StreetScapes Sept 2026 Art Contest

2026 CONTEST DATES AND INFO:

• Prizes: 1st place $1500.00, 2nd place $500.00, People's Choice Award $350
• Additional prizes may be awarded if additional sponsors are found
• Theme: IN YOUR FACE (a single face, real or imaginary, that occupies the majority of the piece)
• Panel Size and orientation: 4 feet x 4 feet square
• Submissions: Open until 20 submissions are received. Once 20 submissions are in, all artists will be notified and the 30 day painting period will begin.
• Panels: Pick up a 4x4 panel at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N Market Street, Cortez, during open hours, 10 AM to 5 PM, Tuesday through Saturday. You may take your panel home to paint it and drop the completed panel off at the Cortez Cultural Center. Rotary will install the panels at StreetScapes.
• Judging: Judges will review the artwork about 30 days after the announcement that all submissions are in and painting has begun.
• Winner announcement and display dates: To be announced after the 20 submission mark is reached.

Proof of Concept artwork can be submitted digitally, e-mailed or hand-delivered to the contest administrator. Must be hand-drawn, AI or digitally rendered submissions will be disqualified. All Proof of Concept drafts must be received in-hand by the submission deadline to be considered in the art contest. The rough draft will need to fit the appropriate dimensions as given within the contest requirements and be scalable to 4 feet by 4 feet square. Minimum length or width of proof of concept rough draft submission is 6” on at least one side. See website for other details.

A copy of this form will be emailed to you after submission. You will be notified via email or phone if you have been accepted to paint in the contest and a liability waiver must be signed before work is started.