NASA’s Advanced Planning and Partnership Office at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is sponsoring an art contest for college students. They’re looking for entries that fit the theme “Life and Work on the Moon.” One of the goals of the contest is to “give students and faculty an opportunity to form an inter-disciplinary team to collaborate with science and engineering departments, either at their institution or other institutions, to produce the most well informed art work possible.”
They’re accepting entries now, though the deadline is 1 December 2007. They expect to announce the winners early next year, and to award cash prizes, certificates and merit, and exhibit opportunities. Winners will be determined by “a volunteer panel of judges [who] will represent NASA, other government agencies, universities, industry and the professional art community.”
The contest is open to students enrolled full time at accredited colleges and universities in the United States or its territories. Only US citizens are eligible for cash prizes; international students at colleges or universities may enter, but will not be eligible for cash prizes. Entries will be judge in three categories: two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital.
For more information, and full entry requirements, see artcontest.larc.nasa.gov.
NASA is also planning a high school version of the contest, probably for Spring 2008.