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2025 SMAF Poster Contest Rules and Criteria
- 2025 contest winner will receive a $250.00 stipend.
- Applicants must submit this application with artwork by end-of-day on May 15, 2025. Applications will not be accepted without artwork.
- Artwork can be submitted by emailing a high-resolution image to afta@assumptionarts.org; or by emailing to arrange local pickup.
- If you must mail in your artwork, please mail to: Assumption Foundation for the Arts, PO Box 669, Napoleonville, LA 70390. If mailing, artwork must be postmarked in time for AFTA to receive by May 15, 2025.
- Submitting Original Artwork provides AFTA with more detail into the applicants' skillset and may result in a higher likelihood of scoring higher than only photographs of final pieces.
- The artwork must follow these ratio and size guidelines.
- 18” x 24” (W x H), and the completed piece must have an aspect ratio of 3:4 (W:H)
- Submissions must weigh less than 40 pounds and be transportable.
- The applicant must use inspiration from AFTA, the Sugarland Music & Arts Festival, and from the Assumption Parish arts community and arts culture, and the artwork must embody the spirit of the festival community in a creative or innovative way.
- The art piece must not include anything that is or could be perceived as graphic, offensive, violent, or insensitive.
- All entries must be original creations in both concept and execution. The designers of artwork submitted to this contest guarantee that they are the authors of 100% of all layouts and images submitted and/or personally own all rights to all work submitted. Submissions depicting copyrighted designs, characters, or trademarked names, likenesses, or logos will not be accepted.
- The use of artificial intelligence and the use of “copy and paste” or “drag and drop” image creation through online services are strictly prohibited.
- Original computer-generated graphic designs can be submitted in spot color (PMS) or 4-color process and should be submitted in PNG format in the highest exported resolution possible.
- Applicants under the age of 18 must have parental/guardian consent.
- Contestants are limited to one entry per year.
- All submissions will be evaluated by the AFTA Board of Directors and selected members of the AFTA Advisory Council in the following areas:
- Overall Appearance
- Compositional elements: color, balance, contrast, proportion, symmetry, etc.
- Demonstrates artistic technique and skill
- Thematic Content
- Does applicant use inspiration from AFTA, the Sugarland Music & Arts Festival, and/or from the Assumption Parish arts community and arts culture, and does the artwork embody the spirit of the festival community in a creative or innovative way?
- Creativity
- Does it present the subject or theme in an original or unique way?
- Is the concept or presentation creative or unique?
- Reproduction & Marketability
- In general, would someone want to purchase and display the original piece or a print?
- Does the piece have mass appeal and lend itself to being reproduced on shirts, prints, etc.?
- Overall Appearance
- Applicants must include the information below in their design. The information must be legible and prominent on the poster to be considered:
- 2ndAnnual
- Sugarland Music & Arts Festival
- August 2, 2025
- Assumption Parish, Louisiana
- Presented by Assumption Foundation for the Arts
- AFTA logo is provided to use in your artwork by request to afta@assumptionarts.org
- Terms of Application
- Applicant grants all reproduction and usage rights of all entries to AFTA.
- AFTA may publicly reveal the identity of the winning applicant and display photographs of them and their artwork for promotional purposes.
- The winner may be asked to participate in promotional activities associated with the competition and/or poster unveiling event.
- All original artwork will be treated as a donation to AFTA, and all proceeds from the auction of the original artwork will go toward the foundation.
- AFTA reserves the right to take additional photographs of the original artwork and reproduce the artwork in any form and fashion