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This year’s theme ~ Happy Birthday Illinois in celebration of our Bicentennial
Design a poster to celebrate Illinois’ 200th Birthday and show us what makes Illinois special to you!
Invitation to K-12 Students• Createaone-of-a-kindtwo-dimensionalworkofart• Winners’artwillbedisplayedintheMuseum•Seecontestrulesatwww.PresidentLincoln.Illinois.gov(clickLearning)
Artwork must be postmarked by December 15, 2017 and mailed to: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Education Department112 North Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701
For more information, call 217.782.2981 or email [email protected].
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Child’sName______________________________________________________________________________
Grade________________________________________Age ________________________________________
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City____________________________________ State/ZIP ________________________________________
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Contest Rules:•ThreeCategories:ElementarySchool(GradesK-5);MiddleSchool(Grades6-8);HighSchool(Grades9-12)• Thecontestisopentoschools,organizationsandindividualstudents.• Onewinnerwillbeselectedfromeachcategoryaswellasfiverunnersup.• Completetheentryform(above),cutandattachtothebackoftheposterentry.• ArtworkmustbepostmarkedbyDecember15,2017andmailedto:AbrahamLincolnPresidentialLibraryandMuseum,EducationDepartment,212NorthSixthStreet,Springfield,IL62701.
• PosterswillbejudgedonconnectiontotheIllinoisBicentennial,creativityandgeneraldesign.• WinnerswillbeannouncedFebruary12,2018andartworkwillbereproducedanddisplayedthroughout2018.• Formoreinformation,[email protected] Guidelines:• Artworkmustbesubmittedon11”wx14”hposterboard(vertical/portraitorientation).• Artworkmustbesubmittedwithoutfoldingorbending.• Artworkmaybedoneincrayon,ink,paint,coloredpencilormarkingpens.Chalk,glitterorlaminatedworkswillnotbeaccepted.Ifpencil,makesureit’sdarkenoughtobereproduced.
• Artworkmustbeoriginalandtwo-dimensional.Tracingorcopyingexistingartisnotacceptable.Donotusecopyrightedcharacters(Batman,Shrek,Disney,etc.)orimages.