San Francisco, CA (Dec. 27, 2012)
- 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 9th Annual Asian
Heritage Street Celebration to be held on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in
front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District
in San Francisco.
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| The
8th Annual AHSC winning design by Klaudiusz Madej was featured citywide
on Muni buses and billboards. Photo courtesy of the Asian Heritage
Street Celebration. |
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.
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 fantastic chance for any artist to have their work showcased in a major multi-media promotional campaign," said Joyce Juan Manalo, Kearny Street Workshop's Administrative Manager. "We encourage everyone to enter!"
"We
are extremely proud to be one of the only street fairs in the nation 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. "The submissions over the years have been astounding and we
are looking forward to seeing what the community will come up with!"
Deadline for submissions is Friday, January 25, 2013 at 5 p.m.
Entries should be submitted online here:
http://asianfairsf.com/poster-contest-entry-form/
For rules visit:
http://asianfairsf.com/features/poster-design-contest/
For more information contact ahscposter@gmail.com or (415) 373-4002.
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About the AsianWeek Foundation
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), in cooperation with over 250 organizations in the local and Asian American community. It is held the 3rd Saturday of every May in San Francisco. AsianWeek
Foundation encourages the sharing of differences and appreciation of
diversity across culture, language, generation and ethnicity, working to
strengthen relations among Asian Pacific Islander communities and
between Asians and non-Asians. www.asianfairsf.com
About the Asian American Women Artists Association
AAWAA
is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to ensuring the visibility
and documentation of Asian American women in the arts. Through
exhibitions, publications, and educational programs, they offer
thought-provoking perspectives that challenge societal assumptions and
promote dialogue. www.aawaa.net
About Asian Art Museum
The
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the
Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of
over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. The museum is a
public institution whose mission is to lead a diverse global audience in
discovering the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual
achievements of Asian art and culture.
www.asianart.org/
About Center for Asian American Media
The
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity
of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM
does this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in
film, television and digital media. www.asianamericanmedia.org
About Kearny Street Workshop
KSW,
a non-profit, community-based organization whose mission is to produce,
present and promote art that empowers Asian Pacific American artists
and communities. KSW serves the community as an information resource and
through our four areas of arts programming: adult arts education, next
generation arts support and training, multidisciplinary arts
presentations, and publications. www.kearnystreet.org
