From the Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children Website:
Theme: “Together, we are eco-friendly”
Please think about what people can do to protect our precious global environment.
In your picture, show things we can do in our daily life.
Below are just a few suggestions to help you get started.
You could show ways of not wasting water or electricity. Or you could show how, by reusing and recycling products, we can more completely use the materials we get from our planet. Perhaps you might want to show how using eco-friendly products helps to protect animals and plants in our important natural surroundings.
Entry period:
From March 27 (Monday) through September 6 (Wednesday), 2017 JST.
Eligibility:
Any child (aged 6 through 15 years old) from anywhere in the world.
Entry specifications:
Picture size: Your entry should be 392 mm × 542 mm or smaller.
Medium:
Any means of direct drawing, painting, or coloring – crayon, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic or oil paint, ink, wood or linocut printing, etc. – is allowed. However, works (collage) with pasted elements will not be accepted.
Number of entries:
Only one entry per individual is allowed. Only previously unexhibited works created after January 2017 will be accepted.
Important advice:
Your entry should show that you fully understood and integrated the “Together, we are eco-friendly” theme into your work.
However, the theme should not be a catchy phrase or slogan, but rather artfully expressed in your entry.
– Joint works will not be accepted.
– If the picture contains writing, it must not show the name of a specific person, group, trade name, or company. Similarly, do not show any company, brand, or group logo. Pictures showing such names or logos will be disqualified.
How to enter:
Download the entry form on THIS PAGE . Fill out the required areas, and paste to the center on the back of your artwork.
Mail your entry to us by postal service (Address also found HERE ). Do not fold or roll up your artwork. Send it in a flat envelope, inserting cardboard or something firm to ensure it does not bend during shipping.
Prizes
“eco-together” – Planet Earth Grand Prix: 1 winner (plaque and prize)
“eco-together” – Kao Prize: 8 winners (plaque and prize)
Eco Friend Prize: 23 winners (certificate and prize)
Group Prize: 5 groups (certificate and prize)
• Winners of the “eco together” – Planet Earth Grand Prix and the “eco together” – Kao Prize will be invited to attend the awards ceremony at Tokyo Big Sight on Saturday December 9, 2017, where the EcoPro 2017 exhibition is being held. Expenses will be paid from anywhere in the world, for the winners and one guardian each.
• Group Prizes are awarded to elementary and junior-high schools and art classes. Prizes will be sent to the five groups that submit the most entries.
• In each prize category, the number of awards may increase depending on the number of individual and group entries.
• Certificates and prizes will be sent to schools and groups for winners the Eco Friend Prize and the Group Prize.
Announcements :
Contest prizewinners and schools will be notified in late November 2017.
• Contest results will also be announced on this website.
Awards Ceremony:
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday December 9, 2017, at Tokyo Big Sight, the venue of EcoPro 2017.
• The winning works will be on display at Tokyo Big Sight in the Kao booth at EcoPro 2017.
• The place of the award ceremony and the works display may be changed.
Chair:
Mr. Fumikazu Masuda, Former Professor, Tokyo Zokei University
Judges:
Ms. Sumiko Okubo, Artist
Mr. Kei Matsushita, Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts
Ms. Yoko Oyamada, Illustrator
Mr. Andreas Schneider, Designer
Ms. Akemi Ishiwata, Executive Officer, Kao Corporation
Mr. Naoto Katahira, Vice President, Creative, Kao Corporation
* Members at February 2017.
• Works, their titles, written messages or descriptions, name, age, local area of residence and nationality may be used or published on website, advertisements, images, publications and exhibitions of Kao or organizations designated by Kao. Works, their titles, written messages or descriptions may also be partially modified on these occasions. In addition, if the entry wins a prize, the photographs taken at the award ceremony may be used in the same manner as stated above.
• You agree not to assert any moral rights regarding your entry.
• Ownership of works belongs to Kao. Original pictures will not be returned.
• The permission of a parent or guardian is required for entry.
• Personal information provided with the entry will be used to contact prize winners.
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