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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#9190D8">Elizabeth Di Donna</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#5E5E5E">Department of Art</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue;color:#7A81FF">|</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue;color:#5E5E5E">College
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Elizabeth DiDonna <edidonna@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 3:47 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"art-bastudio@lists.fsu.edu" <art-bastudio@lists.fsu.edu>, "art-bfastudio@lists.fsu.edu" <art-bfastudio@lists.fsu.edu>, "art-mfastudio@lists.fsu.edu" <art-mfastudio@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Reminder: Deadline for Art Student Awards Jan 25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Welcome Back Students!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Remember to apply for the Department of Art Student Awards – You can’t win it if you’re not in it!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">These awards recognize the strength of our students and that means YOU!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">The Department of Art provides awards to Studio Art students whose work demonstrates exceptional achievement.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333"> <b>Awards
range from $250 to $1000. We are typically able to provide 30+ awards – so with a strong application, you have a great chance of being selected!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">All awards are applied to your Financial Aid package. If you have questions about how the award would be applied in your specific
case, please contact Financial Aid directly. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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To apply,</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#C00000"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">go to<b> </b></span><a href="https://fsu.academicworks.com/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://fsu.academicworks.com/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">After login, fill out the </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#C00000">General Application</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333"> first,
and then select </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#C00000">College of Fine Arts/Dept of Art Application</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333"> and complete the art portion as outlined
below. <b>Both parts of the application must be completed to be considered for an award.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Application deadline
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">Monday, Jan 25 at 11:59 pm</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Preparing your Art Award application — make it great! Here’s how:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626"> </span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">1. </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#C00000">Develop a concise
yet compelling artist’s statement</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#C00000"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">between 150 and 300 words in length. Start with a brief biographical
statement, followed by a description of the ideas that drive your work.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">SPECIAL NOTE for Undergraduates:</span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626"> If
you wish to be considered for an Ann Kirn Scholarship (a $1000 award limited to undergraduate students), you must include a thoughtful description of the role that design plays in your studio practice.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">2. Select the five (5) to eight (8) images that best represent your studio work</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">Formatting your images:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">Be sure that your images are photographed well and cropped as needed. <b>File sizes should be less than 2MB and
either jpg or png. </b>A video will be considered as one image. Submit your video to Vimeo or YouTube and provide a link within your application.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">Still images should be in a square format:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">To get your images into a square format, open the image in Photoshop. Go to Image/Image Size and size the image to 1080 pixels on the longest edge
at 72dpi. Then, go to Image/Canvas Size, and make the width and height 1080 pixels x 1080 pixels and choose the canvas extension color as black or white (or choose a color). Keep the anchor dot in the center. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">Choosing your images:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">A balance between breadth and depth is ideal. If no two images are related in any way, your submission can appear
unfocused. If all of the images are <i>extremely</i> similar, you can come across as short on imagination.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">Most
importantly, be sure all of the images presented are your very best. It is better to submit six great images than to submit six great ones and two weak ones.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Media awards:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> Each Focus Area has
a $250 award (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Digital Media, Photography). You will have the option of selecting one or more areas that best describes your focus,
<i>but your images must reflect that.</i> For example, if you want to be considered for the Painting Award, you must submit one or more images of your best work in Painting.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">3. Write a brief description of each image and provide the title, size, medium, and date completed</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#B51A00">.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626"> This
is a great opportunity to build on the general comments from your Artist’s Statement through specific information about each image.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626">SPECIAL NOTE:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#262626"> The application
as a whole may evolve over several days and is likely to take many hours to complete. Putting the necessary time and thought into it will greatly improve your chances of success. Furthermore, once you have laid the groundwork with this application, you will
be better prepared for future applications for awards on or off campus. Sample application and tips for writing your artist statement are posted on the department website:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;background:white">Questions? Contact Liz Di Donna at </span><a href="mailto:edidonna@fsu.edu"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#782F40;background:white">edidonna@fsu.edu</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">
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