Earth Matter - Okanagan College Art Competition

Earth Matters competition

Okanagan College is sponsoring an environmentally-focused art competition, and will accept entries in two categories.

Official contest rules and regulations can be downloaded here: RULES and REGULATIONS

All entrants must live in the Okanagan College catchment area (Revelstoke to Salmon Arm and south to Osoyoos). The first category is for secondary school students in Grades 10, 11 and 12, while the second is an open competition for adults age 18 and older.

Entries must be made in one of four theme areas:

• biodiversity
• water resources
• waste
• climate change

Original art work must be two-dimensional, and it (or a photograph of it) must be submitted digitally. (See below). Maximum size is 20" by 30" (approximately 51 centimetres by 76 centimetres). Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. March 20, 2015. Winning entrants will be notified by March 25, and original works (if they aren't digital to begin with) must be delivered to an Okanagan College campus by April 1, 2015, in anticipation of an awards ceremony to be held April 9.

Winners in each of the four theme areas in the high school category will receive a $500 tuition credit from Okanagan College. Winners in the four theme areas from the open competition will receive a one-day workshop with nature artist Terry Isaac at his Penticton studio.

Entry submissions will be judged based on the digital submissions. Submission filenames should be the title of the artist's work, and not include the artist's name. All entries must be accompanied by an artist's statement (see below).

For further information, contact Professor Kathleen Jagger, of Okanagan College's Geography, Earth and Environmental Science department

Click here for the application form