Artist of the Month Contest
Grab your paints, clay, pencils, camera—whatever medium you use—and turn up your creativity! We're looking for teen girls to publish in Teen Voices! Compete with teen artists around the world to become one of 12 Teen Voices Artist of the Month semi-finalists. Then go head-to-head for the title Teen Voices Artist of the Year!SCHOLARSHIP to a three-week summer art program in Boston? Want to collaborate with other teen artists at a professional art school?
The top prize is a full scholarship (tuition, room, and board) to the renowned SMFA's Pre-College Summer Art Studio—a $4,000 value!
What's in it for you?
- The chance to receive instruction and college credit at the SMFA's Pre-College Summer Studio. Students come from all over the world to immerse themselves in an interdisciplinary approach to artmaking. Upon completion, you will receive three college credits!
- $250 worth of art supplies from Blick Art Materials-Boston if you win.
- Group exhibition opportunities—viewing of your work through multiple venues.
- An audience of more than 1,600 Facebook fans.
- Feedback on your work from our panel of judges and Teen Voices voters.
- Publication—your artwork could be published in our online and/or print magazine, with exposure to 102,000 annual web visitors and 45,000 print readers!
- Motivation to explore new media, improve your skills, and develop a portfolio of work that could help you get into the school of your choice.
- Inspiration from peers and their work.
- Prizes!
Each Artist of the Month winner will be awarded:
- Teen Voices Artist of the Month T-shirt
- One-year membership to Teen Voices (includes two issues of the print magazine, monthly e-communications, and more!)
- Publication in our online magazine
- Exhibition opportunity at Blick Art Materials in Boston
The final Artist of the Year will be awarded:
- Full scholarship to SMFA's three-week Pre-College Summer Studio in 2013
- Consultation with professional artists working in a variety of media
- $250 gift certificate to Blick Art Materials-Boston
- Participation in a group exhibition at SMFA
- Publication in our print magazine
- Use of your artwork as the catalyst for a Teen Voices writing contest.
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Is there a specific theme? Or do you create your own?
There's a different theme each month for the Artist of the Month contest. The first theme, for art due by Jan. 31, is girls in schools.
What is the Theme for Jan 2012?
Girls in Schools. We hope you submit!
Are we allowed to know what each theme is for each month beforehand? (For example, knowing all 12 themes in this month time, January) Or can we only know when it is currently that month?
Also, in order to qualify, are you required to send at least one work of art per month or can you skip some months and not send anything but still be eligible for Artist of the Month or Year since you still sent work during other months (For example, not sending anything in January but submitting pieces in March and June)? Thanks
We hope to post the themes for all 12 months within the next week or so...We are still finalizing them. We will let you know as soon as we know!
You may submit as often as you want. You definitely do not need to submit something every month to be eligible to be Artist of the Year. Our facebook readership will vote among the 12 semi-finalists next Jan (2013) and the artist with the most votes will win Artist of the Year. So the more artwork you submit each month between now and then, the more likely your artwork will be selected as Artist of the Month, the stepping stone to being Artist of the Year...
where should we submit work concerning this contest please?
oh and please,if we submit our work(any work other than this contest) how do we know if it's gonna be published or not?thanks
To submit artwork for the contest, go to our home page, and on the right under "recent stories" click on "Enter Our Artist of the Month Contest"
then click the button at the top where it says "Want to enter the contest? Submit your art here!"
or go directly to this page by going to:
http://www.teenvoices.com/2012/01/03/submit-your-art/
For more info on the January theme and the guidelines, go to: http://www.teenvoices.com/2011/12/16/january-artist-of-the-month-contest/
Hi-
When you submit artwork or written work, we review it and if it is going to be published, either online or in the print magazine, we will notify you.
Do you know what the 12 themes of the contest are? Also, what is this month's theme? If you could let me know that would be great!
The theme for February is love. To see the list of all the themes, go to:
http://www.teenvoices.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Art-Contest-Theme-download.pdf
Good luck! We can't wait to see your entry!
hey,plz how do you choose Artist of the year?Based on what?
Thanks
PLease according to what do you choose artist of the year ?
Thanks
What is the cut off date each month?
