Summer Reading Youth Art Contest

This year’s theme is Adventure Begins At Your Library. Have you gone on an adventure that you found at your library? Maybe it was a book about knights and shining armor. Or a movie about buried treasure. Create a piece of art that represents an adventure that you found through the library. No matter what your adventure is, it will be fabulous.

Who:   Anyone in grades 6-12.

How:   Email entry to cathy@mattoonlibrary.org or you can drop them off at the main desk.                                                 Call 217-234-1720 for alternate arrangements.

When: Entries must be received by July 3 as a jpeg digital file or the original can be dropped off at the                            main desk. (Original will be returned at the end of the contest)

Rules:

• Artwork must be original; no tracing or copycat ideas from other artwork.
• Entries must be no larger than 8.5” x 11”.
• You can use ink, pencil: graphite or colored, charcoal, chalk, crayon, marker.
• Entries need to include a brief description of image, medium, (ink, chalk, pencil) and why it was chosen.
• Entries must include artist’s first and last name, age, phone, contact email.

Prizes:

Winner:

XPPen Deco 01 V2 Drawing Tablet 10×6.25 Inch Graphics Tablet Digital Drawing Tablet for Chromebook with Battery-Free Stylus and 8 Shortcut Keys (8192 Levels Pressure)

Runner Up:

Prismacolor 92885T Premier Colored Pencils, Soft Core, 36 Pack

and

9 x 12 inches Sketch Book, Top Spiral Bound Sketch Pad, 1 Pack 100-Sheets (68lb/100gsm), Acid Free Art Sketchbook Artistic Drawing Painting Writing Paper for Kids Adults Beginners Artists

and

Prismacolor Premier Pencil Sharpener