Mercator College calls for submissions in all categories of visual art for the 9th MERCATOR ART CONTEST. The topic of this academic year's contest is "Dreams".

We have seen an impressive range of creative and artistic activities on campus recently and would like to encourage as many creative minds as possible to submit art works. Previous experience is not required, but originality is a necessity!

A limited stock of artist's materials is available from Mercator College Office from the first week of January 2011 onwards.

Please be also reminded that indeed there are prizes (all in all five), a first prize of 100 Euros, a second prize of 80 Euros, a third prize of 60 Euros, a fourth prize of 40 Euros, and a fifth prize of 20 Euros. The prize-winning contributions are selected by a jury consisting at least of Mercator student representatives, a professional artist (we are hoping to have Hamburg graphic designer Peter Nishitani on board again) and members of Mercator College staff. Any member of the Jacobs community including staff and faculty can take part by submitting one or more pieces of original art.

Winners will be announced in March, when a vernissage of the submitted pieces will take place in Mercator.

Submission deadline is February 15th 2011.

P.S.: The small print: Art pieces submitted to the contest remain the property of the artist, but the artist must agree in writing that his/her submission is exhibited in Mercator College until the submitting student graduates. Upon graduation the artist is asked to lend the art piece to the college. Nevertheless the art piece permanently remains the legal property of the artist, which includes the right to withdraw it from the college at any time AFTER graduation.

The college can only secure the art pieces within the usual limits and cannot be held responsible if the art piece is stolen or vandalized. It does, however, pay for a formal exhibition of the piece (framing, and other appropriate presentation modalities).