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Teachers and the "Art" of Energy Efficiency

Art Contest – Rules and Regulations

Synopsis of the Contest

Students between 6 and 13 years old‚ create artwork in teacher-supervised‚ school-run contests. Schools then submit artwork to a province/territorial co-ordinator who is responsible for choosing the winner for that province or territory. The provincial/territorial co-ordinator then sends the winning drawing to Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) for publication in the calendar. All aspects of the contest‚ including the distribution of prizes‚ are completed by the end of the school year. In autumn‚ free copies of the calendar are available for distribution through the provincial/territorial coordinator and through the OEE’s web site.

Theme:

Be energy efficient at home‚ at school and on the road!

General Rules

• Teachers/schools that want to participate must contact their province/territorial co-ordinator for full details of the local contest‚ for participation forms and for prizes
• Only schools can submit artwork to the province/territorial co-ordinator. This contest is a supplement to supervised learning activities provided by professional educators.
• One winning drawing will be chosen from each province and territory.
• Participants should be between 6 and 13 years old.

How the Winners are Chosen

The provincial/territorial co-ordinator chooses the winner from amongst submissions received in his/her region. Natural Resources Canada does not participate as a judge in these contests.

Artistic ability is not the only criteria used to judge artwork. Relative age of the artist‚ subject matter‚ use of colour and originality are all factors used when choosing the winners.

Specific Rules for the Art Contest

Hints:

• Drawings should be simple in concept with an easy-to-understand message
• Drawings should strive to illustrate one‚ or more‚ of the following:
  • energy efficiency actions: at home‚ at school‚ at play;
  • transportation alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle;
  • links between wise energy use and climate change;
  • alternative energy sources (ie.‚ wind power‚ solar power‚ fuel cells);

Rules:

• Open to students between 6 and 13 years old participating in a school-run contest
• Artwork must be created on white‚ unlined 8½ ´ 11 paper – landscape format only
• Artwork should be bright and colourful (do not use fluorescent or neon colours – they do not reproduce well in the printing process).
• Artwork cannot contain any corporate logos or corporate names
• Artists should not copy the winning artwork from previous calendars
• Computer generated artwork is not eligible
• Titles or captions should be printed clearly on the front or back of the artwork
• Do not roll or fold the artwork!
• All artwork submitted to the provincial/territorial coordinator must be accompanied by a completed "Entrant’s Registration" form.

Deadlines:

January 2007 – Art Contest for 2008 Calendar begins
May 1^st‚ 2007 – Schools submit artwork to their Provincial/Territorial Coordinator

Prizes

All students entering their school contest will receive a participation prize. Provincial/Territorial winners will (1) get their artwork published in the calendar‚ (2) receive an exciting prize package‚ and (3) have two copies of their winning artwork laminated and mounted – one for the artist and one for their school.

Provincial/Territorial Coordinators Contact List

If you’d like to have your class participate in the 2008 Art Contest for the next year’s calendar‚ please contact your provincial/territorial coordinator directly; he/she can provide you with an information kit and the registration forms (these are also available on our Downloads page).

For other inquiries‚ please contact Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency through the "Contact Us" button above.