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Celtic Festival's poster contest seeks entries
Festival committee and arts center sponsoring contest
By Sue G. Collins, Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: January 10, 2008
To encourage more community participation and reach out to the region's artists, the Saline Celtic Festival committee and Two Twelve Arts Center are sponsoring a poster and T-shirt art contest for this year's event, one of the country's leading Celtic heritage festivals.
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Artists of all ages may submit a two-dimensional piece of art for use on the festival's advertising material, including T-shirts and commemorative apparel.
The contest is open Jan. 14 through March 6. Application and submission criteria are available online and at stores in downtown Saline.
There will be two contests, one for the 13th annual Saline Celtic Festival and one for the Masters Championship of the Highland Heavy Athletic Games, new to Saline this year.
The international event is expected to bring up to 100 competitors 40 years and older to Mill Pond Park during the festival.
"The submissions may reflect Saline's heritage, the sister city relationship with Brecon, Wales, and the breadth of activities that make the festival so unique," said Margie Bovee, director of the Two Twelve Arts Center, who is collaborating with festival committee chairman Patrick Little and Saline Area Arts Council liaison Terri Sibo-Koenig.
Little is anxious to involve a wider range of community groups in the planning of the festival, which brings some 10,000 visitors to Saline.
The winner will be announced at a community-wide St. Patrick's Day celebration planned for March 17 to honor the artist and kick off Celtic Festival excitement.
In the past, the posters and T-shirt art have been done by volunteers, including Jim Roth and local artist Sheila Blough. The graphics and marketing firm, Saline-based DesignHub, created the Celtic logo, many of the rugby posters and helped with event promotions over the years. Karen Ragland, sales and business manager for DesignHub, says in designing the art that simplicity is always best.
"Communicate the most important information, including the name of event, date, place, times, etcetera. An explanation of the event is not a necessary component for the main design and remember a more simple design is better for easy readability."
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