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Sunflower Art
Competition 2008
Funded
in part by the City of Davis Arts Contract Program
The Sunflower Art
Competition is sponsored by NAMI-Yolo,
a grassroots mental health advocacy organization that offers
education, advocacy and support to people living with mental illness
and their families. The competition is to choose the
design for the 2008
“Seeds of Hope” sunflower seed packets which are sold throughout the
year as part of NAMI-Yolo's Tallest Sunflower in Yolo County
Contest.
Entry Deadline:
Friday, May 30, 2008.
Entries must be delivered to
Davis Art Center,
1919 F Street
Davis, CA (map)
Thursday, May
29 and Saturday, May 30 between 2pm and 7pm.
To make other delivery arrangements or for more
information, phone Marilyn Moyle at 530-756-8475. You can also leave
a message at 530-756-8181.
Submitted work is not juried.
Entry Fee:
There is an entry fee of $5 for adults (18 and over). Entry
fee will be waived for low income entrants upon request.
Sunflower Art Reception
Friday, June 13, 2008. 6:30-9pm
Davis Art Center
1919 F Street, Davis, CA (map)
Art Exhibit
Artwork will be displayed at the Davis Art Center
June 2-June 20, 2008.
Prizes
Prizes for sunflower-themed artwork are awarded at the Annual
Sunflower Art Reception in each of the following categories:
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Children (Under 12)
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Teens (12-17)
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Amateur Adults (18 and older).
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Professional Artists
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Group - (Under 18)
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Group - Adults (18 and older)
Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd and
3rd places in each category. A prize of $100 goes to the
artwork selected for the NAMI-Yolo sunflower seed packet.
Art Pickup
Artwork must be picked up after the Art Exhibition period
on Friday, June 20 between 12 and 7PM unless other arrangements are
made.
Background
NAMI
-Yolo, a chapter of the National
Alliance on Mental Illness, is located in
Yolo County,
a thriving agricultural center in Northern California where
sunflowers are a major seed crop. Inspired both by the
sunflower painting by a young student with bipolar disorder and by
the sunflower paintings of 19th century Dutch artist
Vincent Van
Gogh who suffered from mental illness, NAMI-Yolo chose the
sunflower as a bright and bold symbol of hope for people living with
mental illness.
One
of NAMI-Yolo’s missions is to make the wider community aware of mental health resources and
issues. NAMI-Yolo has been
building bridges between communities since 2002, first with the
“Seeds of Hope” and “Tallest Sunflower Contest” then, in
2003 with an Art Show and Competition to design the annual "Seeds of Hope" sunflower
seed cards. The Sunflower Art Competition continues to grow.
In 2003, there were 50 art entries. In 2006, there were over 300
individual art entries.
The Sunflower Art Show has proven to be not only a successful
community art event but is also used as an educational program in
local schools where teachers have developed lesson plans that use
the Sunflower Art Competition to teach students about mental health
issues while learning about art.
NAMI-Yolo's hope is that as people become better
educated about mental health,
there will be a
reduction in myths, misconceptions and prejudices that result in the
stigmatization of mental illness and that often delay much-needed
treatment.
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