Spring Fling School Poster Competition
The opportunity exists to design the poster that will support the advertisement of the Spring
Fling at local and national events in 2014, and we (Education Services and Spring Fling) would
like a young person from the region to create the winning design. Therefore, we are launching
the Spring Fling School poster competition and inviting young people to take part.
If young are considering entering this competition, you will need to make use of the specially
commissioned film to support you in the process of responding to the competition brief. The
film features local artist Alisa Black http://ailsablack.com/ responding to the brief that you will
also receive (below) and exemplifies the skills and techniques that she uses to create her design
and final piece of work.
This film clip can be found at:
http://youtu.be/dwzXG_YNfLE
Who can enter?
The competition is open to young people aged between 3-12 years of age, and this includes
young people in partnership early years environments.
What do you need to do?
You are invited to design and create a poster for Spring Fling that will support the
advertisement of the Spring Fling at local and national events in 2014. The poster can be
created using any techniques and materials, including paints, pens, photography, collage,
textiles and ICT but final version must be two-dimensional representations of these designs.
The theme you are asked to consider is what does Dumfries and Galloway mean to me when
bringing together your ideas for what you want your poster to eventually be. You should also
consider the idea of travelling around the region, meeting artists in their studios, finding out
about what they make, the landscape and environment, and some of the iconic features of the
region that contribute to its identity and how they make Dumfries and Galloway the region that
it is today.
How can we find out more about Spring Fling?
Spring Fling is Scotland’s premier visual art and craft open studio event that takes place every
year at the end of May across Dumfries and Galloway when around 90 professional artists and
makers open their studios to welcome the public who can find out more about what and where
they create
Resources:
Spring Fling Website www.spring-fling.co.uk
Spring Fling Artists Profiles http://www.spring-fling.co.uk/artists
2013 Brochure http://issuu.com/springfling/docs/sf_2013/1?e=4557517/2052352
2012 Brochure http://issuu.com/springfling/docs/spring_fling_2012_brochure
Spring Fling Film http://vimeo.com/38922488
What will the winners get?
The winning poster will become the official poster for Spring Fling! 300 A3 posters of the
winning design will be printed and will be distributed around the UK and will appear on the
Spring Fling website and social media. The winning poster and those of the two runners-up will
be framed and showcased at Gracefield Arts Centre at the exhibition Spring Fling @ Home
between 15 March – 3 May 2014.
We are also giving out cash incentives:
1st Prize: Pupil £100 | 1st Prize: School £200
2nd Prize (x2): Pupil £50 | 2nd Prize (x2): School £100
Specifications
You should submit your finished poster on the supplied template which should be printed on
A3. After preparatory sketches, the final work can be drawn directly onto the template, or glued
on if working in collage. (Please feel free to draft on A3 paper with a 7cm band drawn along the
bottom).
Where and when do send entries?
Final pieces of work should be sent to:
Lesley Sloan
Lochside Education Centre
Lochside Road
Dumfries
DG2 0EL
The closing date is the 17 January 2014. The best of luck to you all!