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We encourage you and your students to participate in the 2018 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest.
The contest is a special feature of the annual international Endangered Species Day. Started in 2006 by the United States Congress, Endangered Species Day (May 18, 2018) is a celebration of the nation’s wildlife and wild places. The Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest provides students from kindergarten to high school with an opportunity to learn about endangered species and express their knowledge and support through artwork. Young artists who are home schooled and members of youth groups are also eligible to submit their art.
The complete contest guidelines are featured below, but here are a few important highlights that must be followed so that your students’ entries are eligible:
* Contest entries will be submitted electronically, rather than mailed. That will enable your students to keep their original artwork. Please follow artwork submission directions (below) carefully.
*The contest is open to young artists (K-12) residing in the United States. Their artwork must depict threatened/endangered species within the U.S. (from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service list). In addition, artists can illustrate a previously listed species that is now considered recovered. (Please note: the contest guidelines include links to the appropriate lists of species.)
*Entries must be submitted by March 1, 2018.
*The contest’s grand prize winner will be honored at a reception in Washington, D.C. in May, 2018. He or she will also receive an award plaque, art supplies, and an art lesson from a professional artist. The winners of the four grade categories—K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12—will be recognized with an award plaque and art supplies.
The guidelines are also posted on the Endangered Species Day website (www.endangeredspeciesday.org)
Please let me know if you have any initial questions ([email protected]).
We look forward to your participation in the 2018 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest.
David Robinson
Education Director, Endangered Species Coalition
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2018 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest
The Endangered Species Coalition (ESC) is pleased to announce our 2018 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest, which is open to K-12 grade students, including those who are homeschooled or belong to a youth/art program. The contest is an integral part of the 13th annual Endangered Species Day on May 18, 2018. For more background on the contest, including an art lesson plan for teachers and other resources, please visitwww.endangeredspeciesday.org.
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To be eligible, students’ artwork must depict a land or ocean dwelling species that either lives in or migrates through the United States and its waters, or a plant/flower that is found in the United States, and has been placed on the threatened or endangered species list. You can choose a species from one of these four groups:
(Note: You can get additional information on individual species included in these lists by clicking on the species’ scientific name.) *
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Alternatively, students may depict a species that was previously on the endangered species list but is now considered recovered, which is on this list., or a species that is a candidate for threatened/endangered listing from this group:https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
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We strongly encourage participants to have their pieces tell a story of hope. An example of this could be a painting of an endangered marine species with people in the background cleaning up a beach.
Judges particularly appreciate artwork showing species in their habitats. Don’t forget about the plants that support all life!
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Students’ artwork must be original. Computer-generated images and traced images will not be judged. It is critical that submitted artwork not be overly derivative of images found on the Internet, in print media, or elsewhere.
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Media: We can accept artwork done in crayon, ink, acrylics, oil paint, pastels, water color, colored pencils, scratchboard, color marker, chalk, pastels, charcoal, or paper collage. We cannot accept artwork done using plain black pencil or weak colored pencil.
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No lettering, words, signatures or any other markings may appear on the front of the artwork. This includes labeling the depicted species, writing one’s name, or a signature. Lettering that is creatively incorporated into the art (such as a posted sign) is allowed. Submissions that include prohibited writing will not be judged.
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All artwork becomes the property of the Endangered Species Coalition.
Submitting Artwork
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Artwork should be submitted electronically at www.endangered.org/submit-
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Follow directions carefully and provide all information requested on the submission form.
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You must submit your artwork by March 1, 2018. Late entries will not be judged.
Judging
A prestigious panel of judges will select winners in four categories: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. The grand prize winner will be selected from the four grade-level winners. In choosing the grand prize winner, judges pay particular attention to the concept or story that the artwork tells. We encourage artists to pay attention to the theme, saving species.
The art will be judged on four primary artistic elements:
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Concept: How well does the work relate to the endangered species theme?
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Composition: How well do the elements of line and form work together?
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Color: How does color enhance the artwork?
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Expression: How imaginatively does the work convey an idea or emotion?
Prizes
Grand Prize: The grand prize-winner will receive a round-trip flight arranged by the Endangered Species Coalition to Washington, D.C. and accommodations chosen by the Endangered Species Coalition for himself/herself and one guardian to attend a rewards ceremony in May, 2018. All other expenses related to the trip are the responsibility of the winner’s guardian. The grand prize is not redeemable for cash. The grand prize-winner will also receive an an award plaque, an art lesson from a professional wildlife artist (in person or via Skype) and $50 worth of art supplies. In order to provide a competitive opportunity for as many youths as possible, the grand prize winner is not eligible to win again for three years.
Grade Category Winners: Each of the grade-level winners will receive a plaque and $25 worth of art supplies.
ESC will award certificates to second- and third-place finishers and contest semi-finalists (usually the top ten in each grade category). In addition, teachers, parents, and youth leaders can download and print a Certificate of Participation for all contest participantshere.
The Endangered Species Coalition will seek opportunities to exhibit the artwork of the contest semi-finalists.
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