This year’s EARTH DAY event will include an indoor and outdoor exhibition of environmentally related student and faculty artwork. An installation of three-dimensional student artwork will be exhibited in the outdoor central courtyard, John L. George Garden of Meier Hall, from April 11 through April 21. Selected two-dimensional works will be displayed during the Earth Day Program on April 21 at the Central Campus Commons below the library.
We would like to invite the entire SSU community to participate in this celebration by submitting a visual response to an environmental issue for the art exhibition and competition. Any two-dimensional media is eligible, including drawing, painting, collage, photography, printmaking and graphic design.
Art department and science department faculty will jury submitted artwork. Awards in prize money will be announced, including some which will be awarded to art that responds to this year’s theme. Artwork submitted should be professionally presented with a brief statement of intent and registration form. Registration forms can be picked up from Barbara Millea in the Art department office in Meier Hall, Room #309. Deadline for the submission of artworks is Friday, MARCH 30, 2012.
See photos of last year's winning art entries!
Contact Professor Ken Reker (x7202 or kreker@salemstate.edu) in the Art Department for submission guidelines and inquiries. Prof. Reker is a member of the Earth Day Planning Committee and is coordinator of this Environmental Art Competition and Exhibit. Faculty please announce this opportunity to your classes.
Cash prizes will be awarded to winning art and posters.
During the celebration posters will be on display in Veterans Hall, Ellison Campus Center, on Monday, April 9, from 11:00 am until 12:15 pm, for students, faculty, staff and members of the local community to review. Students who design a poster must stand by their poster during this time period for judging. Winning posters will be on display during the Earth Day Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2012.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in acting as a poster judge, please contact Professor Marcos Luna, Earth Day Poster Event Coordinator (978-542-6487 or mluna@salemstate.edu) as soon as possible for information about the competition itself.
- Posters must be primarily the work of students and not faculty; please no faculty co-authors
- Poster size is limited to a maximum of 3’ x 4’ and must be mounted on free-standing, tri-fold poster board
- Students may not re-enter posters that have been used in previous Earth Day poster competitions, unless there has been significant or substantial addition or revision
Questions about Earth Days 2012 should be directed to the Earth Day Planning Committee, chaired by John Hayes, Geography. Please contact Professor John Hayes at jhayes@salemstate.edu or at 978-542-6922 for further info about Earth Days at SSU.
