The MLK 17 Art for Social Change Competition call for submissions is now open with all submissions due by 5 p.m. on October 19. The Art for Social Change Competition seeks to create space for and recognize the role of art in advancing social justice as a process and a goal. This competition seeks artistic submissions that provoke, challenge, and inspire.
The MLK Program at Washington State University hopes that this competition will call attention to the need to not only recognize the vast inequality that persists in the world today, but also recognize the necessity revitalize Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream, to envision, to invent, to create- redefining how we live and interact with our surroundings.
Artists are invited to submit their creative work to one of the three categories detailed below:
Remembering MLK
Submissions that commemorate the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the legacy of MLK, and those that relate to the MLK17 Program theme: Revitalizing the Dream.
Social Justice In Action
Submissions that address contemporary issues of inequality and injustice at the local, national, and/or global level.
Community-Building at WSU
Submissions that foster an inclusive community at WSU (must be specific to WSU)
One winner from each of the three categories will be awarded their choice a $250 scholarship or a $250 Bookie Gift Card. Selected submissions will be exhibited and/or performed on February 26, 2017 during the MLK17 Revitalizing the Dream: Art for Social Change exhibit and awards ceremony.
For more information and submission guidelines, please visit https://mlk.wsu.edu/art-for-social-change-competition/
If you have any questions, please contact Jenne Schmidt at jenne.schmidt@wsu.edu
