Deadline for Submissions: Friday, May 29

The Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) is looking for young photographers (ages 13 – 19) to participate in a photo contest examining the many faces of the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs. One photographer will be awarded Top Prize by WACTAC. Top prize will receive a $1500 gift card and 25 runners up will receive $25 gift cards from Best Buy.

Guidelines:

• Email your submission(s), name, age, phone number, and email address to WACTACPhotoContest@gmail.com
• No more than 5 photos will be accepted per photographer.
• Submissions must be titled by last name (example: smith_1.jpg).
• Images should be saved in JPG format, at a high level of quality, 72 dpi, no more than eleven inches (or 792 pixels) along the image’s longest dimension.

Prizes:

• Top Prize: One photographer will be awarded a $1500 gift card from Best Buy.
• Runner Ups: 25 photographers will receive $25 gift cards from Best Buy.

Criteria:

• Top Prize and Runner Ups will be selected by the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) based on three equally weighted categories – technical quality, originality, and overall strength of portfolio.

Rules:

• Photographers must be 13-19 years old.
• Submissions must prominently feature faces of people who reflect the diversity found in the Twin Cities.
• All photos submitted by Friday, May 8 will be displayed during Northeast Minneapolis’ Art-A-Whirl from Friday, May 15, 6 PM through Sunday, May 17, 5 PM at the California Building (2205 California Building, Minneapolis).
• All photos submitted by Friday, May 29 will be featured in a scrolling projection at the Minneapolis MOSAIC Kick Off Event on Saturday, June 6, from 6 – 10pm on 8th Street between Hennepin Avenue and First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
• By submitting photos to the WACTAC @15 Photo Contest, the photographer warrants that he/she has control of and/or has obtained the rights to exhibit the photo(s), the photo(s) do not infringe upon copyright or licenses held by any other artist, estate, publisher or other entity; the photographer will be responsible for any charges or legal action brought by the exhibition of the photo(s) or the infringement of any rights held by others and will hold the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MOSAIC, and mnartists.org harmless against such claims.

Co-presented by:

• mnartists.org
• Minneapolis MOSAIC www.minneapolismosaic.com
• Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) teens.walkerart.org
• The WACTAC Photo Contest is sponsored by Best Buy

http://www.at15.com
Email teenprograms@walkerart.org
Phone 612.375.7683