HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT POSTER DESIGN CONTEST CALL FOR ENTRIES
POSTER DESIGN CONTEST CALL FOR ENTRIES
High School Students Vie for Scholarship and Opportunity to promote Slogan “Art Leads to Innovation”
TAMPA – February 1, 2006 --- High school students interested in a design career will have a unique opportunity to exercise their artistic talents to the test by entering the Poster Design Scholarship Competition, sponsored by The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts.
Students will create original poster artwork that expresses the slogan, “Art Leads to Innovation.” More than $100,000 in scholarships will be awarded, with the first-place, prize-winning student of the national competition receiving a $25,000 scholarship to study design at one of 32 Art Institutes locations. The local first-place winner will receive a $3,000 tuition scholarship to The Art Institute of Tampa, and the local winning entry will automatically be forwarded to the national competition. Entry deadline for the local competition is Friday, February 10, 2006.
"The Art Institutes are pleased to be collaborating with Americans for the Arts because we believe, as educators, this is a critical time to support and strengthen the universal role that the arts play in our lives.” says Glenn Johannesen, President for The Art Institute of Tampa.
According to Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, “as funding for arts programs across the country continue to face budget cuts, we want young people to remember that art is a valuable tool of innovation, which designs how we all live.”
The competition takes place in two stages; a preliminary competition will be held at the 32 Art Institutes locations in the US and Canada in March. Winners from the preliminary competition will have their entries placed into consideration for the final stage and national judging, which takes place in April.
The first-place winner and other top national winners' work will be used in a promotional calendar, to be distributed to high schools across North America. In addition, The Art Institutes will create an online gallery of all scholarship winning artwork on its Web site. Visit www.artinstitutes.edu/posterdesign to view the 2005 winning poster designs.
The contest is for graduating high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in design. Students must submit an original poster design, a current high school transcript and a statement describing their design process, and why they want to attend one of The Art Institutes. In April, an industry panel of judges selected by Americans for the Arts and The Art Institutes will assess each student's poster based on the specified criteria. Contestants are notified of their winnings by May 12, 2006.
Locations participating include: The Art Institute of Tampa, The Art Institute of Washington (Arlington, VA), The Art Institute of Atlanta, GA, The New England Institute of Art (Boston, MA), The Art Institute of California–Orange County, The Art Institute of California-San Diego, The Art Institute of California-San Francisco, The Art Institute of Charlotte, The Art Institute of Colorado (Denver), The Art Institute of Dallas, TX, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FL, The Art Institute of Houston, TX, The Art Institute of Indianapolis, IN, The Art Institute of Las Vegas, The Art Institute of Toronto, ON, Miami International University of Art & Design, FL, The Art Institutes International Minnesota, (Minneapolis), The Art Institute of New York City, NY, The Art Institute of Ohio- Cincinnati, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, PA, The Art Institute of Phoenix, AZ, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, The Art Institute of Portland, OR, The Art Institute of Seattle, WA, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, The Art Institute of Vancouver, (Burnaby and downtown locations).
For more information on the competition or an application, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/poster, or contact The Art Institute of Tampa for additional information at 813-873-2112 local or 1-866-703-3277 toll-free. The deadline to enter the competition is February 10, 2006.
About The Art Institute of Tampa
The Art Institute of Tampa (www.aita.artinstitutes.edu) offers bachelor’s degree programs in Advertising, Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Media Design, Interior Design, and Media Arts & Animation. Associate’s degree programs are also offered in Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, and Interactive Media Design. The Art Institute of Tampa, as a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
About The Art Institutes International
The Art Institute of Tampa is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 32 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The parent company of The Art Institutes, Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.com), is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue. Student enrollment exceeded 72,000 as of fall 2005. EDMC has 72 primary campus locations in 24 states and two Canadian provinces. EDMC’s education institutions offer a broad range of academic programs concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts, behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information technology and business fields, culminating in the award of associate’s through doctoral degrees. EDMC has provided career-oriented education for more than 40 years.
About Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With offices in Washington, DC, and New York City, it has a record of 45 years of service. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Additional information is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.