Three Rivers Arts Festival Poster Contest: Deadline March 17TH

2008 Poster: Art By Brian Holderman

•The winning artwork will creatively represent Three Rivers Arts Festival's mission to connect the community to the arts.

•Artwork must measure 11 inches wide by 14 inches tall.

•Artwork must prominently incorporate the Three Rivers Arts Festival logo. The logo can be recreated or stylized to match your artwork but must be recognizable and prominent. Click here to download the Festival logo.

•Do not include the Festival dates, locations, website, or phone number in the artwork. This information will be added by the Festival outside the dimensions of the artwork.

•Posters will be printed in full color

And there are other prizes/ awards including a student prize.

- Grand Prize Winner: The grand prize winner will be selected by the Festival's Visual Art Committee. The winning artist will receive a cash prize from the Festival in the amount of $300, a featured blog post on the Festival's website at artsfestival.net, a Three Rivers Arts Festival t-shirt, and 10 printed copies of his/her poster.

- People's Choice: All poster designs will be posted on pghgrassroots.com for a public vote. The People's Choice winner will receive a cash prize from the Festival in the amount of $100, an invitation to the Festival's opening reception, a Three Rivers Arts Festival t-shirt, and 5 printed copies of his/her poster.

- Student Prize: The Festival Visual Art Committee will select a winner from entries from high school students. The Student Winner will receive a cash prize from the Festival in the amount of $100, an invitation to the Festival's opening reception, a Three Rivers Arts Festival t-shirt, and 5 printed copies of his/her poster.

- Staff Favorite: The staff of Three Rivers Arts Festival will choose their favorite artwork from among all entries. The Staff Favorite winner will receive a cash prize from the Festival in the amount of $100, an invitation to the Festival's opening reception, a Three Rivers Arts Festival t-shirt, and 5 printed copies of his/her poster.

Anyway, Lots of rules and details you need to read carefully.

Thanks to the City Paper

The Pittsburgh City Paper, found my published my drunk driving challenge piece complete with mispellings and typos. I am somewhat serious about what I wrote and do think the city would be a great place for some kind of suicidal road or bike race. It works for France.

It is funny how, the same nanny state morons who want to dictate all kinds of tiny details in building design and zoning leave little things like transportation out of their thinking. If you have a bar or bunch of bars or night clubs in an area with very few residents around it and no transit link- you must think it's OK to drink and drive. Do you think that all the guys in the bars around the stadiums have designated drivers?

Being an urban planner means never having to say you are sorry, I guess. You just make the map and none of the blood that ends up on it is your fault.

I know this is a highly competitive position but this is an open call competition. In the comments below feel free to nominate your city or town. I do think Pittsburgh's amazingly poor urban layout, insane hills and hard drinking culture mean that we can win this one. The plans for the casino are likely to seal the deal. Drop a casino and all the needed parking right on the lower hill to eliminate any chance of having a residential area there. Right next to a sports stadium.

Do politicians ever have to take sobriety tests?