Environmental Art Contest: Recycle, Reuse, Reinvent

Use your creative and artistic skills to turn trash
Soda cans. Plastic bottles. Old newspapers…
…into treasure

Papier-mâché. Sculptures. Mosaics…

For ages 8-17

Submit entries to West Windsor Library: August 25 - September 13

Entries will be judged by the West Windsor Arts Council on creativity, usability, and recycled content
Prizes will be awarded at the GroWW Environmental Education Fair on September 20

Rules:

  • Submissions must be recycled art.
  • At least 75% of the piece must come from materials which would otherwise be trash – old bottles, used shoelaces, newspapers, cardboard, old clothes, magazines, egg cartons, CDs, cans, etc.
  • Maximum dimensions: 12 in x 12 in x 24 in (height)
  • Quilts may be acceptable in larger sizes, if they can be folded.
  • Entries must include a description of the object, the materials and processes used, and the purpose of the object, if any.
  • Entries must be submitted to West Windsor Library between August 25 and September 13, during library hours.
  • All entries must be picked up from West Windsor Library between Sunday, September 21 and Tuesday, September 23.

Prizes:

  • Entries will be judged on incorporation of recycled materials, creativity, and usability.
  • Entries will be judged by the West Windsor Arts Council.
  • The top five entries in each group will be displayed at the GroWW Environmental Education fair, September 20.
  • Two prizes will be awarded in each of the following age groups:
    8 – 10 years, 11 – 13 years, and 14 – 17 years
  • Prizes will be awarded at the GroWW Environmental Fair.
 

Name(s) _________________________________________________________   Phone ________________

Age Group (circle one)    8-10                         11-13                         14-17

Title of Work ___________________________________________________________________________________

Description ____________________________________________________________________________________

 

West Windsor Branch Library
333 N. Post Rd.
Princeton Junction, NJ 
Call (609) 799-0462 to Register

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