World of Women’s Artfest Reminds Web3 of the True Value of Community

With the noise of memecoin season dying down, the NFT house is popping its eye again to the factor that makes up the center and soul of the neighborhood: artwork. For these trying to dive again into the cultural aspect of Web3 (or simply all in favour of trying out probably the most community-based NFT initiatives on the market), World of Girls’s Spring Artfest is a must-see. 

World of Girls is a family identify within the NFT world. Began by artist Yam Karkai in an effort to characterize and onboard girls to Web3, the model’s two foremost collections — World of Women and World of Women Galaxy — have carried out over 113,452 ETH ($200 million) in whole quantity. Among the many varied utilities and IRL occasions WoW provides assortment holders are initiatives to assist and produce consideration to various and underrepresented artists within the house. Artfest, WoW’s quarterly celebration of creativity, is certainly one of them.

WoW’s Spring Artfest options editioned work from 16 artists within the house, hand-picked by Yam Karkai. WoW holders can verify their eligibility (which is linked to the pores and skin tone trait of their WoW NFTs) to mint these items. They embody paintings from Sara Baumann, Alinadore, Orabel, Essa, Superama, Jacklyn, Varvara Alay, Kelly Hsiao, Rewind Collective, Sera Stargirl, Chris Alliel, Rhi Madeline, YuYu, Glam Beckett, Saeko Ehara, and Smeccea. 

Over the course of Could, Artfest revealed two artworks every day that interpret the assorted themes in WoW lore in editions starting from 25 to 600. The works are aligned with themes orbiting round totally different “planets” within the WoW ecosystem, together with Mom Earth, Cyber Jungle, Flaming Ember, and extra. 

MakersPlace Artfest competitors

Spring’s Arfest additionally featured a community art competition in collaboration with the NFT platform and market MakersPlace, whose workforce took half within the last curated choice course of. On Could 16, WoW announced the winners of the contest, who acquired 2,000 and 1,000 USDC. MakersPlace may also present winners with a free mint on the platform and onboarding assist. Moreover, two of the highest 5 artists within the contest will likely be chosen for an opportunity to be featured in the summertime version of Artfest in addition to being featured on the MakersPlace homepage in June.

World of Girls’s Spring Artfest runs till Could 25. Those that mint a full set of NFTs from the gathering will likely be airdropped a singular work upon its completion, an animation entitled Celestial Navigator by artist David Ariew. To get the newest alpha on what World of Girls is as much as, take a look at our podcast interview with WoW’s COO, Shannon Snow.