Calling All High School Seniors - Poster Design Scholarship Competition Now Open

Jan. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- The New England Institute of Art and Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, today announced a call for entries for their eighth annual Poster Design Completion. High school seniors from the U.S., Canada (excluding Quebec) and Puerto Rico are welcome to submit entries. The national winners will earn up to a full-tuition scholarship to one of The Art Institutes schools.

This year’s competition challenges entrants to submit a poster that addresses the theme, “Life is better with art in it.” The deadline to submit entries is February 4, 2011. Full entry requirements can be viewed at www.artinstitutes.edu/postercompetition.

According to Dr. David Warren, president of The New England Institute of Art, “Industries today are fueled by creativity. We are privileged to educate students with the talent and the drive to enter a design field. The Poster Design Competition is a platform for students to channel their talent and turn it into something tangible.”

“The Poster Design Competition brings out and showcases a diverse pool of remarkably talented high school students,” says Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. “The entry pieces are not only vibrant and exciting, but also a great reminder of how much art can touch us in our everyday lives.”

To learn more about The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/postercompetition or contact Jeannette Chambliss,  jaufiero@aii.edu or 617 582-4543 at The New England Institute of Art.  
The New England Institute of Art is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of more than 45 education institutions located throughout North America. The Art Institutes system is America’s Leader in Creative Education providing an important source for design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. Several institutions included in The Art Institutes system are campuses of South University.

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The New England Institute of Art Institute is one of The Art Institutes a system of over 45 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.