Youth Climate Summit Art Project
We are seeking art projects in association with the Nebraska Youth Climate Summit on October 2. If you are a visual artist, a photographer, an animator, a cartoonist, a poet, a filmmaker, a musician, a dancer, or creator of some other art form, we are asking you to consider submitting your original art project (no AI) to be displayed on the Nebraska Sierra Club webpage, Flickr page or YouTube channel. The topic of your art should have something to do with climate change and environmental issues that are relevant to Nebraska which can include the burning of fossil fuels, water issues, pesticides issues, plastics, active transportation, and environmental policies.
Applicants must be under the age 25 or below. Submissions should be sent to David Corbin at dcorbin@me.com. Submissions should be high resolution. Profanity is not permitted. Videos should be less than five minutes in length, including credits. Submissions, if under age 19 should include first name and initial letter of the last name. If 19 or over, your full name can be used. With your submission please include your age and grade level, if applicable. Submissions must be received by the extended deadline of September 28.
There will be four age categories - 9-12, 13-16, 17-19 and 20-25. The top five viewed submitted projects in each age category will be made into a video that will be promoted to schools and environmental organizations.
The most viewed submission in each age group will receive $50.
Resources:
Art That Highlights Climate Change
Reverb: Leading the Green Music Movement Since 2004
Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate Victoria Bogatz recites an environmental poem