A curious contest is currently taking place within the walls of MICA’s Fibers Department …

Three weeks ago, MICA fibers students were approached by J SHOES and asked the following question: 'Could a contemporary shoe be transformed into an entirely different object with an entirely different purpose?'

Students chose from boxes of “half pair” shoes that were leftover from J SHOES’ collection of design phase samples and set out to make something creative and functional.

The resulting designs will be unveiled this evening at 5:30 p.m. in MICA’s Rosenberg Gallery. Three winners will be chosen by a panel of top judges: the MICA Fibers Department chair, Style Magazine Baltimore editor, US J SHOES marketing manager and J SHOES representatives. The "shoes" will remain on display through Oct. 15th.

(Images courtesy of MICA)