SCION is a modern-thinking brand on the forefront of youth culture and innovation, known for engaging its consumers in an interactive quest for creative ideas. One of SCION’s trademarks is its support of organizations that also seek to connect with children and young adults in expressive, artistic ways.

In its mission to advocate community outreach and foster creativity in the younger generation, SCION now joins forces with Cut&Paste in the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE (”Contest”). The website design competition will benefit J.U.i.C.E., a non-profit weekly after-school program that allows the underprivileged youth of Los Angeles to express themselves artistically through dance, music, visual arts, and MC skills workshops.

As J.U.i.C.E. focuses its resources on programming and operations, they need your help: SCION’s new online competition, the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE summons all web designers, illustrators, graffiti connoisseurs, coding geniuses, hip-hop enthusiasts, and creatives all around to help J.U.i.C.E. refine their online presence with a brand new homepage design. Web designs submitted for the competition should embody J.U.i.C.E.’s urban aesthetic and youthful spirit, while adding to the site’s functionality as a user-friendly vehicle for communication.

So, help city kids, put $5K in your pocket, and get your work seen. Submit your designs for a new and improved Web site for J.U.i.C.E., a nonprofit hip-hop arts program for LA’s urban youth, and you’ll be entered to win five grand, courtesy of SCION. All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 10, 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

Barclays and Arts Council England today launched a nationwide art competition for football fans - ‘Barclays: Finding Fan Gogh.’ In a celebration of the on-pitch artistry and invention football fans see, plus their passion for playing the beautiful game themselves, fans are invited to show ‘what football means to them.’ From the grit of grassroots to the Barclays Premiership elite, supporters can choose the aspect of football that inspires them and convey this in art form - drawing, painting, photography or collage (PS - the ball shown here is the ‘football’ that these folks are talking about - not the pigskin).

The winner will receive £10,000 and have their artwork displayed on a giant advertising board near their local Barclays Premiership team. Five runners up will receive £1,000 each. The competition is in aid of NCH – The Children’s Charity and a selection of the final entries will be used to produce art that will hang in a number of NCH projects where many of the vulnerable children and young people that NCH works with, may be able to appreciate them. The only thing missing from this press release is the dealine, but there’s an email to contact the parties. Visit the site to learn more.

United Creators is proud to announce its first annual online competition to discover, recognize and honor excellence in the global visual arts. We are currently accepting online entries for the 2006-2007 United Creators Online Competition that will result in a ‘live’ offline 2007 planned exhibition in New York City for the winning entrants. United Creators will aggressively market and promote this exhibition event that will place the winning entrants in high public visibility. This is an excellent opportunity for artists to showcase their artwork in a global arts platform and have it be reviewed by a panel of notable judges; globally renowned leaders, professionals, and visionaries from the Arts and Business fields.

The competition is open to all global artists working in applied media such as: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking and digital art. The competition is not open to film/video, crafts or any artworks created for any commercial application or assignment (i.e. advertising, print editorial, packaging, commercial illustration, etc.). All entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Proof of age and identity must be furnished upon request. All entrants must submit a biography and/or artist’s statement for review. Entries may be submitted by any business involved in representing an artist(s) and their work, granted proper permissions are obtained and copyrights are observed. All entries must be final versions. Visit the site for details.

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) today announced its call for entries to the second annual Photoshop User Awards – the only worldwide competition exclusively for Adobe® Photoshop® users.

“Photoshop artists, photographers, and designers from around the world will have an opportunity to gain international recognition, celebrate their very best work and share their vision and creativity with the worldwide Photoshop community,” said Scott Kelby, president of NAPP and best-selling author of computer and technology books worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, it’s summer Down Under, and no better way to celebrate the warm weather than to enter an underwater photography contest sponsored by OZtek 2007. The OZTeK’07 Underwater Imagery competition welcomes entries from within the Asia/Pacific Region. Entry will be by digital file and will be accepted over the Internet as well as by post. For this third annual meeting, you can also enter a video. The Video Category allows entries of up to 5 minutes on any subject and will be judged on creativity, videography skills and editing (!). All entries must have been made within the past three years. Deadline: 28 February 2007. Visit the site for details.

Digital Artist’s Space in Troy, NY is looking for Digital Art for their upcoming exhibition. In this context, digital artwork is defined as work that has been digitized either by scanning or by being photographed digitally, work that has been created or opened in any image-editing software such as Photoshop, or work that has been printed digitally. The digital image can be one component of a multi-media piece. Deadline: 22 December 2006; Notification of acceptance: 29 December 2006. Works must be framed for exhibit. Visit the site for more details.