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.

Juried by nine leading creative directors, art directors and writers, the Advertising Annual displays 250 pages of the best in consumer and institutional print ads along with posters, television and radio commercials. Everything is reproduced in full color. You can actually read the fine print. The full television and radio commercial scripts and a complete index are included for reference.

Published each December, 70,000 copies of the Advertising Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

The Advertising Annual incorporates special reproduction techniques developed by Communication Arts, including quality 175-line color separation and printing on premium 80 lb. coated paper by one of the finest printers in the United States. Everything that was originally in color is reproduced in color at a size that allows the concept to be understood.

Of the 11,265 entries to the 2007 Advertising Annual, 243 were accepted, making the CA Advertising Annual one of the most exclusive major advertising competitions in the world. Deadline is 2 Jun 1008. Visit the site to learn more.

RedBubble, a leading internet art gallery and creative community, recently launched a global photography contest with $10,000 in prizes to be won (http://www.redbubble.com/promo/photocomp).

The RedBubble Real Photography Competition encourages photographers of all skill levels to showcase their best work in five themed categories:

1) Landscape, Travel and Nature
2) Portrait, Fashion and Commercial
3) Black and White, Street, and Reportage
4) America
5) Europe
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At least, not this summer. So remove that silly outfit - you look pitiful.

But, it is summertime, and I’ve learned this past month that 1/3 of my readers must be students. I know this, because they’re missing. Plus, the supply of contests has dwindled to a mere trickle. But never fear, I’m not going on vacation.

With that said, a few months ago I began tracking my visitors…not down to the name and street address, mon cher - oh no, just the city. California’s way ahead, with 1,441 visit this past month from LA, San Fran, and San Diego, among other cities. New York is running a second with 935 visits from 69 cities. New York, Albany, and Buffalo head the list.

I want to say hi to those singular individuals who dropped by from Mililani, Kihei, Kalaheo, Kailua Kona, Honokaa, and Lahaina. Thanks for stopping by, and next time bring a friend! I wish I were there!

Have a great weekend and don’t blow your collective heads off with those fireworks.

The Art of Digital Show is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of digital art — digital painting, computer based illustration, digitally manipulated photography, fractals and algorithmic imagery, digital manipulations of traditionally created art, digital montages and collages, mixed media with digital elements, digital video art, computer animation, CGI, etc. The Art of Digital Show will be exhibited at the two-level gallery in the Lyceum Theatre, a perfect venue for exhibiting a large showcase of awesome digital art. What is very unique about The Art of Digital Show is the combining of fine art images in the gallery along with video art. Flat-screen displays in the gallery will be continuously exhibiting the video art pieces.

Deadline is 15 August 2007. Visit the site to view previous winners and to learn details about entry.

Montage, Boston’s leading contemporary furniture retailer and Arclinea Boston, the award-winning Italian kitchen design firm, have partnered to establish the first annual Montage/Arclinea Contemporary Design Scholarship Competition.

Entrants will be asked to design a contemporary kitchen/living area within the traditional, historic architecture of Boston and its suburbs. Successful designs will incorporate the philosophy represented in the work of Italian architect Antonio Citterio, particularly as expressed in his kitchen designs for Arclinea and his furniture designs for B&B Italia.

All entries will be judged by a panel of area architects and designers. Prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000 will be will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries. Entry must be received by Tuesday, 31 July 2007. Visit the site for details.