Students Create Wearable Works of Art with Oakley Sunglasses as the Canvas

The Oakley “Sunglasses at Night” Scholarship Competition and Gallery Exhibition

[SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE, 2009] Students at The Art Institute of California — San Francisco are getting the chance to work with a unique blank canvas: Oakley eyewear. Thirty-five students have been chosen to participate in the Oakley “Sunglasses at Night” Scholarship Competition, in which they design and add their personal touch to a pair of Oakley shades.

Oakley distributed the 35 pairs of plain white Hijinx sunglasses just 10 days before the competition deadline, giving students a tight deadline to produce these one-of-a-kind creations. With few guidelines in place, the students were given the artistic freedom they needed to showcase their vision and creative talents.

A winner will be chosen by officials from Oakley and announced at a reception at The Art Institute of California — San Francisco’s Gallery on June 6, 2009. The first-place winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship and the second-place winner will receive $500 in Oakley merchandise. All students will keep the eyewear that they create.

For media inquiries, contact Jennifer Tomaro, Public Relations Director at The Art Institute of California — San Francisco, by phone at 415.276.1030 or by e-mail at jtomaro@aii.edu.

About Oakley
Oakley, Inc. is a sport and lifestyle brand driven to ignite the imagination through the fusion of art and science. Building on its legacy of innovative, market-leading optical technology, the company manufactures and distributes high performance sunglasses, prescription lenses and frames, goggles, apparel, footwear and accessories.

About The Art Institute of California — San Francisco
The Art Institute of California — San Francisco is one of The Art Institutes, a system of over 40 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.