4th of Jul-Ivar's has gone on to become the longest-running, privately held fireworks show on the West Coast. In the spirit of this historic Seattle community event, Ivar’s Restaurants are holding a poster contest for Washington students ages 12 to 18.
Submissions should reflect the spirit of the event with themes such as: Seattle, waterfront, Elliott Bay, fireworks, Ivar’s, Ivar Haglund and the community. For inspiration, kids can go to www.ivars.net for examples of artwork from previous years.
To enter, Ivar’s will accept an original hand-painting or drawing (two-dimensional only) or an electronic file of their original artwork. No artwork (in full or part) generated from someone other than the submitting artist is allowed. All entries must be received by May 23, 2008. The dimensions should be 11” wide by 17” high (portrait style).
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to:
4th of Jul-Ivar’s Art Contest
c/o Ivar’s Restaurants
Pier 54 / 1001 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA, 98104
Alternately, electronic submissions should be sent as:
- High quality JPEG file at 200 pixels per inch, 5 megabytes or less if e-mailed. (File size can be larger if submitted on non-returnable CD.) OR
- Adobe Illustrator file, Version 8.0 or less, CMYK, fonts converted to outlines. If emailed, include linked files and zip to 5 megabytes or less (File size can be larger if submitted on non-returnable CD).
- Please e-mail to marketing@keepclam.com with the subject line “4th of Jul-Ivar’s Art Contest” and include name, age, grade level, school and contact information (including physical address, phone # and e-mail address).