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Annual Citywide Graphic Arts Competition Souvenir T-Shirt

For a white cotton short-sleeved shirt,
create your own images and text to commemorate the efforts of students, teachers, judges, parents  and industry partners at the citywide competition.

GUIDELINES:
Create vector art in programs like Adobe Illustrator in .AI, .EPS or .PDF file format. 
Create raster art at 300 dpi in  .JPG, .TIFF, .PNG, .GIF, or .BMP. file format.

Include a low res .JPG file for judging.

The following text must be included somewhere on the T-shirt:

2024 Citywide Graphic Arts Competition

and OPTIONALLY you can add a slogan or tagline.

SUBMISSIONS:
Submit the final art with layout dimensions of
12" x 12" or less,
portrait or landscape.

ASSESSMENT:
See the rubric at right.

LIMIT:
Five submissions
per school

The winning design will be printed on over 100 shirts and be handed
out at the Competition.

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2024 Citywide Graphic Arts Competition Rubric

Souvenir T-Shirt

CATEGORY      Value:	10	7	3	0
Adherence to theme	The design demonstrates complete understanding of the Competition and reflects a creative connection to the participants' efforts.	The design demonstrates an understanding of the Competition and to the participants' efforts.   .	The design reflects some aspects but not a clear connection to the Competition.	The design does not reflect the theme in any way.
Originality	Design demonstrates original and creative thought in the use of type, art, layout and color.	Design demonstrates thought in the use of type, art, layout and color.	Design reflects some aspects but not a clear connection in the use of type, art, layout and color.	Design does not demonstrate appropriate thought in the use of type, art, layout and color.
Clarity of message	Ideas are expressed in a clear and effective  fashion with a strong message about the Competition.	Ideas are expressed in a clear manner, but the message’s organization could be better	Ideas are somewhat organized, but are not very clear, and it takes more that one reading to figure out what the message is about	The design seems a collection of unrelated images and text. It is very difficult to figure out what the message is about.
Typography and Artwork	Type and art support the theme in an original and professional manner.	Type and art support the theme in an appropriate and readable manner.	Type and art do not support the theme in an appropriate manner but are readable.	Type and art do not support the theme in an appropriate manner nor is the messaege readable.
Printability	Shirt file can be printed with no further pre-press processing	Shirt file can be printed with minimal pre-press processing	Shirt file needs extensive manipulaition to be ready to print.	Shirt file is not printable.