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The 2024 Canvas Art Competition

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JMC is excited to launch the Canvas Award Competition for 2024, showcasing the incredible work of young artists and designers in years 9-12 who are taking creativity to the next level.
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What do I need to do?

If you are a high school student in years 9-12 with a knack for drawing, painting or using creative digital mediums, we invite you to creatively interpret the below brief into an illustrated scene:
                                  "A creature in its native environment"

You must include a “RUBBER DUCK” somewhere in your scenes.

What can I submit?

All artists are unique in their abilities, to reflect that we are opening the competition to various mediums. You can submit:

  • Analogue Artwork - using non-digital/traditional materials such as pencils, paints, paper and canvas.
  • Digital 2D Artwork - using digital tools such as a tablet or computer.
  • 3D Artwork - three dimensional art work such as 3D modelling or animation.
  • Comic Strip - is a visual representation of a story and a chronological narrative, which can be hand drawn or on a computer, maximum 6 boxes
  • Interactive Novel - great explainer video can be found here
  • Storyboard - is more of a guide of your story and can be done traditionally or digitally.  You can include descriptions of camera angles. 
  • Any combination of the above

How long do I have?

Submissions for the 2024 Canvas Art Competition close on Sunday 30th June 2024.

Who can join the competition?

  • The Canvas Art Competition is open to high school students in years 9-12 in all Australian States and Territories
  • Work must be completed over the past year (from January 1st 2023)

Canvas Art Award 2023 Winner Colin Chi (Brisbane)

What not to submit

  • Work based on other artists' ideas or images, this is your time to show us YOUR ideas!
  • Work generated through AI (Artificial Intelligence) platforms (such as MidJourney)
  • Images that are offensive or divisive
  • Work completed by a group (this is an individual competition)

Technical specifications of entries

  • All work must be submitted electronically (scan, photograph or export) as a A4 PDF, high quality JPG file, TIFF, MP4 or MOV file
  • Maximum PDF page count is five (5) pages
  • Please keep file sizes to 20MB max
  • Please keep any video file length to sixty (60) seconds max

Questions?

Reach out to the Creative Outreach team at creativepathways@jmc.edu.au if you have any questions.

Canvas Art Award 2022 Winner M. Vanderkolk (Melbourne)

Canvas Art Award 2022 Winner C. Buse (Brisbane)