Animal Expressions Young Artist Contest
Help The Anti-Cruelty Society celebrate its 113th birthday by promoting
kindness to animals - Enter our Animal Expressions Young Artists Contest!
This year's theme is "Best Friends." Who is your best animal friend and why? What is his or her story and why is your best friend an important part of your life? Even if you do not have a pet, you can promote kindness to animals. You may wish to choose one of the following topics.
This year's theme is "Best Friends." Who is your best animal friend and why? What is his or her story and why is your best friend an important part of your life? Even if you do not have a pet, you can promote kindness to animals. You may wish to choose one of the following topics.
- My favorite animal
- Adopt don’t buy
- Provide a family for a homeless pet
- How we can help animals
- Or come up with a topic of your own!
Age Levels:
5-7 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 11-13 year olds, 14-18 year olds
Artistic Genre Categories:
- Rendering (Posters, Paintings, Drawings, Etching and Prints)
- 3-Dimensional (Sculptures, Crafts)
- Photography
- Writing (Poems, Short Stories, Plays, Essays)
- Multi-media (Video, Music, Computer Arts)
Entries will be judged by age level on originality, creativity and how well the entry illustrates the theme.
The deadline for contest submissions is February 10, 2012.
Enter the contest! Download entry form here!
Please mail entries to:
Humane Education Department
The Anti-Cruelty Society
157 W. Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60654
For more information or to arrange to drop off artwork call:
Tammie Bouschor at (312) 644-8338, ext. 344, or e-mail education@anticruelty.org.
The deadline for contest submissions is February 10th, 2012. Contest winners will be notified
by phone. Prizes will be awarded at an awards ceremony on March 3rd, 2012.
See photos of last year's Animal Expressions Young Artist Contest photos are below...
