INSTRUCTIONS FOR LUNA KAUFMAN ART CONTEST

Eligibility:  Participation in this art contest is open to students in grades 5 – College.
Theme:   Any original artwork interpreting aspects of Holocaust, genocide or human rights studies.
Date:  Works must be submitted by March 25, 2010.  A juried exhibit of participants' work will be displayed during the week of the colloquium, May 5-12, 2010.
Categories:  Student may submit work in any of the following media:

• PAINTINGS: oil, acrylics, watercolors, temperas, casein
• DRAWINGS: pencil, pen and ink and wash, craypas, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal   or pastels (These must be fixed or covered with acetate)
• PRINTS: linoleum cuts, woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, serigraphs, monotypes, or collotypes
• MIXED MEDIA AND COLLAGE SCULPTURES: wood, metal, plaster, fired ceramic, clay, plastic, stone

Size: Two-dimensional work may not be larger than 36 inches including the matte for frame.  All work must be simply framed or matted ready for hanging.Three-dimensional work may not be larger than 36 inches in any one direction and may not exceed 50 pounds in weight.  

Delivery of Work:  Fully completed applications and a release form (see attached) must accompany each entry. We must have a reliable email address and telephone number on each entry. All work must be delivered to the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center (HGHREC) at Brookdale Community College by March 25, 2010.  Please call to arrange delivery time.

Pick-up of  Work: HGHREC is happy to receive your work as a donation to its permanent art collection. If you are not donating the work, arrangements must be made to pick the work by May 21, 2010.  

Prizes:  Artwork will be judged according to grade level groups:
            Group I: Grades 5 and 6    Group III: Grades 9 and 10    Group V: College
            Group II: Grades 7 and 8    Group IV: Grades 11 and 12
Awards of $50 United States Savings Bonds will be awarded in each art category. Following notification of winning status, students must provide their Social Security number to obtain the award of a US Savings Bond. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation in the contest.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: For students interested in the Art Contest, HGHREC offers Art Workshops both on the Brookdale Community College Campus and at your school.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, please contact HGHREC and ask for:

Nancy Sherman, Assistant to the Director
732 224-1889