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MOPA Youth Exhibition 2015: Self Portrait
Online Submission - for Digital Photos Only

**USE THIS FORM TO SUBMIT DIGITAL PHOTOS ONLY. TO SUBMIT BY MAIL OR IN PERSON (ALL FORMATS: MIXED MEDIA, VIDEO, FILM PHOTOS AND DIGITAL PHOTOS) SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT www.mopa.org/youthexhibition OR click here to download the submission packet directly

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2015 at 11:59pm PST

Jury Notifications: late July 2015
Exhibition on view: October 3, 2015 - January 24, 2016

Theme: Self Portrait

MOPA’s 10th annual juried youth exhibition invites you to explore self-portraiture. How can you explore your identity through a photograph? What might you include in your self-portrait to tell a story about yourself? How has photography changed the way we share our identities and personal stories with the world?  

For the 2015 exhibition theme students may use photography or video to share their self-portrait. Artwork submission is open to students in grades K-12 throughout San Diego County and Tijuana.

Eligibility for Online Submission 

  • Works submitted online MUST be digital photographs (no film photographs, mixed media, or video may be submitted online). 
  • All students (public school, private, charter, home school, etc.) in grades K-12 in San Diego County and Tijuana may submit.
  • One entry per student
  • Image uploaded digitally must be the original image. Minimum resolution for longest side of photo is 2400 px; maximum resolution for longest side is 4800 px. MOPA will print these photographs for jurying and exhibition. 
  • All submissions must be original but may borrow images (for example, a collage of found photos), and must be created within the 2014/15 school year. 

USE THIS FORM TO SUBMIT DIGITAL PHOTOS ONLY. TO SUBMIT BY MAIL OR IN PERSON (ALL FORMATS: MIXED MEDIA, VIDEO, FILM PHOTOS AND DIGITAL PHOTOS) SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT www.mopa.org/youthexhibition OR click here to download the submission packet directly

Online Submission Process - digital photographs only

1. Register as a "User" by clicking on the "+ Register" button at the top right of this screen  (a student artist, parent, or teacher can register as a User to submit on behalf of the student)​
​2. Make sure your submissions adhere to the eligibility criteria noted above 
3. Submit a maximum of ONE artwork per student (submission includes student artist info, upload of original image, and Artist Statement) 
 

Selection Process & Notification 

Submissions will undergo a jurying process in July. Artists accepted into the 2015 Youth Exhibition will be notified by email in late July. 
 

Will Students Get Their Artwork Back?

The Youth Exhibition is one of MOPA's signature events and we would like to show it year round.  Our staff is always looking for satellite venues to exhibit the works such as libraries, city buildings, corporate offices or anywhere else the general public can see how amazing the young artists of San Diego are. 

We appreciate your flexibility to be able to do this and will always notify you of the location of your art. On occasion, an entity would like to keep the work permanently. In this case, we contact you directly and ask if you would consider donating your work to the museum as a way to keep the Youth Exhibition Program alive and vibrant for another 10 years. 

When the work is ready to be de-installed, pick up dates will be emailed to participants. All artwork not picked up by a school representative or parent/guardian by the scheduled date does become property of the Museum. 

Questions?

Please email youtharts@mopa.org or call 619.238.7559 x229