UPDATE AS OF OCTOBER 13, 2020:
IMMP IS EXTENDING THE #IMMPARTCHALLENGE SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO OCTOBER 20, 2020 TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR PARTICIPANTS TO CREATE THEIR ART. WE HOPE THIS HELPS AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SUBMISSIONS!
Join IMMP and Klean Kanteen for our very first #IMMPArtChallenge! We hope that this art challenge will inspire creativity and support for orcas who depend on our advocacy!
WHAT: Create a visual art piece within 14 days depicting a scene of an orca or orcas, using any medium of choice.
WHEN: The 14 (EXTENDED) -day submission window will run from October 6th at 12:00am PDT through October 20th at 11:59pm PDT.
HOW:
*photographers, please save your photos for our photo contest in the coming months.
TIMELINE (UPDATED):
WHO: Everyone is invited to participate in the #IMMPArtChallenge. We will organize submissions into two groups: one for youth under 14 years old and one for older teens and adults aged 14 and up!
PRIZES:
The person with the most votes (14 and older) will receive a TKO Pro insulated stainless steel water bottle from Klean Kanteen, a cotton orca market tote bag from IMMP, and your artwork will be featured on IMMP’s website and social media pages!
Runner-Up (14 and older) will receive a plastic-free stainless water bottle with a stainless & bamboo cap from Klean Kanteen and an enamel dolphin zipper pull from IMMP, and your artwork will be featured on IMMP’s website and social media pages!
The person with the most votes (under 14) will receive: a kids insulated stainless steel water bottle from Klean Kanteen with bamboo cap, a cotton orca market tote bag from IMMP, and your artwork will be featured on IMMP’s website and social media pages!
Runner-Up (under 14) will receive a plastic-free stainless water bottle with a stainless & bamboo cap from Klean Kanteen, a batik dolphin bandana handsewn by an IMMP volunteer, and your artwork will be featured on IMMP’s website and social media pages!
Winners may even see their art on a t-shirt or notecard one day.
PROMPTS:
You can use any of these facts about orcas to inspire your art piece or find other info about orcas as a prompt for your creation.
•Orcas, also known as ‘killer whales’, are the apex predator of the sea, employing massive teeth that measure up to four inches long. They use exceptional intelligence, physical prowess, strategic planning, and cooperation to hunt and corral their prey.
•Orcas top the food chain and have diverse carnivorous diets. They feed on fish, seals, dolphins, whales, sharks, rays, and even seabirds. Some pods specialize in eating one type of animal, such as seal-hunting pods in the Arctic, and Southern Resident orcas in the Pacific Northwest who rely on eating mostly chinook salmon. Orcas share food among the pod.
•Orcas are highly social, live in pods of a few to several dozen individuals, and have close-knit families. Most orcas remain with their mothers for life.
•Wild orcas travel up to 40 miles per day and can dive hundreds or thousands of feet underwater in search of food.
•The orca, found in all oceans of the world, is the largest of the dolphin family. Their behaviors include breaching (jumping clear of the water), spy hopping (sticking their heads above water to look around), tail-lobbing (crashing their tails down on the sea surface), cartwheeling, back-diving, belly-flopping, and more. These actions likely help orcas communicate with other members of the pod; they also may do them simply out of exuberance and joie de vivre.
Thanks for participating and encouraging your friends to submit. We hope you enjoy this #IMMPArtChallenge!