D/HH ART CONTEST!!!

MN ANNUAL DEAF & HARD-OF-HEARING YOUTH ART CONTEST

This year’s theme: Senses. What is a sense? How do you use your senses? 

Express yourself through drawing, painting, photography, writing or sculpture. Get creative, and show your pride in being deaf or hard-of-hearing. 

SUBMITTING ARTWORK:

• Artwork will be created using this year’s theme: “Senses. What is a sense? How do you use your senses”?
• Original artwork must be dropped off or mailed so that it arrives by Oct 25th 2014. 

SEND YOUR ART WORK TO:

Liza Sylvestre

D/HH ART CONTEST

901 18 1/2 AVE NE

#301

Minneapolis, MN 55418

* Please make sure to either include your entry form with your artwork when you ship it OR include your name somewhere inside or on the package so that we can identify your artwork.
* Entry forms can be downloaded HERE

• Entry forms must be emailed or mailed with the artwork (click HERE to download the entry form). You can email your entry form to lizasylvestre@gmail.com.
• If you would like to drop artwork off in person please email lizasylvestre@gmail.com to set up a time to do so.

ABOUT THE CONTEST:

* If you are a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual between the ages of 1-21and you live in Minnesota you are eligible to participate. 

• Selected artwork will be shown in an exhibition at ArtSpace Jackson Flats in the Arts District of Northeast Minneapolis.
• The show’s opening night will be on November 7th 2014 at 5:00 pm. We will have a night of celebrating youth pride in being deaf or hard-of-hearing with different activities, food, and fun!
• Artwork not selected for the exhibition will be returned to the applicant.
• Applicants will be notified if their work has been selected by Nov. 1st 2014. 
• ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 25th 2015.
• DOWNLOAD YOUR ENTRY FORM HERE.

ABOUT US:

We (Angela, Canae and Liza) received a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant which is allowing us to teach art classes at Four Seasons A+ Elementary in St. Paul. Four Seasons is a public Arts Magnet School with a Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Program. Our lesson plans encourage our students to think about how art can be used as a vocabulary and as a way of communicating that transcends speech and hearing. The three of us come from different artistic backgrounds and different hearing abilities/inabilities, we believe that art can be used to bridge the gaps presented by communication barriers. 

Our connection to MN Hands and Voices began while we were writing our grant. Candace Lindow-Davies and Carina Figueroa have been steadfast in their support of our project and this year they asked for our help in running their annual art contest! So here we are, it’s going to be a lot of fun!!!