Picture Yourself Receiving a Creative Education at The Art Institutes International Minnesota

Feb. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Friends, family, pets and places – Have you found yourself snapping pictures of everything in sight? Then this is the opportunity that you’ve been waiting for. Get the creative education that you want and need to turn your hobby into a satisfying career in photography. The Art Institutes schools are pleased to sponsor The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010.

The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010 is open to high school seniors graduating in 2010 and high school graduates in the U.S. and provides an opportunity to earn a photography scholarship to The Art Institutes International Minnesota.  

“We encourage creative thinkers who have an eye for the lens to enter The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010.  This competition provides prospective students interested in pursuing a photography education with a scholarship opportunity and a venue through which their artistic vision can be expressed,” says William A. Johnson, President of The Art Institutes International Minnesota.

The competition has separate categories for high seniors graduating in 2010 and for high school graduates.  The grand prize winner in the high school senior category earns up to a $40,000 scholarship to an Art Institutes school offering photography.  The grand prize winner in the high school graduate category earns a $10,000 scholarship to an Art Institutes school offering photography.  

Entrants are asked to submit eight original photographs that tell a story on a single theme, a 500-1,000 word artist statement describing the entry and a high school transcript demonstrating a GPA or 2.0 or higher or proof of high school graduation.   For complete entry details, please visit http://artinstitute.promo.eprize.com/photocompetition/?PR....  

The deadline for entries into the competition is March 5, 2010.

For more information on how to enter The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition and for official rules, visit http://artinstitute.promo.eprize.com/photocompetition/?PRID=AI2109 or contact an Admissions Representative at The Art Institutes International Minnesota by calling 800-777-3643 or emailing aimadm@aii.edu.

The Art Institutes International Minnesota is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of more than 45 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.

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Located in downtown Minneapolis (MN), The Art Institutes International Minnesota is a regional leader in design, media arts, creative management, and culinary arts education.