Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities

CEAH Student Poster Design Competition

The Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH) invites submissions to a poster design competition. The competition is open to all ISU undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in the 07-08 academic year. The winning poster design will advertise the upcoming 08-09 CEAH annual programming series, Sustaining the Earth in print media locally, statewide, and nationally on the Center's website. The competition winner will receive an award of $300 for the design.

The CEAH Steering Committee will announce the winning poster design in early April 2008. The winning designer will then work with the Center staff to bring the poster design, with any revisions or modifications, to completion by the end of the spring semester.

Deadline: March 24, 2008

• Theme
• Design Criteria
• Submission Guidelines
• Judging Criteria
• Award and Agreements

 

Theme

The 08-09 CEAH programming series is titled, Sustaining the Earth. The poster design must reflect the content of the programming series which examines issues of sustainability. Details on the programming series can be attained at the CEAH office.

 

Design Criteria:

1. The finished CEAH posters are 18X24 in size, portrait layout, and with full-color, full-bleed printing.

2. Any artwork on the poster must be original in design. Original photography will be accepted.

3. Poster designs containing clip art will not be considered by the judges.

4. CEAH posters must incorporate the CEAH visual identity border (files will be provided by the CEAH to registered entrants).

5. Poster designs must follow ISU University Marketing rules on ISU nameplate usage and approved color palettes
(see University Marketing guide)

6. The poster must contain the following text elements (provided by CEAH to registered entrants by the CEAH office):


• visual identity border for CEAH
• programming title
• date 2008-2009
• descriptive paragraph about the programming series
• list of events including dates, times, locations, event titles, and invited speakers and/or participants and their academic affiliations
• list of co-sponsors
• ISU's statement on non-discrimination

 

Submission Guidelines and Rules:

1. The poster competition is open to all ISU undergraduate and graduate students enrolled for the academic year 2007-2008.

2. Students may submit only one design.

3. All interested students should contact the Center to receive the required text files (see design guidelines).

4. Designs should be submitted digitally (save as jpeg file, should be 300 dpi).

5. Design submissions must be received in the CEAH office by 4pm Monday March 24, 2008 to be considered.

6. An email cover letter including the student's name, home department, major, year of study (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate status), mailing address, email address, and phone number must be included with each submission.

7. A resume must be included.

8. Please send submission files to:
Sandra Norvell
snorvell@iastate.edu
Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
171 Carver Hall (first floor)
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-2060

9. Submissions will not be returned.




Judging Criteria:

The winning poster design will be rated by a panel of three judges appointed by the CEAH Director. Designs will be ranked from 1 to 5 with 5 as the top score. The design receiving the most points wins.

The winning poster design will effectively communicate the CEAH programming series title and theme from a distance and draw the viewer in for a closer look. The winning poster will also promote easy readability of the series' descriptive paragraph and list of events.


 

Award and Agreements:

The design contest winner will receive $300 for the design. The award money will be paid upon completion of the poster design before the end of spring semester 2008.

The winning poster design submission and subsequent final poster design becomes the property of the ISU Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities and will be used in any way the Center deems appropriate. The student designer will be given credit in all uses. The student designer may continue to use their winning image as part of their CV and professional portfolio materials.