The 12 Artists of the Month will be semi-finalists for the Artist of the Year. Next January (2013), our Facebook followers will vote among these 12 artists/pieces of art to determine the winner.
The cut off date each month is midnight on the last day of the month.
Does the entry have to be visual art, or can it be a piece of writing?(:
For the Artist of the Month contest, your art needs to be visual art (or a photo of it, if it's something like a sculpture). If you have a piece of writing you'd like to share, we'd love to see it! Just submit it through our home page where the photo of the pencils is and it says "get published" (in the grey horizontal bar). Thanks
Hi I was curious as to what is the currant theme? also, when is the deadline for each month?
the publishing policay says "Submission of any Work for publication in Teen Voices shall confer upon Teen Voices a royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferrable license to reproduce, display and publish your Work, and to authorize others to reproduce, display and publish your Work, in any manner, medium or form."
Does this mean you'll actually lose the rights to the work you posted and 'give" it to Teen Voice. If not, does it still allow Teen Voice to, for instance, make prints out of it and sell them (so for commercial use). I'd really like to know this before I post my work up here
Quynh-
I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that by signing the agreement, you give Teen Voices the right to use your work, and to let us grant permission for other, appropriate organizations to republish the work. We don't have to pay you for using your work (i.e. it's a royalty free agreement). You can send your work elsewhere for publication, even if we publish it (i.e. our use of it is not exclusive). As a matter of practice, as a nonprofit, we do not create prints of girls' art and sell them. But you give Teen Voices the right to reprint, display, and publish your work, and to grant these rights to other parties that we work with.
Re: the art contest specifically, you may want to be reminded that we are planning to have an art exhibit at Blick Art Supply, Boston, in 2013, showcasing all of the work of the 12 Artist of the Month winners, so we do plan to display some of the work. I don't expect that we will charge money to see the work, but since that's not my decision, I can't say for sure.
Elsewhere in the consent form, it says that Teen Voices reserves the right to edit your submitted Work prior to publication, which means we can tweak it. With written publications, that usually means changing the wording slightly. With art, that might mean, for example, adapting the size or shape slightly to fit a preexisting frame.
I hope this response sheds some light on your overarching questions, but again, since I'm not a lawyer, you may want to seek professional legal counsel if you have more specific questions.
Best,
Katie Wheeler, Editor
Whats the theme for June, July and August?
June=dreams; July=nature; Aug=global connections
You can read more at:http://www.teenvoices.com/2012/01/15/enter-our-artist-of-the-month-contest/
(just click on "Theme of the Month"). We hope you submit and look forward to seeing your artwork!
Does this include expenses such as airline flights?
So I already submitted my art, although I forgot to put an indication that it's for July. What should I do?
No, sorry, this does not include air fare. But it does include room and board...
Hi-Please email me: katie@teenvoices.com and we will be sure that we file and submit your work in the month you want. Thanks.
Does she get food? lol seriously though^^ If it's alright, could we get a list of what all we might have to pay for? And do we actually have to travel alone(you know, for the fearful ones?)?
You would receive full funding for the tuition, room, and board for the summer course that the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. You would be responsible for traveling to and from Boston and other incidentals. I will need to check in with the SMFA to get more details about what else you might need to pay for. I will email my contact and get back to you.
Hi-Here is the clarification from the vice president of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, which is donating the full scholarship to us:
The AOM winner will receive a full scholarship to the 3-week Pre College Summer Studio. This includes tuition, all meals, housing, and activities. The student is responsible for travel expenses to and from Boston and any spending money she/he may want to have while here.
He noted that they rarely give out full scholarships to this program, so we are very lucky.
When do we find out if we won?
On August 15, we will post the results on FB. THanks.
When is the deadline for the august art contest?
-with thanks maryam
The August art contest was over as of 8-31-12 at midnight.
Hey I know the theme is Girls in school but it involves having to draw a group of girls in uniform anywhere in school right
Sorry, but the Artist of the Month contest is no longer accepting submissions since Teen Voices has suspended operations...
hey,just want what the theme for the October month is???????/ please help
Sorry, but because Teen Voices has closed down operations, the Artist of the Month contest has also ended.