Competitions & Contests
Creative Futures 2025
| Entry Dates | 2025-04-14T23:59:00+00:00 - 2025-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 16 Days Left |
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Description
CREATIVE FUTURES 2025
High School Art and Design Competition
The School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is pleased to announce Creative Futures 2025, our second statewide high school art competition. Each Illinois high school art teacher is invited to submit works by up to five current junior and senior students from their schools for consideration. Accepted entries will be featured in an online exhibition from May 5th, 2025 to May 4th, 2026.
Thanks to the generosity of Blick Art Materials (www.dickblick.com), we'll be awarding gift cards for First ($100), Second ($75), and Third ($50) place awards in each of the following categories:
2-D art- including media such as, but not limited to: drawing, painting, photography, and printmaking
3-D art- including media such as, but not limited to: ceramics, glass, metals, and sculpture
Design- including media such as, but not limited to: web/graphic design, industrial design, animation, and video
Entry Information
Jurors: Faculty from the School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
File media:
Still images- JPGs or PNGs, no more than 3600 pixels wide or high.
Video/animation- MP4s, MOVs, or AVIs, direct uploads of up to 25MB.
Eligibility: Junior or senior high school students, entered by their art instructors. Instructors must register using their school-affiliated email addresses. Artcall.org accounts created with private email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail will not be eligible. Student information including email addresses and/or phone numbers of accepted artists/designers will be requested.
Entry Fee: None. All costs associated with the competition and online exhibition will be covered by the School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University.
Exhibition Calendar
March 17th, 2025- Call opens.April 25th, 2025- Entry deadline at 11:59 pm (CST).May 2nd, 2025- Jurying results sent to teachers.May 5th, 2025- Online exhibit goes live/award winners announced.May 4th, 2026- Exhibition closes.
Image rights: The School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale reserves the right to utilize images of accepted works for the online exhibition as well as promotion of future competitions or other promotional purposes.
Awards generously sponsored by:
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