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Create your canvas
Oxfam Australia invites you to create an artwork that tells the climate change story for vulnerable communities in developing countries. The canvas could represent the climate change impacts faced by these communities, tell the story of them adapting to climate change or look at opportunities and possibilities for the future. People all over the world are taking part in this international project.
Closing soon
The closing date for Canvas for change is fast approaching so make sure to get your artworks in soon. Entries close November 17 2008
Entries for the post secondary students competition closed on October 20. Post secondary students are encouraged to apply in the community member category.
Why should I participate?What happens to the canvases?
Who can participate?
Are there physical specifications for the canvases?
What type of images/themes is Oxfam Australia seeking?
How can I find out more before planning my canvas?
How do I submit my canvas?
What are the rules?
Why should I participate?
It’ll be fun and it’s your chance to be part of a global project to stop climate change. It’s a great way to learn more about climate change and help educate the community. Submitted works will be exhibited in an Oxfam Australia web gallery. There will be an online competition to choose canvases to be used on postcards and posters.
For post-secondary students one of their canvases will be chosen to represent Australia as part of an exhibition at the international gathering of countries on climate change.
What happens to the canvases?
In December 2008, the nations of the world will gather in Poland to negotiate a solution to climate change and a selection of canvases will be exhibited at this UN Summit.
Others will be exhibited around the world and across Australia over the next year, as well as on our online gallery; others will be made into postcards, posters or used in other campaign materials.
The deadline for Oxfam to receive your canvas is November 17 2008.
Who can participate?
Everyone can create a canvas. We welcome submissions from students, community groups, clubs, artists or would-be artists. We welcome individual or group works. Get together with your friends, your community, or your school to paint a canvas that shows the impact of climate change on poor communities.
Are there physical specifications for my canvas?
The final canvas should be:
- 2D. Durable and transportable
- Inks, paints and other media should give a permanent end product.
- There are no size restrictions except for post-secondary students. For post secondary students the canvas should be no larger than (1.8m x 1.2m) and stretched on a frame.
What type of images/themes is Oxfam Australia seeking?
- The impact of climate change upon poor communities in developing countries.
- People actively and strongly confronting the impacts or causes of climate change.
How can I find out more about this issue before planning my canvas?
A range of briefing materials are available on this website:
- Watch the video called See the bigger picture.
- Read the case studies from Aboriginal Australia, Southern Africa and Tuvalu.
How do I submit my canvas?
- Email a photo (JPG) of your completed canvas to campaigns@oxfam.org.au (up to 2MB).
- Your accompanying email application should also include:
- Name of artist(s).
- Email and phone contacts for the artist.
- Category of artist– (e.g. post-secondary student, secondary student, primary student, community member.)
- Name of work.
- Medium of work.
- Size of work.
- No more than one hundred words describing the work, the creative process, or the inspiration behind the work.
- Send your email with your JPG to campaigns@oxfam.org.au
What are the rules?
All canvases should be:
- Durable and transportable.
- Inks, paints and other media should give a permanent canvas.
- For post secondary students only the canvas should be no larger than (1.8m x 1.2m) and stretched on a frame.
- One post secondary student canvas will be sent for exhibition at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Poland.
- All submissions will be displayed on Oxfam Australia’s and Oxfam International’s websites.
- All submissions may be used as climate change resources, for example on a postcard, in Australia.
- Oxfam Australia may request the actual canvas for exhibition purposes.
- Copyright for all the art works exhibited will remain with the artist. However it is a condition of entry that entrants grant Oxfam Australia royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, licence to reproduce and publish work in any media or campaign material.
