The seARTS CWA Committee is pleased and privileged to welcome three accomplished curators to perform the role of judges for the Wearable Art Awards.   Each brings an important perspective on fashion and wearable art in their respective leading art institutions.   The core judging panel will include:

Lauren D. Whitley, senior curator in the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.   Lauren is senior curator in the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she helps oversee a collection of 55,000 textiles and costumes.

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, The James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes Deputy Director, Peabody-Essex Museum

Jennifer Varekamp: Professor of Fashion Design, Mass College of Art and Design

The judges will review the looks on the runway in real-time and seARTS will provide cash prizes for each of five categories.