Sister Cities Commission Sponsors Young Artist Showcase

Mayor A. George Pradel and the Naperville Sister Cities Commission are proud to announce a call for entries for the 2012 Young Artists Showcase competition.

This year’s contest theme is “Youth as the Catalyst for Change.” Entrants are asked to use artwork to express how communication, technology and individual initiative can lead to dramatic social change. Submissions can highlight an experience with social media, how a youth is creating change in his or her community or how global communication and exchange has had an impact on one’s life.

The Young Artists Showcase is open to Naperville residents as well as Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204 students between 13 and 18 years of age by April 30, 2012. The deadline for entries is Friday, April 13, 2012, at 4 p.m. All completed artwork and entry paperwork should be brought to the Mayor’s Office at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., between 1 and 4 p.m. April 11-13. 

Full contest details are available at www.sister-cities.org/programs/yap.cfm. One finalist and four semi-finalists will receive awards at a ceremony taking place from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21 in the Lower Level Meeting Rooms at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. The finalist will have his or her artwork submitted to Sister Cities International for national, and potentially international, recognition.