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Rhemagraphics art show

July 14, 2010 | Words By:

Rhemagraphics art show The Rhemagraphics Art of Surfing Show will be a celebration of the surfboard manufacturing industry, hopefully showcasing all boards of shape and size. The event is taking place to help out the Surfworld Museum and to celebrate the history of the surfing industry. So get your entries in.


All art is to be on a rideable, functional Surfboard and art on the board can be, Posca Art, Digital Art, Airbrush Art, Stencil Art, and any other art that does’nt effect the performance and funcionality of the surfboard.

With a first prize of $1,500.00 worth of graphic art and printing from us, Rhemagraphics; there will also be other prizes up for grabs. It’s a night to promote art in the industry and to promote the surfboard manufacturing industry itself as an art form, so any new shapes, designs, processes, fins, would be welcome. The evening will be a great way to showcase gloss, tints etc. Remember it’s a night about the industry and a celebration of what we do and how we do it.

It will be held at the Surfworld Gold Coast Museum opposite the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary at 6:30 pm Friday 3rd of September, so you have a couple of months to get your art together and send the
surfboard to:

Surfworld Gold Coast Museum,
Level 1 , 35 Tomewin St,
Currumbin Gold Coast
Qld Australia
4224

Entry form and entry fee to be sent to:

Surfworld Gold Coast Museum
PO Box 791
Tugun, Gold Coast
Qld 4224

We must receive all Surfboards on or before the 1st of September and your entry fee before the 1st of August.


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