FOCUS on Impact
STUDENT ART COMPETITION & EXHIBIT
The San Diego’s Intl Film Festival’s FOCUS on Impact Education Program provides a forum for high school and college students to explore a variety of complex social issues with screenings of short films, curated curriculum and interviews with filmmakers.
The FOCUS on Impact Student Art Competition & Exhibit will challenge students to create artwork designed to raise awareness of social issues such as inclusion, equality, cultural identity, climate change, pollution (ocean, land, thermal, plastic, soil), homelessness, PTSD (military veterans), human trafficking and LGBTQAI+.
This opportunity will highlight the creative and critical thinking skills developed by students in visual arts program.
Student Recognitions
One student submission will be selected to be used together with the San Diego Intl Film Festival logo for the 2024 marketing campaign. The winning submission will be used on Film Festival merchandise that will be sold during the Film Festival with profits benefiting the FOCUS on Impact Educational Program. All finalists will be invited to attend the 2024 San Diego International Film Festival.
Student Eligibility
Original works are eligible to submit all two-dimensional media (traditional and digital) for consideration.
Work must be submitted digitally for evaluation and may be completely image-based or a combination of text and image.
Criteria
Submitted works will be evaluated by SDSCPA educators
and the SDiFF Leadership Team.
Works will be evaluated on the following criteria:
1) Level of connection to Exhibit Focus
2) Level of craft demonstrated
3) Level of creativity demonstrated.
Deadlines – (dates subject to change)
May 30, 2024 – Submissions and forms due
June 1-15, 2024 – Evaluation period
June 16, 2024 -Selected students for the exhibit notified
ART SPECS AND FORMS
Please ensure Consent and Exhibit forms are filled out and submitted with artwork
TEACHERS
A variety of SDUSD Critical Concepts and Learning Targets can be addressed in the visual arts curriculum when students are developing ideas and creative works for this challenge. See below for examples.
7.AMP1—Develop and apply methods and criteria to meet goals
Prof.AMP2—Apply relevant criteria to examine and revise works of art and design in progress
Prof.AME1—Investigate and respond to an aspect of everyday life using contemporary art and design practices
Acc.AME1—Redesign or design in response to contemporary issues
Acc.AME2—Use inquiry methods to investigate unfamiliar subjects through artmaking
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