Artivism Competition
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 3:00pm
Artivism: use your art to create positive change!
Hello KSJ!
If you are 10 or over you might like to enter this art competition called Artivism - Its about using art to raise awareness of the UN's sustainable development goals, specifically for this competition, one of the following:
- Climate Action
- Migration
- Responsible Consumption
There are cash prizes and each entrant must write about their work and show how it has been used to raise awareness. In these lock down time you will have to think about how you might do this, could it be posted on the school website? Could a parent or carer put it on Twitter and social media? Perhaps you could send it to your local newspaper? Display it in your window?
You can use the powerpoints attached to find out more information and maybe get some inspiration plus there is a little bit more inforation below from the organisers.
Check with parents/carers that you are able to enter, you can forward your entries and descriptions to me and I will send them off. If you want to you can get in touch for information about the competition/any help/advise you might want during the process , my email is heald@kingsleystjohns.co.uk
Good luck!
Mrs Heald
Artivism: use your art to create positive change!
Thank you for your interest in our competition, on the themes of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
First prize will be £300 and runners up will receive £100
By submitting artwork, each entrant agrees the Leeds DEC (and third parties authorised by Leeds DEC) may make their work available in their publications, websites and social media, whether now known or created in the future. The entrant grants Leeds DEC (and third parties authorised by Leeds DEC) a non- exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, store, re-format the submission for such purposes.
The entrant will be identified by their name, age and school. They will not use copyrighted material and will be responsible for any copyright issues.
Entries can be in any medium. A photo of the artwork needs to be accompanied by:
1. A brief description about the artwork from the pupil (no more than 400 words, sentence starters included)
2. A paragraph about how the artwork has been used to raise awareness about the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) ( eg by featuring it in your local newspaper/ school website/ newsletter/ parents evening) (no more than 200 words)
Entries will be judged on:
1. Artistic merit
2. How successful you have been at raising awareness about the issue.
Helpful sentence starters for description about the artwork (max 400 words)
In my picture, you can see …
What I like best about my work is …
If you look carefully at the work, you will see …
I think the Global Goals are important because…
I like the theme I have been working on because …
My main ideas are …
My inspiration came from …
While I was making this, I thought a lot about … and I would like to say …
The title I chose is … because …
The deepest thing about my work is …
I’ve been investigating …
This picture is all about …
Doing this work has made me think …
I’ve tried to show my thoughts/ideas/vision/feelings by …