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Presque Isle Township Museum Society (PITMS) invites students in grades K-8 to participate in the 2023 Presque Isle Lighthouses Youth Art Contest.

REQUIREMENTS

• Submissions must show the Presque Isle Old Lighthouse (1840) or Presque Isle New Lighthouse (1870.)

• Limit of two (2) entries per youth.

• Artwork must be entirely the work of the youth.

• Do not put name on the front of the artwork.

• Media

  • Must be 2-dimensional work (no sculpture, ceramics, etc.)

  • Artwork may be made using pastels, pencils, crayons, paint, glitter, markers, etc. on a flat surface such as paper, canvas, poster board, etc.

  • No photography or digitally created entries – must be hand-crafted artwork and meet the media specifications above.

DIVISIONS

• Grades K-1

• Grades 2-3

• Grades 4-5

• Grades 6-8

SUBMISSION

• Submissions will be accepted between May 26, 2023 and September 16, 2023.

• Artwork may be scanned as a high resolution pdf or photographed at the high resolution setting (jpg or tif format, 2.5M or larger size, if possible).

• Attach the digital image to an email to ArtContest@presqueislelighthouses.org.

• In the email, include the information found below or attach a completed entry form (download entry form here):

  • Student’s Name

  • Age

  • Title of Artwork

  • Grade on May 1, 2023

  • Parent’s name

Contest sponsors retain the right to use artwork submitted to this contest for educational, outreach, and promotional non-commercial use. Any use of artwork will include credit to the student. Credit for students will be identified by first name/last initial only. All winning artwork and honorable mentions will be posted on the PITMS website and in social media. Personal identifiable information on the entry form will be held securely and not released to any outside individual or organization.

Past winning artwork may be viewed HERE.

Local artist Janet Hainstock Straley has generously donated a large-format Giclée print of her “portrait” of the New Presque Isle Lighthouse for our summer raffle. Out of the Woods 1870–New Light Presque Isle is a framed limited edition print, numbered and signed by the artist, 15” x 30”.  Janet has personal ties to our lighthouses: her great-great-grandfather was Patrick Garrity, Sr., keeper of both the Old and New Presque Isle Lights. 

Tickets are $5 each or $20 for 5 and will be sold from May 26 to September 4. The winning ticket will be drawn at the 1905 House on September 4 at 3:00 pm; winner need not be present.

Tickets are available from our Board members, at the Presque Isle Harbor Wooden Boat Show, Concerts at the Lighthouse, or by contacting us at pilighthouses@gmail.com or leave a message at 989.787.0814.

Raffle Permit Number: X08478