[CREATE] Fwd: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Open Clip Art Library + Free Culture Research Conference Logo Design Contest

[Jon Phillips]

hi all, we are lauching a logo contest for a related community, the
Free Culture Research Conference

Jon


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From: Brad Phillips <press at fabricatorz.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Subject: [Press] PRESS RELEASE: Open Clip Art Library + Free Culture
Research Conference Logo Design Contest
To: press at lists.fabricatorz.com


For immediate release:

Open Clip Art Library + Free Culture Research Conference Announce Logo
Design Contest

June 17, 2010 UTC - The Open Clip Art Library (http://openclipart.org)
has grown from an intimate, collaborative group project, into a
community-driven resource that equates to one of the most viable and
effective methods of acquiring restriction-free digital art. One of
the key reasons OCAL continues to grow and extend it's influence in
the digital landscape is it's ability to enhance sharing and
collaboration among it's users.

For this reason, The Open Clip Art Library has always been closely
associated with the Free Culture Movement. Free Culture aims to
promote the sharing and modification of creative works, in the form of
free content. As the culture began to evolve and build momentum,
academics of numerous disciplines banded together at the first annual
Free Culture Research Conference, in 2008. This year, the tradition
continues in Berlin (October 8-9), and the conference organizers need
help from the Open Clip Art Library Community.

An effective logo that will establish an identity and communicate the
free culture message is necessary. There are three key elements to the
logo that should be considered in the design process. The perfect logo
should:

*indicate that this is an academic research event, i.e. an event for
scholars rather than artists, policy-makers, or activists.
*communicate that this is an event about free culture, which is an
umbrella term for many interrelated initiatives.
*be usable year-by-year, on different websites and with different
designs, online or on print (so, it should not include a date, should
have a relatively easy time blending in with changing website colours
and designs, and should be made available in both high-res/print and
low-res/web formats).

All artists in the Open Clip Art Library Community are encouraged to
submit entries to be judged by an esteemed panel that includes Donna
Benjamin and Giorgos Cheliotis. The logo selected to represent the
Conference will earn the artist credit and promotion on the event's
pages, as well as an invitation to attend the conference, itself. Any
Community artist wishing to submit a logo for consideration should be
sure to choose "fcrc logo" in the 'submit to contest' selection box,
while filling out the standard clip art upload form.

Contest entries will be accepted (http://www.openclipart.org/upload)
through 11:59PM on Friday, July 9th 2010. The winning design will be
announced at the beginning of the following week (July 11th).


Highlights

*Free Culture Research Conference - October 8-9, Berlin
*Contest: logo design open to the OCAL Community
*Select "fcrc logo" from the 'submit to contest' field, in the upload form


For More Information

*http://openclipart.org/fcrc-logo
*http://wikis.fu-berlin.de/display/fcrc/Home
*http://freeculture.org
*http://conference.freeculture.org


Press Contact

Jon Phillips
press at fabricatorz.com
+1.415.830.3884
San Francisco + China

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