Deadline for submissions is this Friday
There is still time to submit your entries! Deadline for artist entries is this Friday, April 26th. Hurry and submit your bench designs.
Because we are trying to complete this project within a semester, we have decided to select three to five bench designs from artists’ submissions instead of the original thirty. The three to five selected benches will be displayed prominently in downtown Lincoln.
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Updated Schedule:
April 22nd- 5:00pm Entry Deadline (extended from April 15th)
April 26th- Tuesday 7:00pm Judging
April 28th- Notification date
May 3rd- 6:00pm Awards
We were inspired by the Lincoln Arts Council’s “Tour de Lincoln” public art bike project and would like to put up 30 beautifully and artistically painted benches around downtown Lincoln, the Haymarket, parks, and neighborhoods. These benches would enhance the beauty of the city, encourage appreciation for local art, provide more sitting places for visitors, and most importantly generate conversation about the issue of human trafficking in Nebraska, where many do not think it is a real issue. These are some examples from another bench art project in Rochester, MN.
Artist Guidelines:
30 Blue Heart Artist Awards for public art will be awarded in May 2011
· Artists can download the bench illustration from the provided website
· The artist’s design for the bench must:
· Replicate the artist’s exact plan for the bench.
· Be in color
· Artist illustrations (made according to specifications) on the bench models must be turned in by April 22th
· All illustrations must be turned in as a hard-copy 11”x17” in size
· The illustrations must be in color
· Submissions may be sent to
Slave Free Nebraska Core
329 Andersen Hall
College of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Nebraska—Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
68588-0443
· All artwork will judged by a panel of judges and the final 30 artworks chosen awards will be awarded $750 in two installments.
· Notification of the final pieces will be given on April 28th
· Winners will be given paint specifications and information on where and when to pick up the bench will be provided, and awards at an award ceremony first week of May.
Winners of the 30 Blue HEART Awards:
· Will receive $750 ($400 to start off the project and $350 upon completion)
· Will have the artist’s name on a plaque on the bench
· Publicity
· Artist is given a chance to stand up for human rights
