Create a New Year's Card for
UNM Fine Arts
Featuring $200 in Prizes!
The Dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts continues a fun, festive, and artistic holiday tradition by asking for submissions for two official Fine Arts New Year’s cards to be created by you, our wonderful UNM Fine Arts students!
• One physical card for mailing
• One digital card for email and web
You may send in entries to either or both!
Physical New Year’s Card Requirements:
1) You must be a registered UNM Fine Arts student
2) Send in a high-resolution jpg or pdf of a work of art that will be suitable on a 4” X 6” card
3) It can be existing work or something created especially for a New Year’s theme
This card will represent the CFA to our alumni and supporters
Digital New Year’s Card Requirements:
1) You must be a registered UNM Fine Arts student
2) Your digital creation must be email-able or uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo with a link provided
3) It can be existing work or something created especially for a New Year’s theme
This digital card will represent UNM Fine Arts to our website visitors, including prospective students
Send all entries to A.J. Carian at ajcarian@unm.edu by NOVEMBER 27, 2017.
Please provide your name and contact information with each entry.
For more information, call (505) 277-2112 or email A.J.
We look forward to your submissions. Thank you and happy (early) holidays, College of Fine Arts community!
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