MLTI T-Shirt Design

All ages invited to submit ideas

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) is hosting a T-shirt Design Competition again this year. The theme for the T-shirt design is “Celebrating 200 Years in Maine” or “Maine’s Bicentennial”.

A panel of judges will narrow the submissions down to three designs, and then we will ask Maine students and educators to vote for their top choice as they register for the MLTI Student Conference. The winning T-shirt will be printed for the 1000+ attendees of the 17th Annual MLTI Student Conference, which will be held on Thursday, May 21^st, 2020 at the University of Maine in Orono. The three students whose designs become the finalists will be given a free registration to the conference.

ELIGIBILITY

• Any student who attends an elementary, middle, or high school in Maine during the 2019-2020 school year is eligible to enter the competition may enter the competition.
• Any student or teacher/chaperone who is registering for the MLTI Student Conference may vote on the final design.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Submissions must only have ONE ink color and ONE background color. The inclusion of shading or gradients of colors will lead to disqualification.
• All submissions must be an original artwork. Any use of any photo, drawing, images or elements created by any other person (other than the MLTI logo) is strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification.
  • Please adhere to the guidelines for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regarding copyright and plagiarism: Even if you have permission to use a work or if the work is in the public domain, the work that you submit to this competition must represent a new, original work. Additionally, changing the medium of an original work is not considered transformative. For example, a painting or drawing of a photograph taken from the Internet or a magazine is not considered original and should not be submitted.
• Each student may only submit one entry AND the entry must be created by ONE student only.
• The artwork should be sized to 8¹/₂” x 11”.
• Students may hand-draw or digitally design their artwork.
• Digitally designed artwork should be 300 dpi, RGB color, and the fonts must be embedded.
• Submitted artwork must incorporate the phrase “MLTI Student Conference” and the year “2020” or “’20”.
• Students must incorporate the MLTI logo into their design: downloadable files or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/MLTI_logos.
• The design should reflect this year’s conference theme and should include some reference to “Celebrating 200 Years in Maine” or “Maine’s Bicentennial”.
• Students are asked to submit an artist statement (less than 200 words) with their design to help bring clarity to their adherence to the theme.
• Acceptable file types: PDF or JPEG high resolution.
• Color: T-shirts are one solid color with one color ink, and the student can suggest the color for each.
• The t-shirt design must fit on the front of the t-shirt.
• Signed Release: Each student must sign this release and include it in their submission. If the link above doesn’t work, please copy and paste this link: https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/ltt/conference/tshirt/release

JUDGING CRITERIA

• Guidelines: Work clearly adheres to the submission guidelines (color, size, file type, etc.)
• Theme: “Celebrating 200 Years in Maine” or “Maine’s Bicentennial”.
• Principles of Design:Work incorporated the following elements of art: balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, proportion, rhythm, variety, and unity.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Monday, November 4th, 2019 – Competition begins
• Monday, February 24th, 2020 – T-shirt designs due
• Monday, March 2nd, 2020 – T-shirt voting begins (with registration)
• Friday, April 10th, 2020 – T-shirt winner announced

Ready to enter? Submit your entry with this form or copy and paste this link: http://bit.ly/MLTI-2020-tshirt-entry

For more information or answers to questions, please contact MLTI.Project@maine.gov