[Archived] Alexandria Commission for the Arts Announces New Design Competition

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2004
PIO 161-04

Alexandria Commission for the Arts Announces New Design Competition

The Alexandria Commission for the Arts has issued a call for artists to create a design emblematic of the second annual Alexandria Festival of the Arts to be held Sept. 11 and 12. Shirts and posters emblazoned with the winning design will be sold at the Festival with proceeds to benefit the Alexandria Commission for the Arts.

Commission and Festival Committee Chair Leon Scioscia said that although the competition would not be limited to Alexandria artists “the Commission and the Festival Committee hope to see an enthusiastic response from our very talented, extensive and diverse local artistic community.”

Compensation to the winning artist will be $500 and entries must be received by July 12. Entries may be submitted by mail to the Commission’s offices or by e-mail to AlexandriaCommissisonfortheArts@verizon.net. The image should be presented in 8 1/2 x 11” format. Concept statements and examples of multiple image applications are encouraged. Individuals may submit up to three unique designs. Name and contact information should be attached to every entry.

Entries will be judged on quality and sophistication of expression, conceptual development, typography (if and where applicable) and flexibility of application. The Alexandria Commission for the Arts reserves the right to alter or excerpt all entries, and the design may be reproduced for multiple uses. For more information, call Patti North-Rudin, 703.549.5250.

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