“Shoe Shine†is an annual Sneaker Exhibition and Competition. It's primary goal is to creatively engage youth and the community at large through integrating visual art and sneaker culture. Over the years, sneakers have become a fixture in popular culture. Their design has evolved from a simple canvas and rubber shoe, to colors, materials, shapes and patterns limited only by the imagination. "Shoe Shine" showcases the sneaker as a canvas unlike any other, and allows us to revel in its possibilities for self-expression. Through this event, we provide young people, who often view sneakers as symbols of status or wealth, a channel to view them as art and as a medium to express their individual artistic abilities.The contestant's shoes are displayed gallery style, and a prize is given to the winner from each of the five categories that include; Best Men's, Best Women's, best Customized, Oldest & Cleanest, and Best in Show. With the exception of the Best in Show category, “Shoe Shine†winners are determined by a combination of audience ballots and a small panel of celebrity/expert judges.Other elements of the event include: 1.) A “Customize Your Own Sneaker†contest where children are invited to color-in a sneaker “silhouette†and receive a prize; 2.) The "Use the Backboard" exhibition where some of Denver's best local artists transform a basketball hoop and backboard into amazing paintings, photos, or sculptures; 3) Displays of sneaker and basketball art and paraphernalia and; 4) A “live†shoe customization by sneaker artists.
PULSE ARTS DUNKS (SHOE SHINE DENVER 2007) CUSTOMIZED BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST EmmanueLabor (SEATTLE)CUSTOM BACKBOARD BY JAY PAUL APODACAEmmanueLabor x VITAMIN WATER (EXCLUSIVE CORPORATE CUSTOM)CUSTOM SNEAKERS BY JOHN STRIEBYCUSTOMIZED BOBA FETT NIKE SNOWBOARD BOOTS BY EmmanueLaborCUSTOM SNEAKERS BY DELTONCUSTOM SNEAKERS BY ROGELIO
