Southern Illinois College Carbondale’s School of Art and Design is once more presenting a statewide on-line artwork competitors to rejoice the immense expertise and creativity of Illinois highschool juniors and seniors.
The second Creative Futures artwork competitors is open to college students in three artwork media classes — 2D, 3D, and digital artwork and design. Illinois highschool artwork and design lecturers are invited to submit works by not more than 5 present juniors or seniors from their faculties.
The submission deadline is April 25. The award winners might be introduced on Could 5; the web exhibition will begin Could 5 and shut on Could 4, 2026. There isn’t a entry price.
Three distinct media classes
The classes are 2D artwork (portray, drawing, printmaking and pictures), 3D artwork (ceramics, glass, metals and sculpture), and design and digital artwork (net/graphic design, industrial design, animation and video).
SIU school from every of these three areas will resolve the entries to be accepted for exhibition. Lots of the school have juried exhibits on a nationwide and worldwide degree.
Optimistic for continued progress
The inaugural competition drew 99 entries from 27 excessive faculties all through Illinois. Travis Janssen, an assistant director and affiliate professor within the Faculty of Artwork and Design, anticipates the variety of entries will develop.
“As with something that grows, the second iteration of this annual competitors will undoubtedly be bigger than the primary,” he stated. “I’m optimistic that the variety of entries will double, if not triple.”
Antonio Martinez, affiliate professor of pictures/intermedia arts and the Faculty of Artwork and Design’s head of undergraduate research, stated he anticipates extra highschool artwork lecturers will encourage their college students to take part, “particularly these within the Southern Illinois area, which is especially because of the great artwork occasions promoted and coordinated by our Artwork and Design training school and college students.”
Martinez stated he additionally hopes to see extra sculpture, pictures and digital illustrations this 12 months.
Prizes awarded
The highest three college students in every of the classes will obtain reward playing cards of $100, $75 and $50 respectively from Blick Art Materials.
“The Faculty of Artwork and Design is grateful to Blick Artwork Supplies for his or her sponsorship of this 12 months’s awards,” Janssen stated, noting that the Galesburg, Illinois-based firm started in 1911.
“Blick has been an artist’s useful resource throughout the U.S. for a very long time. We’re fortunate that they’re in our state and that they’re supportive of endeavors just like the Artistic Futures competitors,” he stated.
Janssen added that the competitors additionally serves as an entryway for college students who’re desirous about pursuing their creative abilities in school.
“SIU’s Faculty of Artwork and Design has a really numerous vary of media and program choices,” he stated. “This competitors not solely encourages younger artists to proceed their creative pursuits – I hope that they are going to think about SIU as an choice to foster their artistic futures.”
Extra data on the competitors is out there on the Creative Futures website, calling the Faculty of Artwork and Design at 618-453-4315, or by e-mail at creativefutures@siu.edu.
