MediaMentor's Photo Blog: Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

CALLING YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM ACROSS CANADA

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>NCCN-10-10-06-NR
>October 20, 2010
>
>
>CALLING YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM ACROSS CANADA
>
>NCC invites young Canadians to create environmentally themed
>photography
>for exhibit on the world?s largest skating rink
>
>
>Canada?s Capital Region ? The National Capital Commission (NCC)
>invites young photographers from across Canada to create and submit
>original photographic works of art for exhibit this winter in Dows
>Gallery, on the Rideau Canal Skateway.
>
>
>Part of the NCC?s youth initiatives, Dows Gallery, is an outdoor
>space in Canada?s Capital where youth can express themselves through
>art. This winter?s exhibit, Eco Art will feature photographic
>artwork with an environmental theme. From January to February 2011,
>Eco Art will display 40 works of art to hundreds of thousands of
>skaters on the Rideau Canal Skateway, as well as to virtual visitors
>in an online gallery.
>
>HOW TO PARTICIPATE
>
>Who: Canadian residents 14 to 24 years old, working alone or in a
>team
>
>What: Creative, exciting, original photography
>
>
>Theme: The environment. Show us what concerns you, your way ? is it
>preventing climate change, reducing waste, protecting wildlife,
>becoming carbon neutral, or something entirely different? You are
>limited only by your imagination!
>
>How: Email [ mailto:youth-jeunesse@ncc-ccn.ca
>]youth-jeunesse@ncc-ccn.ca by October 29, 2010 to register and
>receive artwork guidelines
>
>
>*** The deadline to submit artwork is November 12, 2010. ***
>
>
>Recognized by the Guinness World Records? in 2005 as the world?s
>largest skating rink, the Rideau Canal Skateway receives, on
>average, one million visits each year. The world-famous ice surface
>becomes one of the official sites for, Winterlude, which will take
>place from February 4 to 21, 2011.
>
>
>For more information about the NCC?s youth programs, the Rideau
>Canal Skateway, Winterlude or other NCC programs, the public can
>contact the NCC at 613-239-5000, 1-800-465-1867 (toll-free),
>613-239-5090 (TTY) or 1-866-661-3530 (toll-free TTY), or visit the
>NCC?s website at www.canadascapital.gc.ca <[
>http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/ ]http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/> .
>
>Media Information
>
>Denise LeBlanc Charles
>Cardinal
>NCC Media Relations
> NCC Media Relations
>
>613-239-5750 (office)
>613-239-5227 (office)
>613-851-9465 (cellular)
>613-851-6924 (cellular)
>[ mailto:denise.leblanc@ncc-ccn.ca ]denise.leblanc@ncc-ccn.ca
> [ mailto:charles.cardinal@ncc-ccn.ca
>]charles.cardinal@ncc-ccn.ca

GEORGE LESSARD
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