Comcast Art Scholarship T-Shirt Design Competition Winning Design to Appear on Pops by the Sea T-Shirts

Contest open to all Cape Cod high school and middle school students

Submissions are now being accepted in the Seventh Annual Comcast Art Scholarship T-Shirt Design Competition. The winning design will be featured on the official T-shirt for the 25th Anniversary TD Bank Pops by the Sea concert, the main fundraiser for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

Contest winners and their sponsoring high school art departments will each receive art scholarships in the amount of $500 for first prize, $250 each for second prize, and $100 each for third prize.  All entrants will receive two general admission lawn tickets to the TD Bank Pops by the Sea Concert.

“This is a great opportunity for local students to showcase their artistic ability and see their masterpieces come to life.” - Mary Mclaughlin, Area VP for Comcast

“Comcast is committed to supporting the communities where our employees and our customers live and work, and we’re so proud to once again recognize the importance of arts education on Cape Cod by providing scholarship funding to student artists and their high school art departments,” said Mary McLaughlin, Area Vice President for Comcast.  “This is a great opportunity for local students to showcase their artistic ability and see their masterpieces come to life.”

Margaret Van Sciver, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod board president, said that the foundation is “thrilled that Comcast is continuing its generous long-term commitment to support this important Cape-wide scholarship program for young artists. These scholarships honor and fund both the individual students as well their sponsoring art departments, which makes this program unique in the region,’’ she said.

The Pops by the Sea concert will be held from 5 to 7 pm on Sunday, August 1, 2010 on the Hyannis Village Green.  The event marks the only Cape Cod appearance of Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.  Proceeds generated by the concert support the year round programs of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The contest is open to all high school and middle school students living on Cape Cod, including those in public, parochial, private, charter and technical schools. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 30, 2010; winners will be announced by Wednesday, May 12, 2010 and awards presented at a reception on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at Cape Cod Academy in Osterville.

Subject matter should reflect the theme of “people enjoying music by the sea.” Original art work on paper is encouraged, but original, computer-generated graphic art will be accepted.  Entries will be judged by a panel of distinguished community leaders and local artists. For more information and complete entry guidelines visit www.artsfoundation.org or www.artsfoundation.org/pops-tshirt.

Courtesy of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.