Starting on July 6th, I have been working on a global project for an event called FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate Talks) for the United Nations Climate Change project.
Here is some of the background behind this competition: This event is leading up to a United Nations Climate Change conference that will be hosted in France in December 2015. FACTS is an event organized by the Embassies of France in Canada and the United States, and it is a public conference series that is planned to take place in seven cities in the United States and Canada involving renowned scientists, civil society representatives, political figures, NGOs, journalists and entrepreneurs. (http://facts.france-science.org)
The purpose of this competition is to raise awareness of climate change, educate people about climate change, and also to try to find resolutions on how to prevent - or decrease - climate change. The Embassies of France decided that they wanted to take a more creative approach on how to raise the awareness about climate change, so they came to one of the most creative universities in the United States - Full Sail University. With our creativity and skill, the Embassies of France want us to use our creative thoughts in a way to raise awareness for climate change while catching the attention of the audience with our creativity.
The event started on July 6th, as we went to a seminar at the school to be given information about FACTS and United Nations Climate Change. There are several different categories of art for this competition: film, traditional 2D art, music, marketing planning, and 3D art. Each category will be judged separately, and there will be a first, second, and third place winner for each category. First, we were instructed to submit a three sentence description about our project. Then, we were instructed to submit our final draft of our project (whatever media/medium it may have been) for the first round of judging on August 13, 2014. Lastly, we were granted revisions on our final projects from August 25th - August 28th. The winners of each category will be announced on Saturday, August 30th.
I chose to crate a 2D traditional art piece (graphite pencils and PrismaColor pencils) as I am most comfortable with traditional art for projects such as this. I would absolutely love to post up my work in progress pictures of my projects, as well as the final products, up on this blog! However, the Embassies of France instructed us not to post up our work up on any social media sites until the judging is complete. Once the judging is over with - and if I have the permission to do so - I will more than happy to post up pictures of my work.
This project is not mandatory for any student to be a part of - I just found that this competition could potentially open doors for me and get my brand out to people in the world, especially since the event is globally wide. If I win at this competition, it could potentially lead to something great for myself and my career. However, even if it does not lead to any openings for me, or if I do not win the competition at all, I really did learn a lot of great values from this competition. This project helped me get in a lot of creative time for myself so that I can refresh myself on drawing and managing time management. I also was able to learn a thing or two about climate change that I did not do before.
In the end, even if I do not win this competition, I am so thankful that Full Sail grants us with such great opportunities like this! I also will be thankful that I was able to draw two new, awesome pieces to add to my portfolio. Also, the great cause of the subject of this competition was jus too hard to pass up. Once the competition is over and the winners are announced, I will be more than happy to share the drawings on this blog for all of my followers to enjoy, and to see what I experience through this month long journey. Wish me luck! Updates are soon to come!!
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