Maui County Youth Artists Invited to Participate in International Art Showcase
The deadline to enter the, Maui County Sister Cities Foundation, 2010 Young Artists Showcase, entitled “Your World” is March 12, 2010.
One Maui artist will be selected to have their work entered in the Sister Cities International Young Artists Showcase in Washington D.C. If chosen as a finalist there, the art will go on to be displayed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The winning Maui artist will receive $300 from the Maui County Sister Cities Foundation.
Each participating student artist must be between 13 - 18 years of age as of April 30, 2010. All entries must be the original design and artwork of the entrant. Only two-dimensional artwork, no larger than 24” x 30” (including matting) will be accepted. Watercolor, oils, pastels, pen and ink, charcoal, photography, two-dimensional mixed media, and computer-generated art are all acceptable media.
Each entry must be sent with a completed official entry form, which are available online at www.mauicountysistercities.org., through local schools and at the Maui County Business Resource Center at the Maui Mall across from IHOP Restaurant. Entries must be mailed or hand-delivered by March 12, 2010 to the Maui County Business Resource Center. Entries received after 4 p.m. on March 12 will not be judged.
All Maui entries will be displayed at Maui Community College during Art and Culture Day on Sunday, April 11, 2010. The winner will be announced at the event, which is sponsored by the Maui County Commission on Culture and the Arts, Arts Education for Children, the County of Maui Office of Economic Development and the Department of Parks and Recreation, MOA Hawaii, Maui Pineapple Company, Maui County Sister Cities Foundation and the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
The 10 winning entries from last year’s 2009 Sister Cities International Young Artists Showcase will be displayed at the Maui County Business Resource Center during the month of April, which is just one stop on its tour across the United States.
For more information, call the Maui County Business Resource Center (MCBRC) at 873-8247. The MCBRC is administered by the County of Maui through the Office of Economic Development.
