“Declare Your Independence”

Mail Art Exhibition at Heartwood College

Exhibition Opens December 2007

Heartwood College of Art is sponsoring a unique exhibition of MAIL ART open to Junior and Senior High school students from Maine. Declare Your Independence” is the theme – that fleeting moment students experience while living between two worlds(childhood and adulthood). The art on this postcard should address this transition.

An explanation of the MAIL ART movement may be obtained by contacting Heartwood.

“Declare Your Independence” will be exhibited in the Heartwood College of Art Gallery in Kennebunk, Maine during the month of December.

Guidelines

• Mailed SUBMISSIONS will be accepted beginning October 1, 2007 and will continue to be accepted until November 20, 2007.

• The original artwork must be mailed and travel through the postal system (postmarked.)

• Mail Art must measure 8 ½” x 5 ½” in size.

• Front of the card will be the side displayed.

• Back side must have mailing label and stamps and may contain artwork or text.

• Artist must use enclosed mailing label to insure that it arrives.

• Address label must be in the middle of the right hand half of the backside.

• Artist’s name, high school and town must be legible on mailing label side (this will be copied, reduced and hung next to displayed side).

• All work will be returned.

• All work will be considered for exhibition.

However, judges reserve the right to pitch and burn inappropriate artistic endeavors (you know what we mean!).

PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES

Outstanding work will be recognized and awarded with numerous prizes including:

CASH!!!!!! SCHOLARSHIPS!!!!! MERCHANDISE!!!!!

Winners will be notified before Thanksgiving.

Please make copies of these guidelines

If you need more mailing labels, please call 985-0985