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Contest Rules & Info

STUDENT ART CONTEST 2012

THIS YEAR’S THEMES: BIRDS OF THE MIDWEST AND ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES

NOTICE TO TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS:

Audubon Miami Valley (AMV) is sponsoring a Winter 2012 Student Art Contest, modeled on the contest sponsored by The Audubon Society of Omaha in the past few years. The Audubon Miami Valley website will be your main source for contest information. This web site currently has all the contest information, including entry forms, which must be printed from the web site. All submitted student artwork will be exhibited. Contest winners will be posted on this web site after February 25, 2012.

Teachers: please encourage students and parents to go to the this website!

ENTRY INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN – FOURTH GRADE:

There will be a separate judging and prizes awarded for each grade level. Each of these grade levels will have three top awards of excellence in three categories: an Award of Excellence for realistic rendering, an Award of Excellence for graphic design, and an Award of Excellence for cartooning. There will also be a limited number of Awards of Merit for each grade level. That number will be determined by the judges and based on the number of exceptional pieces submitted.

First Category: Realistic Rendering

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • True to life art in the tradition of the American wildlife artists. The bird is easy to identify with accurate coloring and markings. The student must do a freehand drawing. No obvious tracings or stencils or computer drawn works will be considered for an award.
  • Any medium. Colored pencil, ink, marker, watercolor, tempera paint, pastels, etc.
  • Art must be in color, unless the bird’s actual coloring is black and/or white.

Second Category: Graphic Design

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • Emphasis on color and design rather than realism, yet retaining bird identification. For example, bird(s) must still be identifiable as a Cardinal or Blue Jay.
  • Any medium or combination of media: Colored pencil, ink, marker, watercolor, tempera paint, pastels, colored or textured paper, fabric, etc.

Third Category: Cartooning

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • Any style cartoon drawing with some indication of the kind of bird portrayed, indicated by bird shape and some identifiable markings. Art may be a one-panel cartoon or a story cartoon of several panels. With or without captions.
  • Medium: Pencil, ink or marker.

AWARDS: All Excellence and Merit Award winners will be honored at a special awards ceremony at Room 1, Alumni Hall, Miami University, Oxford campus on Saturday, March 3, 2012, 2:00 pm. Each winner will receive a ribbon and a special prize, to be presented at the awards ceremony.  Artwork of all student participants will be on exhibit this day starting at 12:00 noon and ending at 4:00 pm.

**Note: For Contest Rules, See “General Requirements for All entries” below. **

ENTRY INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS FIFTH GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL:

There will be a separate judging and prizes awarded for each grade level for fifth through eighth grade through high school. Each level will have a maximum of three Award categories –awards for Realistic Rendering, Graphic Design, and Cartooning. A limited number of Awards of Excellence or Merit for each grade level will be given. That number will be determined by the judges and based on the number of exceptional pieces submitted.

First Category: Realistic Rendering

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • True to life art in the tradition of the American wildlife artists. The bird is easy to identify with accurate coloring and markings. The student must do a freehand drawing. No obvious tracings or stencils or computer drawn works will be considered for an award.
  • Any medium: Colored pencil, ink, marker, watercolor, tempera paint, pastels, etc.
  • Art must be in color unless the bird’s actual coloring is black and/or white.

Second Category: Graphic Design

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • Emphasis on color and design rather than realism, yet retaining bird identification. For example, bird(s) must still be identifiable as a Cardinal or Blue Jay.
  • Any medium or combination of media: Colored pencil, ink, marker, watercolor, tempera paint, pastels, colored or textured paper, fabric, etc.

Third Category: Cartooning

  • Birds depicted should be Midwest or Endangered Bird Species
  • Any style cartoon drawing with some indication of the kind of bird portrayed, indicated by bird shape and some identifiable markings. Art may be a one-panel cartoon or a story cartoon of several panels. With or without captions.
  • Medium: Pencil, ink or marker.

AWARDS: All Excellence and Merit Award winners will be honored at a special awards ceremony at Room 1, Alumni Hall, Miami University, Oxford campus on Saturday, March 3, 2012, 2:00 pm. Each winner will receive a ribbon and a special prize, to be presented at the awards ceremony.  Artwork of all student participants will be on exhibit this day starting at 12:00 noon and ending at 4:00 pm.

**GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ENTRIES**:

  • All art should be two-dimensional only, and may be as small as 8 1/2 x 11″ or as large as 11×14.” Please mount art on either white or black paper or cardboard. The mounting paper should provide a 2-to 4-inch margin top and sides and a 4-to-6-inch margin on the bottom.
  • NOTE: Entry forms should be mounted securely on the FRONT of the artwork, centered underneath the artwork, on the 4 to 6-inch margin of the mounting paper. Adults may choose to print out the entry forms for younger students, as these entry forms will be the only student identification on the artwork.

Teachers: Please try to limit entries to 4-6 per classroom, per category. We will accept a slightly larger number, but we are not staffed to handle large volumes of art from a single classroom. Teachers: please do not submit a whole classroom of art without making any pre-selection.

Student art does not need school sponsorship. Home-schooled students are welcome to enter this contest.

All work must be delivered directly to Presbyterian Seminary Building (white brick), 104 East Church Street (corner of Church and Poplar), Oxford on Friday, February 17, 4:00 – 6:00 pm or Saturday, February 18, 10:00am – 3:00 pm.

AUDUBON STUDENT ART EXHIBIT AND AWARDS SHOW AT ALUMNI HALL:

Award winning artwork from this competition will be part of a public art exhibit in the atrium, Alumni Hall, Miami University, Oxford campus. The exhibit will open at 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 3, 2012 and end at 4:00 pm. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The works of all student entrants will be on exhibit.

The awards show will be held Saturday, March 3, 2012, 2:00 pm and will last approximately 1-hour. Each winner will receive a ribbon and a special prize, to be presented at the awards ceremony.  Live raptors will be present. All Award of Excellence winners and Award of Merit winners are asked to be present to receive their awards. Kindergartners will be honored first and high school students last. All will have their names read and be called to receive their award ribbon and prize. Please check our website after February 29, 2012 for the list of winners. No written confirmation will be sent out to teachers or schools. Teachers, parents and students must check the web site for winners/judging results.

Return of Student Art Work:

All student artwork in the exhibit must be picked up by the student or teacher after the Awards ceremony on March 3, 2012. Unfortunately, we cannot store any artwork beyond that date, unless parents and/or teachers call and make special arrangements for pickup.

Audubon Miami Valley values every student’s artwork, and we take great care with each piece. However, we cannot assume any responsibility for the loss of, or damage to, submitted art.

For More Information: If you have any questions that have not been answered here on our website, please call or email: Janet Ziegler, 523-2411 or zieglejk@muohio.edu.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEER HELP!

This contest is organized by volunteers who are members of Audubon Miami Valley. Our purpose in sponsoring this contest is to provide an artistic and educational opportunity to all interested students in the area. If you are excited about this contest and would like to see it continue next year, please call us now and volunteer to help. There are many volunteer opportunities that require only a 2-3 hour commitment.