar - Wine Sponsor
TABLE SPONSORS TO DATE
- Adams Products Oldcastle
- Clearscapes
- ColeJenest & Stone
- College of Textiles, NC State University
- Duda/Paine Architects
- The Freelon Group, Inc.
- Linda Noble and Craig McDuffie
- The NC State Foundation
- O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA
- Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Architects
- Rodgers Builders
- Triangle Brick
Celebrating 10 Years of Art to Wear
In honor of William Ivey Long, this year’s Design Guild Dinner is also collaborating with Art to Wear to celebrate its 10th Anniversary
Art to Wear is a collaborative show between students of NC State’s College of Design and College of Textiles. Started in 2002, the first show was held in 'the pit' at the College of Design and drew a hundred spectators. Today the show has grown in size and recognition to become one of the largest non-athletic events at NC State. Now residing in Reynolds Coliseum playing host to an audience of more than 3500 annually and another 24,000+ web hits, this eclectic show has always emphasized a fusion of art and fashion, making it anything but your typical fashion show.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Art to Wear, attendees of this year’s Design Guild Award Dinner will have the bonus of a private showing of the work of two previous Art to Wear designers, Adrienne McKenzie (Senior Art + Design) and Jenna Bost (Art + Design Anni Albers Alumnus), both of whom had the opportunity to intern with William Ivey Long in New York. In addition, Eleanor Hoffman (Senior Art + Design, Anni Albers) will be showing her new designs that just debuted at Charleston Fashion Week where Eleanor was chosen as an Emerging Designer.
Design Guild Dinner attendees have the special opportunity to purchase floor seats for this year’s Art to Wear show at a discount when also purchasing tickets for the Design Guild Dinner.
If you are not attending the Design Guild Award Dinner and would like to purchase tickets for Art to Wear go to www.ncsuarttowear.com.
Art to Wear 2011 will take place on April 12, 2011 at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum.
Additional Information
To receive a mailed invitation, please request by e-mail at design@ncsu.edu or call 919.515.8313.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the event, please download the Design Guild Dinner sponsorship pledge form, fill out the on-line form or contact Keith Emrick at keith_emrick@ncsu.edu or 919.515.8313.
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