ARTS SPEAKS JAPANESE COMES ALIVE! 2017

STUDENT ART CONTEST

Guidelines

Conditions of Entry

  1. Be school students studying Japanese in Australia (Y3 – 12).
  2. Create own artwork inspired by one of the artworks in the “Art Speaks Japanese” resource kit.
  3. Include some Japanese language in the artwork entered.

Divisions

There are 3 divisions to enter

Primary (Years 3 – 6)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 – 10)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 – 12)

Categories

Each division has 3 categories

1. Individual

Created by an individual student (or can be by two students).

2. School Display

  • Displayed in a public area of school or at a school event.
  • Can be a number of different shaped artworks displayed together.
  • Don’t have to be matched artworks.
  • One artwork made by a group of students collaboratively.

3. Classroom Display

  • Displayed inside of the classroom.
  • Exactly matching artworks.

Prizes

Prize-winners from each category will receive a prize such as an Intext Book Company Gift Voucher, etc.

Individual Category
1st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize

School Display Category
School Display Prize

Classroom Display Category
Classroom Display Prize

Judges

The artworks will be judged by a panel of judges from The Japan Foundation, Sydney and Art Gallery NSW.

Result

  • Prize-winners will be announced on this website in October 2017 with Judges’ comments.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, results will be announced at the end of November. Apologies for the delay.

  • Competition results will also appear in J-Teacher, The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s newsletter for teachers.
  • All entries will be viewable in the online gallery within this website.

How to label your files

Please use:

  • Full school name (please do not abbreviate)
  • First name of student. In cases where there are multiple students with the same first name from the one school, please use the format: first name + initial of student’s surname (e.g. John Smith → JohnS).
  • Official abbreviations for state names for Australian schools (e.g. NSW, SA).

Please label JPEG files using the naming format below. Change only the coloured text for each corresponding entry.

<Primary Division>
Individuals → IND_Pri_STATE_FULL school name_First name of student
School Display → SCH_Pri_STATE_FULL school name_Group name
Classroom Display → CLA_ Pri_STATE_FULL school name_Class name

<Junior Secondary Division>
Individuals → IND_Juni_STATE_FULL school name_First name of student
School Display → SCH_Juni_STATE_FULL school name_Group name
Classroom Display → CLA_ Juni_STATE_FULL school name_Class name

<Senior Secondary Division>
Individuals → IND_Seni_STATE_FULL school name_First name of student
School Display → SCH_Seni_STATE_FULL school name_Group name
Classroom Display → CLA_ Seni_STATE_FULL school name_Class name

Timeline

Entry Deadline: August 30, 2017
Results Announced: October, 2017

Due to unforeseen circumstances, results will be announced at the end of November. Apologies for the delay.

Related Links

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ENQUIRIES

Japanese Language Department

coordinators(A)jpf.org.au

(02) 8239 0055

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