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

With the noise of memecoin season dying down, the NFT area is popping its eye again to the factor that makes up the guts and soul of the group: artwork. For these trying to dive again into the cultural facet of Web3 (or simply fascinated about trying out one of the vital community-based NFT tasks 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 symbolize and onboard girls to Web3, the model’s two predominant collections — World of Girls and World of Girls Galaxy — have achieved over 113,452 ETH ($200 million) in complete quantity. Among the many numerous utilities and IRL occasions WoW affords assortment holders are initiatives to help and produce consideration to numerous and underrepresented artists within the area. Artfest, WoW’s quarterly celebration of creativity, is one in all them.

WoW’s Spring Artfest options editioned work from 16 artists within the area, hand-picked by Yam Karkai. WoW holders can examine their eligibility (which is linked to the pores and skin tone trait of their WoW NFTs) to mint these items. They embrace art work 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 group artwork competitors in collaboration with the NFT platform and market MakersPlace, whose workforce took half within the last curated choice course of. On Could 16, WoW introduced the winners of the competition, who obtained 2,000 and 1,000 USDC. MakersPlace may also present winners with a free mint on the platform and onboarding help. 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 most recent alpha on what World of Girls is as much as, try our podcast interview with WoW’s COO, Shannon Snow.