Stir : Art 4 Aid

Our 2008 Theme: Stop Child Labour

250 million children work to secure essential income for themselves and their families.

For us, ‘the poor and oppressed’ includes the 250 million children who work to secure essential income for themselves and their families, children traumatised by war, scarred by debt bondage, slavery or sexual exploitation.

Poverty, exploitation and violence are not inevitable. We want you to challenge the unjust structures that constrain the poor in a world of false priorities, gross inequalities and distorted values.

World Vision has always been willing to take a stand when the rights of children are in danger. The United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in 1989.
It proclaims that all children have the right to survival, the right to food, the right to family, the right to cultural and indigenous identity and the right to education.

Are you willing to stand with us?

2008 Art4Aid Categories include:

Art Prize & Exhibition (Students and Individuals under 26)

Calling all young painters, photographers, sculptors & fine artists - use your skills to respond to the global need to Stop Child Labour. Your work might be exhibited in Melbourne in October.

Rnd 1 is now CLOSED: Check out the winners here!
Rnd 2 closes: 28 September 2008 (Individual u/26)
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Stirring Postcard design (Individual under 26)

Design a postcard to get your stirring message into cafes, unis and public spaces across Australia.

Entries close: Tuesday 14 October 2008.
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Bumper Sticker design (Individual under 26)

Stick happens! Design your bumper sticker now!

Your chance to highlight the need to stop child labour on motor vehicles, bikes, text books and lockers everywhere!
Entries close: Tuesday 14 October 2008

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Tee-Shirt design (Individual under 26)

Design your own personal billboard stirs the world and those around you! Get the message out there about the four themes of a child's rights to love, freedom, protection; education, food and healthcare & play.

Entries close: Tuesday 14 October 2008
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Short Film Competition (Indiv. U/26)

Do something reel! Mash-up some existing vids or create your own to make a new viral short film with a twist.

Competition opens in July 2008.
Entries close: Tuesday 14 October 2008
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Entry Forms & Rules

Exciting - no. Essential - yes.
We've gotta have some sort of rules and regs to make sure you know what to do and when to do it.

Don't forget that each piece must be accompanied by an entry form and read the terms and conditions too!

Create To Advocate

Create to Advocate is an arts comp run by the Micah Challenge & the Make Poverty History (MPH) coalition. The competition asks Australian artists of all ages to respond to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

It is seperate to STIR's Art4Aid, although there the two competitions are similar and you're free to enter both if you like. Whilst you must be under 26 to enter Art4Aid in 2008, Create to Advocate is open to artists of all ages.
Learn more about Create to Advocate