World Arts Celebration
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This year's theme, “Growing Together,” celebrates an incorporation of flowers and art representing the countries of the Newport News Sister Cities: Neyagawa, Japan; Taizhou, China; and Greifswald, Germany and their national flowers.
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The theme of your art must feature flowers.
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Prizes
First place $250 & a Free 30" x 20" Canvas Print of Your Winning Art
Second place $150 & a Free 16" x 20" Canvas Print of Your Winning Art
third place $50 & a Free 16" x 20" Canvas Print of Your Winning Art
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Rules & Guidelines
Eligibility
- Contest is free to enter.
- Entrant must be 18 years of age and a U.S. resident.
- Newport News Parks, Recreation & Tourism (NNPRT) employees are not eligible to enter.
Format and Submission
- Contest runs from April 6, 2018, through May 7, 2018. The theme of the contest is "Growing Together: Flowers."
- You may submit only one work of art. A digital entry form is required for each art and/or photograph.
- Art must be submitted as a digital image. Entries can be submitted via email to: [email protected].
- All art submissions must be at least 300dpi and either JPG, PNG or JPEG files. Minor digital enhancement is acceptable.
- All photographs must be accompanied by a completed release form, submitted via email electronically by 12:00 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 2018.
- The NNPRT reserves the right to remove any pictures from the contest that are deemed unsuitable.
Copyright
- By signing the official release form and/or submitting an image electronically, you are stating that you are the owner and copyright holder of the art submitted. You also represent and warrant that the art is your original work. If your art contains identifiable people, you are stating that you have permission from all of the models to publish the art and/or photograph.
- Although artists and photographers retain the copyright to their art and/or photograph, by entering them into this contest, they permit unrestricted usage by the City of Newport News and the NNPRT exclusively to promote the city, without receiving any fee or compensation. This applies to winning and non-winning entries. All entries, once uploaded electronically, become the property of the NNPRT.
Photo Restrictions/Model Contact Information
- All art and/or photographs must be accompanied by a completed release form electronically. If the art and/or photograph include a recognizable person or persons, you are stating that you have permission from all of the models to publish the art and/or photograph.
Judging/Prizes
- Only entries which have met the minimum requirements outlined will be eligible for the contest.
- Winners will be determined by the number of votes the art receives. The top three works of art will be declared the winners of this contest.
- A $250 cash grand prize and a 30” by 20” canvas print of the winning artwork will be awarded to the artwork with the most votes that meets the minimum requirements of the contest and has submitted a completed and signed release form. A $150 cash prize and a 16” by 20” canvas print of the winning artwork will be awarded to the artwork with the second most votes that meets the minimum requirements of the contest and has submitted a completed and signed release form. A $50 cash prize and a 16” by 20” canvas print of the winning artwork will be awarded to the artwork with the most votes that meets the minimum requirements of the contest and has submitted a completed and signed release form. Entrants may only win one prize. NNPRT reserves the right to not award all three prizes.
- Winners' names may appear in news articles and on the NNPRT website and/or social media pages.
Other
- By signing the release form and/or submitting art and/or photographs electronically, participants accept and agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of NNPRT, whose decisions are final. By submitting artwork, participants agree to release sponsors, contest promoter and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries from liability of any kind or nature for any loss, claims, damages, or injuries of any kind associated with acceptance, possession, participation in, or use of any prizes.
For more information: visit www.worldartscelebration.weebly.com, call 757.926.1447, or email [email protected].
(Image resolution must be 3450 x 4950 with a minimum 300 dpi. Only file formats JPG, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG files are accepted)
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ARTWORK MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE "SUBMIT ARTWORK" LINK IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD ARTS CELEBRATION 2018 ART CONTEST. ARTWORK WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE VOTING WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF SUBMISSION TIME. ANY ARTWORK THAT CONTAINS NUDITY, VULGAR LANGUAGE, AND EXPLICIT AND/OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OR IMAGERY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE WORLD ARTS CELEBRATION 2018 ART CONTEST. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR ARTWORK DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BUT CAN BE ENLARGED FOR THE CANVAS PRINT, THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS PARKS, RECREATION, AND TOURISM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE CANVAS PRINT. BY SUBMITTING YOUR ARTWORK, YOU ACCEPT THIS CONDITION. |
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