Deadline for Entries is Friday, April 12; Awards Ceremony is Saturday, April 20
Naperville’s Sister Cities Commission is encouraging young artists to submit their artwork into the 2013 Young Artists Showcase competition. Entries are due by Friday, April 12, with an awards ceremony planned for 9AM to noon on Saturday, April 20 in the lobby at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St.
This year’s contest theme is “The Power of Exchange.” Entrants are asked to use artwork to express how exchanges of people and ideas facilitate community development and educational opportunities and illustrate the long-term impact that those types of exchanges have had on themselves or their community and changed them for the better.
“The Young Artists Showcase competition gives Naperville students an opportunity to display their artistic talents,” said Rich Mikolajczyk, former Co-Chair of the Sister Cities Commission. “It also provides students with increased exposure of their emerging talents and techniques. In 2012, Neuqua Valley High School student Morgan Demski’s artwork was a ‘top 10’ finalist in the international competition and gained national and international exposure. I hope other students see this showcase as a way to display their artwork and choose to enter.”
The Young Artists Showcase is open to Naperville residents as well as Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204 students between 13 and 18 years of age by April 30, 2013. The deadline for entries is Friday, April 12, 2013, at 4PM. All completed artwork and entry paperwork should be brought to the Mayor’s Office at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., by the deadline.
For more information, visit www.naperville.il.us/sccyashowcase.aspx. One finalist and four semi-finalists will receive awards at the April 20 awards ceremony, with the finalist having his or her artwork submitted to Sister Cities International for national, and potentially international, recognition. In past years, more than 100 Naperville residents have attended the awards ceremony.
