OPEN CALL TO K-12 ARTISTS:
Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50
Students grades K-12 are invited to participate in a new, collaborative Call for Art honoring 2023 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act
Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50
We’re seeking creative works created by groups of two or more K-12 youth on the theme of celebrating the successes and value of the Endangered Species Act. Submitted artworks will become part of a virtual, multi media gallery launching on Endangered Species Day, May 19th 2023 as an integral component of Endangered Species Act at 50 celebrations.
For this project, here is how we’re defining collaboration:
Collaboration is an act of cooperation, an effort to work toward shared understanding and the satisfaction of realizing projects together. By working collaboratively, we are united with others seeking to show our collective care for the well-being of our native wildlife and plants, in unity with our human communities. Collaboration thrives with the knowledge that by working together we can build new structures that embrace multiple perspectives and tap into collective wisdom.
The structure of your collaboration can look many different ways.
Here are some possibilities:
-Pairing students from different grades, for example 2nd and 5th grades, 8th and 12th grades, etc. to create collaborative artworks.
-Students can collaborate with other youth such as siblings and friends outside of the classroom to create art works.
-One student can create an image of the habitat where the species lives and a second student can create an image of the species living in the habitat, emphasizing one or more ESA listed species.
-Students partner to research Environmental Justice issues related to recovering imperiled wildlife and collaborate to visually show the story of local community projects benefiting wildlife and plants.
Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50 will be a virtual, online exhibition open to all 2D and 3D collaborative media.
Here are examples of collaborative media you can submit:
-Collage in 2D or low relief media
-Murals created by groups with chalk, paint, or other materials
-Land based artworks incorporating
-Found object 2D and 3D works
-Collaborative digital artworks
-Books, zines or comics
-Additive sculptural works created by a whole class
-Additive paintings or drawings with contributions from multiple artists
-Ecosystem drawing (or other 2D or 3D Media) where multiple students collaborate to depict an ecosystem and the species living there.
-Participants must be K-12th grade students, residing in the United States or United States Territories
-Artworks must be collaboratively created by two or more K-12th grade youth artists
-Submitted images will be reviewed for adherence to Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50 themes; all eligible works aligned with Call to Artist themes will be included in the curated, virtual gallery celebrating the Endangered Species Act at 50. The purpose of the gallery is to serve as an inclusive, collaborative, and celebratory, visionary space honoring the Endangered Species Act at 50.
-Endangered Species Coalition reserves the right to exclude artworks that are not aligned with Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants themes or works that are in any way inappropriate or discriminatory.
-Please submit high quality images of artwork(scan or photograph) including the artwork only. Avoid including distracting backgrounds which detract from artwork (i.e. a hand holding the art, the room behind the artwork, the frame/mat around the work, etc.) Please do not include people in your images of the artwork. Please orient the image in the direction the artwork should be viewed (i.e. not upside down, at a 90 degree angle, etc.) For large artworks, such as murals, consider using the panoramic setting on a phone camera to capture an image of the work. Please note: ESC cannot accept physical artworks – online submissions only.
-Students’ artwork must be original. It is critical that submitted artwork not be overly derivative of images found on the Internet, in print media, or elsewhere. To avoid copyright infringement, works thought to be copied or traced will be disqualified.
-We cannot accept artwork done using plain black pencil or light colored pencil, due to poor reproductive quality.
-No lettering, words, signatures or any other markings may appear on the front of the artwork. Please do not label the depicted species or write/sign the names of the artists. Lettering that is creatively incorporated into the art (such as a sign with text) is permitted.
-All submitted artwork becomes the property of the Endangered Species Coalition. Submission of the artwork grants the Endangered Species Coalition a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to publish your student’s/child’s artwork in Endangered Species Coalition’s editorial, educational, and promotional print and digital materials, in our promotional and educational posts to social media, and for all other lawful uses—including artwork print sales—in furtherance of the Coalition’s mission. All published artwork will be credited with the artist’s name.
Eligible species can be found on these pages:
LISTED species living or migrating within the United States and U.S. territories, or within the territorial waters of the U.S.:
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species-listings-by-tax-group-totals
DELISTED species living or migrating within the United States and U.S. territories, or within the territorial waters of the U.S.:
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species-delisted
PROPOSED FOR LISTING species living or migrating within the United States and U.S. territories, or within the territorial waters of the U.S.:
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DATES AND deadlines
January 24th, 2023 Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50 Call to Artist submission platform opens
April 21st, 2023 Call to Artist submission platform closes to entries
May 19th, 2023 Endangered Species Day launch of virtual gallery of multimedia works included in Collaborating for Wildlife and Plants: ESA at 50
