RCE Youth Art Challenge 2023: From Waste to Wealth

The Global RCE Service Centre at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), in partnership with UNESCO, is now accepting submissions for the RCE Youth Art Challenge: From Waste to Art. The challenge is open to anyone aged 35 or younger worldwide.

This is an opportunity to create artwork to inspire others around the world to use resources more efficiently, reduce waste, and ultimately shift to sustainable consumption and production.

Program Objectives

• Bring awareness to the challenges faced due to global waste and unsustainable production and consumption patterns.
• Provide perspectives from youth on why it is crucial to adopt sustainable practices.
• Bring about understanding on how action can be taken via ESD towards achieving the SDGs, in particular in relation to addressing sustainable consumption and production.

Eligibility
Submissions must meet the following criteria:

• Participants must be aged 35 or younger by 15 August, 2023.
• Entries are limited to three (3) entries per participant.
• The artwork must not have previously been submitted for another contest.
• The artwork must be the participant’s original work, and cannot incorporate symbols, images, or other works under copyright, which include logos of brands and characters.
• Corporations are ineligible for this contest.

Submission Criteria
Participants meeting the above-mentioned eligibility criteria must also meet the following submission criteria:

• Submissions can take the form of any type of artwork (e.g. photos, drawings, paintings, sketches, murals, or others), however, all submissions must be static (no animations) and limited to one frame.
• Submissions should be in a landscape orientation where possible, ratio 16:9 (e.g. 768 px width, 432 px height).
• Submissions must be the original work of the person submitting the artwork.
• Please ensure the image uploaded is clear and visible.
• Submissions are accepted in the following formats: PDF, JPG, or PNG, and must be downloadable. An optional video may be added – accepted formats are MP4, less than 100 MB.  
• Captions may be entered in any language, however, the organizers may contact the entrant to confirm translations, if not entered in English.
• Submissions must be received by the deadline, 15 August, 2023 (11:59pm JST).

Judging Criteria

• Submissions will be judged based on creativity, originality & quality of the artwork, and relevance to sustainable consumption and production.

Please note that by participating in this challenge, all entrants agree that their artwork/s, name, and captions can be featured in promotional channels (including but not limited to websites, social media, email newsletters), in relation to this challenge.

Format for Submission and Review
Online submission must be done via the Submission Form by 15 August, 2023 (11:59pm JST).

APPLY HERE

For more info, visit the Program Page