$20,000 in awards and art materials up for grabs in art contest

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Are you a visual artist? The York University Student Centre is hosting a mural art competition open to all York students worth $20,000 in awards and art materials.

The deadline to submit mural proposals, not the actual piece, is Jan. 29.

Twenty completed works of art will hang in the Student Centre’s food court mezzanine, meeting rooms and in the east and west student lounges on the Keele campus.

There are 11 awards of $500 up for grabs based on a nine-member jury’s choice for special merit. In addition, the Student Centre will cover the cost of art materials up to $1,000, with $300 in advance.

Suggested themes for the site-specific mural art commissions include student life, diversity, activism, social rights and reclaiming the commons. The jury will be comprised of visual arts faculty members, visual arts undergrad and grad students and representatives of the Student Centre.

Paintings, photo ink-jet prints on canvas, digital prints and mixed media are all welcome. The work will be displayed for two years.

The judging will take place Tuesday, Feb. 5 and the winners will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The winners will have until Tuesday, May 7 to complete the pieces with Tuesday, May 28 slated as the day the work will be installed in the Student Centre.

For a submission application and more information, click here or visit the York University Student Centre office in Room 335 to pick up a contest entry form. Click here to view work by previous mural winners.