The Crossroads Community Association is reaching out to Kansas City’s creative community for its first everT-shirt design contest.
“Your challenge is to design an eye-catching and creative T -shirt that promotes the Crossroads Art District as the center of Kansas City’s thriving arts community,” said Teri Rogers, member of the CCA Board of Directors and the CEO of T2 Studios.
Designs are due by Aug. 31, and yo.u can submit as many designs as you’d like. The winning entry will nab you a $250 cash prize,~ a free T-shirt and mention on the kccrossroads.org website. The winner’s signature and year will be printed on the interior neck of the T -shirt.
“Your design should capture the essence of a vibrant and diverse community that includes galleries, restaurants, retail, professional design studios, architectural firms, advertising agencies and other creative businesses,” said Eric Gilmore, Art Director of PlusVisuals and CCA Member.
To help you get started, the Crossroads marketing team has provided these insights:
- Designs should be fabulously eye-catching and creative, but also wearable and practical.
- Design something you would be proud to wear yourself.
- The design must include the words Crossroads Art District and First Fridays. Mentioning Kansas City (or KC) would be cool, too.
- Designs can fit ANYWHERE on the T-shirt body, except seams. Creative use of the T-shirt space is encouraged. The T-shirt will be white.
- Up to four colors are allowed, but sometimes less equals more. If you can do a fabulous design in one color, this may give you a leg up in the competition. Maximum image area is 15″ x 20″ and submissions formatted as a jpg or tif at output size. Local printing will be done by Bandwagon Merchandise.
- Jurying will be done anonymously by style leaders in the Kansas City Design Community including Matt Baldwin of Baldwin Jeans and Jed Carter of MK12.
- All submissions must be emailed to crossroadstshirt@gmail.com by August 31.
- By entering the competition, you agree to give CROSSROADS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION nonexclusive rights to publish your work on its website, social media and/or use the design on the T-shirt and other promotional materials.
The Crossroads T -shirts featuring the winning design will be available for purchase from the Crossroads Truck every First Friday, beginning on Oct. 4. The Crossroads Truck is a vintage postal vehicle restored and operated by CCA neighborhood volunteers and businesses. Highly visible at First Fridays and community events around the KC area, the truck is a welcome wagon offering maps & information to visitors.
Enter early and often. Deadline is August 31, 2013!
