Deadline Extended for Anton Art Center's Banner Design Contest

The submission deadline has been extended for the Anton Art Center’s lamppost banner design contest for Macomb County ninth through 12th graders.

Students are invited to submit designs for banners that will be hung throughout downtown Mount Clemens. The theme of the banners should be “My Michigan,” and artwork should display Michigan’s personal significance to the student. A personal statement is also required for entry.

Design submissions must measure 9 inches high by 24 inches wide. Paper is available at the Anton Art Center during normal business hours. Entry forms are available at the center, and may also be downloaded from www.theartcenter.org.

A drop-in workshop will be held at the Anton Art Center Sunday, June 3, 12 noon until 4 p.m. during the Mount Clemens Art Fair. A variety of art supplies will be available so that students can work on their designs. No registration is required for the workshop.

Entries are due June 3, 2012. The public will then be invited to vote for their favorite designs during a two-day Facebook Frenzy, and the winning banners will be printed and hung in downtown Mount Clemens over the summer. 

Entries will be displayed in the Anton Art Center’s St. Aubin Gallery as they are received. They will also be posted to the center’s Facebook page. 

Anyone may vote for their favorite banners by visiting the Anton Art Center’s Facebook page.  The winning banners will be announced June 6 at 7 p.m. 

The My Michigan Lamppost Banner Contest is a project of the Anton Art Center, with funding received from the New Leaders Arts Council of Michigan and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs.