Art contest

I received an email about an art contest from the Space Foundation and I think it would be a fun project for the art students to enter. 

The prizes are not SUPER but getting the award could be a good thing for your college applications if you were to win.  Plus I think the theme of the project is kind of fun AND it would be a good way to decorate the school just in time for Science fair in Feb.

I am going to have this be project and you will be able to work on it in class, In the meantime I would like you to start doing some brainstorming and some sketches for your next sketchbook assignment due Monday Dec.17 when we will start the project

For the contest the work can be either
Drawing
Painting/Mixed Media (as in collage, or mixing painting and drawing)
or
Digital (taking your own drawings or paintings or photos and using photoshop)

I want them to be the largest size they are allowing- 18 x 24 inch

I would like you to BE CREATIVE with this.  Think about the theme "If I were going"...... as in going to take a trip to outer space.  There is a lot of potential ways to go about it and I think the Surrealism project would be a good foundation for you since you really are going to have to think OUT OF THIS WORLD.

Some potential ideas:
Outer space fashion- what would you were on the ultimate vacation?
Space travel brochure- advertising travel to space
Outer Space hotel/resort- what would it have?
How would you breathe?- designing a stylish and functional oxygen mask
Pop Space Art- think out of this world Andy Warhol
Flag design for the universe
Aliens you might meet- what could they look like- BE CREATIVE if you do this one, in other words, no Yoda or Chewbacca......
Design your space ship.... again, NO Milenium Falcons or X-wing fighters.....

Artists who can inspire you:  GOOGLE them and see how their ideas could influence yours-
Alex Grey
Pearl C. Hsiung
Jeremy Geddes
Peter Max + space
Roger Dean + outerspace
Or just have fun with google images;  artists outerspace   ,    modern art outerspace,   
http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/04/chinese-contemporary-art-beyon.php#.UL-8j4OsiSo


Here is the information about the contest rules PLEASE READ and if you want you can also look at the entries from past contests -
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/collections/detail.asp?coll=265

IMPORTANT DATES-
Dec 17 Sketches/brainstorming due
Dec 17, 19,  Jan. 7,  9 and 14 to work in class-  5 classes  
Due by Wen. Jan 16th NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!