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Guidelines and Required Forms are available through Project S.N.A.P. at www.projectsnap.org
Click here to sign up your school/home school group online.
Click here to download the Parent Consent Form.
Click here to fill out a Parent Consent Form online.
Click here to download the Artwork Guidelines.
2008 YEAR OF THE FROG ARTWORK GUIDELINES
Themes which young artists may address include:
• Interpretations of Michigan frogs, toads and salamanders
• Amphibian residents at the Detroit Zoo’s National Amphibian Conservation Center and the Zoo’s efforts to propagate and conserve many rare and endangered amphibian species from around the world
• Global climate change/human impact on amphibian populations
• Amphibians and their specialized adaptations to habitats around the world
Facts and Information about Amphibians
Information on status and conservation to fuel your ideas and artistic inspiration are available at these websites:
http://www.detroitzoo.org/
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
http://www.amphibianark.org/
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201---,00.html
http://www.parcplace.org/education.html
http://www.nature.org/animals/amphibians/
QUESTIONS?
Contact the Zoo’s Call Center at (248) 541- 5717 ext. 3750 or email mpacker@dzs.org or lreckinger@dzs.org.
Juried Competition/Exhibit and Mosaic Murals Activity Timeline:
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Date
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All artworks and required submission forms must be delivered to the Detroit Zoo Administration Building Switchboard,
8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067
(9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday only) |
DEADLINE: 4:30 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2008. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A POSTMARK DEADLINE. |
Art Judging Panel convenes; awards determined.
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Monday, May 12 – Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| Click here for Official Results of awards, local and regional media notified of results. |
On/after Monday, May 19, 2008. |
| Juried exhibit open to public daily during Zoo hours at Ford Education Center, Detroit Zoo. |
Saturday, May 24, 2008 |
| Artists, Families, Home School Leaders and Teachers Reception and Awards Ceremony 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Awards: 2:30 p.m.), Ford Education Center, Detroit Zoo |
Sunday, June 1, 2008 |
Mosaic Murals open to the public.
Murals will display ALL artworks submitted by K-12 students and home school students from Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties for the 2008 Year of the Frog Youth Art Competition. Open to public daily during Zoo hours at Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo locations. |
Friday, August 1, 2008 |
| Last day of Juried Exhibit at Ford Education Center, Detroit Zoo |
Sunday, September 14, 2008 |
| Mosaic Murals on display at Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo to celebrate Zoo’s 80th anniversary. |
August 1 – December 31, 2008 |
Youth Art Competition
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