Anthropologie Collaborates With YoungArts Award Winners on 2023 Vacation Marketing campaign

Anthropologie is bringing its Making Merry vacation marketing campaign to life in partnership with its YoungArts x Anthropologie “Main with Creativity” winners.

Final October the retailer revealed its yearlong partnership with YoungArts, establishing the corporate’s dedication to spend money on and advance the way forward for rising inventive expertise. All year long Anthropologie has supplied assist to YoungArts via monetary donations, buyer fundraising, mentorship alternatives, and collaborative initiatives. As well as, the model developed its inaugural “Anthropologie Main with Creativity” awards, the place 5 YoungArts alumni every acquired a $10,000 grant, profession improvement alternatives, and the possibility to work alongside members of the Anthropologie staff on the model’s 2023 vacation marketing campaign.

“The vacation season is when the true magic of our model involves life,” mentioned Tricia Smith, chief government officer of Anthropologie Group. “We’re thrilled to have labored with these younger artists to create imaginative, modern, and one-of-a-kind merchandise and experiences for our neighborhood. Creative expression is the driving drive behind the whole lot we do, and it was a pleasure to see how these sensible younger artists wove their distinctive skills so seamlessly and inventively into our vacation marketing campaign.”

Over the course of the 12 months the award recipients labored along with their mentors on ideating, creating and producing initiatives for the model’s seasonal marketing campaign. They’re Priscilla Aleman, a Miami and New York-based sculptor, who took half in Anthropologie’s one-of-a-kind window shows; Coco Allred, a Seattle-based visible artist who created a vacation candle capsule assortment that might be bought each in-store and on-line all through the vacation season; Isabela Dos Santos, a Portland-based animator, who collaborated with Anthropologie’s artwork division to create handmade vacation presents for companions and pals of the model; Oscar Garay, a Los Angeles- and New York-based visible artist who created digital vacation reward playing cards which might be used within the Making Merry marketing campaign, and Anton Kot, a New York-based musician, who composed and produced music for the model’s vacation marketing campaign and might be acting at an in-store occasion this vacation season.

“From Day One, it has been clear that Anthropologie values artists as a lot as we do, and we’re so grateful for and pleased with what we had been in a position to accomplish collectively this 12 months,” mentioned Clive Chang, president of YoungArts. “Seeing YoungArts award winers work alongside and be taught from Anthropolgie’s staff of inventive specialists was past inspirational, and I’m each keen and enthusiastic at what the long run holds for our partnership.”

All through the vacation season the model will spotlight the work of the artists and their continued contribution to its vacation marketing campaign throughout its web site and social media channels.

Earlier this month, the 5 award winners joined the Ahnthropologie staff on campus on the Navy Yard in Philadelphia to get a behind-the-scenes have a look at how impactful artwork is to the model’s success.

The Anthropologie and YoungArts groups might be partnering on activations at Miami Artwork Week in December, and Nationwide YoungArts week in January. As well as, they plan a bigger Giving Tuesday activation with Coco’s Candles the place one hundred pc of all gross sales each in-store and on-line will profit YoungArts all through the holdiay season.

Subsequent 12 months, Anthropologie may have a brand new number of college students along with new activations and programming with YoungArts.