NAMI Utah Artist Project’s mission is to provide artistic opportunities to artists with mental illness in order to:
AUGUST--T-Shirt Design Competition
SEPTEMBER--Gallery Exhibit
OCTOBER--Holiday Card Contest
NOVEMBER--Holiday Boutique Submissions
AUGUST--T-Shirt Design Competition
The NAMI Utah Artists' Project is having a NAMI Walks t-shirt design contest. NAMIWalks is NAMI Utah's biggest fundraiser of the year! Design a t-shirt that can be sold before, at, and after this year's NAMI Walk on September 18th, 2010!
We are looking for t-shirt designs that include a STATEMENTabout mental health (such as "Suicide is not a Solution") and ARTWORK of any medium that complements your statement.

We will print on the front and back. Each person or group may submit one design. The artist(s) of the chosen design(s) will receive a $50.00 gift card.
Dates:

Dates:
9/22 – 9/24 (10:00 am – 4:30 pm): Submissions accepted at NAMI Utah
10/4: Juried via Gallery at NAMI Utah
10/4 – 1/6: Postcards, posters, continuing of PR
10/11: Juried artwork transported to Gallery
10/14: Opening
10/15: Reception (on Gallery stroll)
11/6: End of Exhibit
11/6 : Artists contacted to set time to pick up their artwork from Gallery
11/8 – 11/12: All artwork must be picked up (unless it’s being resubmitted for the Holiday Boutique, as approved in advance by the Artists’ Project).
Guidelines:
Too early to dream about the winter Holidays?... Dream of cozy winter moments, conspiring by an imaginary fire, and design a holiday card!
We are specifically interested in pieces of art that convey winter and holiday seasons and themes. For each winning design, the artist will receive $50.00 gift certificate.
The image should be 5" x 7" and can be horizontal or vertical. Larger submissions will be digitally reproduced so that they will fit on a 5" x 7" card. Smaller designs do not print well and are discouraged. Designs may be created in any medium (such as colored pencil, charcoal, pastels, oil/watercolor paints, photography, etc.)
You may submit designs by:
Dates:
NOVEMBER--Holiday Boutique Submissions
The theme for this unique Holiday Boutique is selling beautiful and original works of art and crafts as holiday gifts for shoppers to buy – at affordable prices!
Dates of Boutique: Friday, December 3rd – Sunday, December 5th
Location: The Pioneer Craft House (3271 South 500 East, SLC). We hope to fill the space with festive art and crafts of all kinds!!!
We are looking for the following:
ARTWORK: paintings, photography, drawings, pottery, and more…
CRAFTS such as: jewelry, knitting, crocheting, ceramics, beaded, and woven items; magnets, silk-screened/decorated t-shirts, barrettes and decorated hair ties, blankets, candles, stuffed animals, wooden toys, scarves, hats, mittens, gifts bags, candles, glass items, stained glass, wooden decorations, tole or hand-painted items, home-made soaps, holiday decorations, gifts for neighbors and co-workers, dolls and doll clothes, baby clothes, marshmallow guns, and more…
Guidelines for artwork: We are looking for works of art $150.00 and under – ideally, $50.00 and under!
Artwork does not have to be framed or can be framed simply. Paintings on stretch canvas that are wired are desirable. Matting artworks also helps. We can hang art on canvas and quality paper and then, if purchased, we could roll them up and tie them with a ribbon. Please be creative to cut your costs while keeping quality. Smaller, less expensive, framed works are also desired. If works are framed or on stretch canvas, we ask that they are wired/able to be hung.
Dates:
Please price all items, see attached Artists' Information Toolkit for template
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