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Join an Indiana Student Tradition
2012 CO-OP CALENDAR ART
CONTEST RULES
Who can enter:
Any Indiana student, attending
any public or private school or
educated at home, who is
currently in the grades
kindergarten through high school
senior.
• Students do not have to be
consumers of a rural electric
cooperative (REMC/REC).
• Artwork can be submitted by
teachers, 4-H leaders or others
as a group or class project, or
by individual students or their
parents or guardians.
• Students may enter as often
as they wish.
How does the contest work:
Match the grade the student is
in during the current (2010-11)
school year to the corresponding
month. Students should draw or
paint a picture to illustrate
their assigned month.
1st grade -January
5th
grade-May
9th
grade-September
2nd grade -February
6th
grade-June
10th
grade-October
3rd grade -March
7th
grade-July
11th
grade-November
4th grade -April
8th
grade-August
12th
grade-December
Kindergarten
students will create the cover
art. There is no theme for the
cover: any subject, season,
event, etc., is acceptable.
How is the contest judged:
Artwork will be judged on
artistic merit, originality,
creativity, how well the
assigned month is depicted and
suitability for a wall calendar.
Artwork can be landscapes,
portraits, still lifes, etc., as
long as the monthly theme is
somehow portrayed. (Try new
ideas; try not to repeat the
winning works from past
calendars!) A panel of judges
will pick winners.
What are the new guidelines
for originality:
Students and
teachers/parents/guardians are
responsible for entering only
original works of art totally
produced by the participating
students.
• Artwork may not be copied
from other sources without
substantial creative changes;
this includes other paintings
and photographs — unless the
photo was composed and/or taken
by the student.
• Every element of the
artwork (design, lines, marks,
paint, color, shapes, shading,
highlights, etc.)
must be
the work of the student whose
name appears on the back of the
artwork.
• No tracing of other works
is allowed, including sketches
by teachers, parents. etc.
• Photographs and artwork
created with a computer will not
be judged for inclusion in the
calendar.
• Artwork deemed to be too
similar to a copied source or
plagiarized will be
disqualified. If plagiarism is
discovered after awards are made
and/or the calendar printed,
Electric Consumer
reserves the right to request
the award money be returned. The
student also may be disqualified
from future contests, and the
artwork and student’s name will
be removed from our website
gallery of past winners.
How should the artwork be
submitted:
Drawings should be no larger
than 11x14 inches and no smaller
than 8x10 inches. (Paintings on
canvas can be larger.) Drawings
on white or light-colored paper
will reproduce best. Do not use
ruled notebook paper.
• The artwork can be most any
medium as long as the art is
relatively flat. Charcoal and
pastel drawings should be
sprayed with a fixative. Do not
use glitter, sand, liquids or
other elements that can flake
off or otherwise damage the
works of other students. No
photographic process, digital
art, metallic or fluorescent
paints may be used in the
finished art.
• Artwork in the
horizontal
or landscape position best fits
the wall calendar’s format.
• Do not put the name of the
month, days of the week or
calendar dates into the art
itself.
• Submit the original
artwork. Judges will not
consider photocopies.
• Do not mount, mat or frame
artwork.
• Do not fold or crease
artwork.
How should the artwork/artist
be identified:
One of two methods can be used
to identify the art and artist
depending where the artwork was
created. Please use the most
appropriate.
• Entries from home or a
small group:
On the back of each entry,
in the lower right hand
corner,
include: student’s first and
last name, age, grade, school,
names of parents or guardians,
home address and phone number.
In addition to information on
the back of each entry, each
entry must include a copy of the
2012 entry form
available from
Electric Consumer
or downloaded from
electricconsumer.org.
The form must be signed by each
student-artist and
parent/guardian (if the student
is under 18 years old)
acknowledging that the student
has adhered to the rules of
originality and each submission
is original according to the
guidelines above.
• Entries from a large group,
classroom or school:
If including all the above
information is impractical
because of the number entries or
a violation of school policy, a
large group of simultaneous
entries should include on the
back of each entry, in the lower
right hand corner, the student’s
first and last name, grade and a
contact phone number. Please
make sure
all
information is included and
legible,
and group submissions are
sorted by grade.
