The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) is hosting its annual poster contest in partnership with the Asian American Women Artists Association, Asian Art Museum, Center for Asian American Media, and Kearny Street Workshop. Graphic artists are sought to create an exciting image to become part of the personality for the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration to be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Tuesday, Jan. 17.
The winning artwork will be featured in a wide-scale multi-media marketing campaign in both the mainstream and Asian Pacific markets in a combination of posters, postcards, Muni bus ads, newspaper ads and in a TV commercial. The winner will also earn a $500 grand prize. All entries will be posted at www.asianfairsf.com.
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration gathers all communities among Asian Pacific Islanders in the San Francisco Bay Area, and enables cross cultural interaction through sharing of cultures, promoting Asian inspired arts and crafts vendors, creation of innovative programs and entertaining activities for visitors and participants.
“The poster contest is a great opportunity for any up-and-coming artist to have his or her work showcased in such a large scale and meaningful way,” said Jennifer Yin, Marketing and Communications Associate for the Asian Art Museum. “We’re looking for a creative and eye-catching design that will capture the spirit of heritage and community.”
“We are proud to be one of the only street fairs nationwide to host an annual poster contest to represent our event,” said Ted Fang, of the AsianWeek Foundation and founder of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. “We’ve lucked out with such amazing designs in the past and can’t wait to see what great artwork the community will come up with next!”
Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5pm.
Entries should be submitted online here:
http://asianfairsf.com/2012-poster-contest-entry-form/
For rules visit:
http://asianfairsf.com/features/poster-design-contest/
For more information contact Angela Pang at apang@asianweek.com or (415) 373-4002.
