‘Rock the Statue Green’ Art Competition – the 100 semi-finalists

This is the very first time the contest has been open to ALL the students in the USA as well as in France. True, the choice around the theme of the Statue of Liberty open a logical door to it, but adding the dimension of the environment issues [as a matter of fact discussed last week in South Africa], made it a must. Other major innovation to this project,  Fabrice made full use of the technology so all the entries could be send electronically, plus allowing the system to be interactive: making the entered images, videos, texts available to be view and commented by all… as one does not only learn from the masters but from her/his piers. I must point out that this is unheard to my knowledge: in art competitions open to professionals, one can only see the selection from the jury, the rest stays unknown, better said ‘trashed’. True, not everyone is a winner [this time], but every participant student and school is getting equal exposure. Thank you all for your talent and inspiring participation.

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