In addition to information on
the back of each entry, each
package of entries must include
a copy of the
2012 entry form
available from
Electric Consumer
or downloaded from
electricconsumer.org.
The form must be signed by the
art instructor/classroom teacher
acknowledging that the students
have adhered to the rules of
originality and each submission
is original according to the
guidelines above.
What are the Prizes:
A first place "Artist of the
Month" will be selected for each
grade, kindergarten through 12,
and will receive $200.
• Up to nine additional
artists will be selected for
honorable mention awards and
receive $50.
• An "Artist of the Year"
also will be selected from among
the first place winners for the
Best of Show and receive an
additional $100.
• Artists who win either
their grade division or
honorable mention awards will
receive 10 complimentary copies
of the 2012 calendar.
• Judges will also select
Award of Merit winners who will
receive certificates.
How will entrants be
notified:
Only first place and honorable
mention winners will be notified
by phone. Results will be
published in a 2011 issue of
Electric Consumer,
at
electricconsumer.org
and in the 2012 calendar.
How will the artwork/artists
be presented:
The artwork and artists may be
presented to the public in the
following ways.
• First place winners from
all grades will illustrate the
designated month (or cover) of
the
2012 Cooperative Calendar
of Student Art,
a wall calendar produced by
Electric Consumer
and distributed by participating
Indiana electric cooperatives
around the state.
• The name, hometown and
school of each winning student
will be printed in the calendar
along with the student’s
photograph. (Student photos will
be requested after the contest
is judged.)
• Up to nine additional
pieces of art, chosen at large
from all grades, will be chosen
as honorable mentions and will
be printed in a special back
section of the calendar.
• The "Artist of the Year"
will be featured in
Electric Consumer,
Indiana’s electric co-op
publication, after the winners
are selected in March 2011.
• Names of the winners and
winning artwork may also be
featured in
Electric Consumer.
• Names of the winners and
winning artwork may also be
featured in news releases sent
to local media outlets.
• In partnership with the
Hoosier Salon, winning artwork
may also be retained and shown
at Hoosier Salon exhibitions and
galleries around Indiana.
• Additional pieces of
artwork may be selected by
participating REMCs/RECs for
inclusion in localized versions
of the calendar.
• Some artwork also may be
selected for publications or
materials printed by Indiana
Statewide Association of Rural
Electric Cooperatives, Inc., to
further publicize the art
contest and calendar.
Rights:
All artwork and reproduction
rights become the property of
Electric Consumer.
This means we can print your
artwork in the calendar, co-op
publications, website and
promotional materials and
distribute artwork to the media
for promotional purposes. We
will respect the integrity of
the artwork and will not allow
the outside commercial use of
entered artwork without
permission of the artist (and
parents/guardians).
Returns:
Artwork selected to appear in
the calendar will be returned to
the artists after the calendar
is printed in September 2011. In
partnership with the Hoosier
Salon,
Electric Consumer
may retain winning artwork for
display at various Hoosier Salon
exhibitions and galleries around
Indiana through November 2011.
• All other entries
will not be returned
unless accompanied with
full prepaid postage
and proper packaging. We will
strive to have all requested
returns sent by mid-May of 2011.
Deadline:
Artwork must be at the
Indianapolis office
of the
Electric Consumer
by 3 p.m., Friday,
March 18, 2011.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 24517,
Indianapolis, IN 46224; street
address: 720 N. High School
Road, Indianapolis, IN 46214.
For more details:
Please contact Richard Biever or
Emily Schilling at
Electric Consumer,
317-487-2220, 800-340-7362, or
e-mail us at ec@indremcs.org. A
full set of rules and
instructions also appears on our
Web site. Click on "Student Art
Contest" at:
www.electricconsumer.org.
Marty Lasure at Bartholomew County REMC will gladly mail in your artwork free of charge. Please have it to our office by
March 6th to allow time for it to be mailed.
For more details: Please contact Marty Lasure at Bartholomew County REMC at 812-418-5003.
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