Interested in participating in the 2025 ARTEFFECT Competition? Learn about the annual visual arts competition for students grades 6-12 (open through April 27, 2025). Rules, guidelines, judging criteria, tips for submission, prizes, and lesson plans will be discussed at this session. Bring your questions! Free to join. Registration required.
Unsung Heroes took extraordinary actions that made a positive and profound difference in the lives of others and changed the course of history. Now it’s your turn! Celebrate their inspiring and untold stories to make an impact through the power of art.
The ARTEFFECT annual competition invites submissions from all students in grades 6-12 interested in making a positive impact through their art. Since 2016, thousands of students have participated in ARTEFFECT from around the world. Students creatively interpret the story of an Unsung Hero by creating an original visual artwork, accompanied by a written Impact Statement (500-1,000 words).
Students may interpret the stories of their chosen LMC Unsung Hero in myriad ways including—but not limited to—a narrative sequence or story, portraiture, landscape, conceptual forms, symbols and abstraction. Multiple 2D and 3D mediums are acceptable for submission including paintings, drawings, prints, textiles, mixed media, digital art, assemblage, and sculpture. There is no size limit. In the Impact Statement, students discuss the Unsung Hero’s unique contribution, their creative process and interpretation, and plans for sharing their artworks with others.
Awards:-
The 2025 award categories are:
Grand Prize—$6,000
High School (9-12th grades)
Best in Show—$3,000
Second Place—$2,000
Middle School (6-8th grades)
Best in Show—$2,000
Second Place—$1,000
Spotlight Prizes
Funded and sponsored by the Lowell Milken Family Foundation, the Spotlight Prize offers $1,000 per winner. The Spotlight Prize – Unsung Hero category encourages students to create projects about Unsung Heroes, selected annually, who have been underrepresented in the competition over the years.
Deadline:- 27-01-2025
