NDCA seeking new logo from N.D. artist

The North Dakota Council on the Arts received a grant from the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles and the National Endowment for the Arts.

With this grant the NDCA will conduct a series of activities focused on the continued development of careers in the arts for persons with disabilities. The activities are based on previous work in this realm, and rely on the collaboration among the NDCA, the North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation office, and the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities.

The primary focus of the grant project is to improve the employment condition of artists and arts administrators with disabilities in North Dakota through ongoing interactive education and communication. One of three goals is that North Dakota will have an interactive statewide website on careers in the arts for persons with disabilities.

This opportunity to create a logo is open to visual artists with disabilities (15 years and up) that reside in North Dakota. The purpose of the logo is to give graphic identity to the Art=Work website currently in production.

Logos submitted after Sept. 14 will not be reviewed.

There is a $100 award for the artist who wins this contest. By accepting the prize, the winner agrees that NDCA is assigned all rights, title and interest, including trademark and copyright in the logo. This means NDCA is granted exclusive reproduction rights for advertising, promotion, print publication, and Internet purposes, among other things. The winning logo will become the official logo for the Art=Work website. No additional monetary compensation will be granted once the award is processed.

The Art=Work logo must be clear and recognizable. The format should be in vector graphics (produced in Adobe Illustrator or a similar design software), using .AI, .PS or .SVG format. If you need to scan your artwork make sure to save it in a .PNG format, or a .PSD (Photoshop image). Please make sure to keep all files no larger than 5 MB. Each artist may only submit up to two original logos for the contest. The artwork will not be returned and will become the property of the NDCA.

All materials will be submitted via email to am

schmid@nd.gov. Include the following information in your email submission: Name of artist, age, mailing address, email address, phone number and signature. There is no application fee to apply. Only one grand prize winner will be selected. Judging decisions are final and may not be appealed.

The artwork must be original. It must not be taken from the Internet or any other source, and must not be a variation of any other artwork.

The NDCA reserves the right to select this artwork to be displayed on the home page of the NDCA and Art=Work website. The NDCA has the right to change an image size if the image does not fit properly. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules and grant the NDCA the right to publish, display, promote, broadcast and otherwise use their entries without further permission, notice, or compensation, or hereafter developed.

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