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 Friday Night Live! T-Shirt Art Competition
Call for Art 

Extended Entry Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2018 

Friday Night Live! and Arts Herndon invite all 2D artists to enter the Friday Night Live! T-Shirt Art Competition.  All 2-dimensional media are acceptable.  Artwork and photography entered in this year’s competition should be inspired by Friday Night Live!

BACKGROUND:

Friday Nigh Live! is a Free outdoor concert series on the Town Green in Herndon and is the DC-area's most popular outdoor concert series. The winning artwork will be printed in 2-color on the back of the shirts given out to approximately 120 volunteers and displayed on Friday Night Live!'s website and social media.  

ELlGIBILITY AND MEDIA :

- All art and 2-dimensional media are acceptable.

- Your design should contain a maximum of 3 colors.

- Final reproduction size will be approximately 12” x 14”.  Artwork and images can be either horizontal or vertical in orientation.  Please make sure your artwork and images fit these proportions. 

-Design submission should be saved to 300 dpi to produce a quality output. Acceptable files are high resolution JPGs, TIFFs, AI and EPS files. If you win, you will be required to provide original design in a high res format that is compatible with Photoshop, Illustrator or another professional design program.

-Your design will be printed on the front or back of the shirt. The Friday Night Live! logo will also be printed on the shirt but you can incorporate it into your design if you want.  

-Your design must be wholly original. By submitting a design you are guaranteeing that you hold rights to everything in it, and that it does not contain any copyrighted material, including images/copy found on the internet, unless clearly marked as published under a creative commons (cc) license.

-Designs will be judged by members of the Friday Night Live! Organizing Committee and decisions will be based on:

• Concept/orginality
• Captures spirit of Friday Night Live!
  
• Striking and memorable design
• Visibility - eye-catching and visiable from a reasonable distance
• Completeness of design - must be ready for print
• Feasibility - must be easy to reproduce
  

-If you are under the age of 18 you may still create and submit a design, but it must be submitted on your behalf by a parent or guardian.

-Friday Night Live! will have first printing rights to the winning design. By submitting you agree that if your design wins, it can be used by Friday Night Live! on a t-shirt and other promotional items, including herndonrocks.com and artspaceherndon.org and marketing and public relations materials. The winner and image of the design will be recognized on our social media.

DATES:

Artwork due: April 27, 2018
Artists will be notified of winning Artwork: May 11, 2018

ENTRY:
Entries can be submitted online.  Up to two images may be submitted by the entry deadline of Friday, April 27, 2018.  

Online entry.  Click on the "register now" button below to enter.

• You will be prompted to email your images to exhibits@artspaceherndon.com with “FNL Entry” in the subject line.  This is a second step in the process that must be done before your registration is completed.
• Label each Jpeg file with your name, title of the piece, medium, and size (jane_doe_herndon_cyclist_oil_11x7). Send only one image per work.  Jpeg files should be approximately 1MB in size to adequately represent the artwork and cannot exceed 5MB for emailing purposes.
• Entry deadline: Online entry must be completed and images emailed by 11:59pm EDT April 27, 2018.