4th Biannual pARTicipate Poster Competition
Call for Entries
Theme: Homelessness
Submission deadline: noon, Mon, Mar 21.
Eligibility: Open to all current students at UFV
Organizers: The UFV Visual Arts, and Graphic + Digital Design departments
Background: The pARTicipate Poster Competition has been running biannually since 2009 with its aim to foster visual/design and promote social awareness and activism. This year’s theme of homelessness provides the opportunity to think critically and with empathy while considering various causes and consequences of not having a home.
Objective: To bring awareness to shelter and poverty crisis as well as to emphasize an urgent need for affordable housing. For information on the state of homelessness in Canada, see: http://homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/SOHC2014.pdf
Design objectives:
- Convey a strong message instantly
- It must be easily read from a distance-concept, image and/or words
- Concise idea
- Effective contrast, spatial depth and scale
- Clear typographic application that emphasizes the message
- Design is relevant, appropriate and engages the target audience
Target audience: The UFV community and the general public
Submissions:
- Any mediums may be used
- Poster design must be submitted in both print and digital formats
- Print: 16″ x 22″/56 cm x 44 cm in portrait or landscape format-flush trim, full size
- Digital: PDF
- Include a written rationale with your submission (100 words in a word document)
- Be sure to include your name, student number, and contact information on the back of the poster and your email submission
- All print and digital entries must reach the Visual Arts Office, UFV, Abbotsford C 1402h
- Email digital PDF and written rational to Vicki.Bolan@ufv.ca
Deadline: Noon, Mon, March 21, 2016,
Judging Criteria:
- Originality: Innovation and effectiveness
- Composition and Visual Hierarchy: Typography, image, colour and layout
- Final Solution: Impactful and creates awareness
Results: The winners will be announced via email on April 12, 2016, and awarded with a variety of prizes. Selected posters will be exhibited at UFV.
For more information contact:
Vicki Bolan: Vicki.Bolan@ufv.ca, 604-854-4543, Office C1402h
03/21/2016