The 2012 competition is closed. Below is for reference only.

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Farm Museum announces poster design competition for the 2012 Maryland Wine Festival®
Selected artist wins $1,000

Westminster, MD, January 11, 2012 – The Carroll County Farm Museum is pleased to announce the annual design competition for The Maryland Wine Festival® Poster for 2012.   A winning design and five Honorable Mentions will be chosen by a qualified panel of judges from the designs submitted.

The winning artist(s) will receive a $1,000 cash prize.  The winning design will be reproduced on posters, t-shirts, brochures and various other promotional materials for The 2012 Maryland Wine Festival which will be held on Saturday September 15 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday, September 16, Noon-6 pm. at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland.

Any two-dimensional media may be used to design the poster, including painting, drawing, collage, photography, computer-generated design, etc.  Artists must be 21 years of age or older and a Maryland resident to enter.  Some of the previous winning designs can be viewed on the Farm Museum’s web site:  www.carrollcountyfarmmuseum.org, click on the poster picture of which will take you to www.marylandwinefestival.org.  Click the ‘Poster’ header to view previous winners.

[DOWNLOAD] a PDF of the poster contest design requirements and entry form. You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or Apple Preview to open the file.

The Farm Museum must receive all entries by 3 p.m. on Friday, March 16, 2012.  Interested artists and designers may download a copy of the official design requirements and entry form from the link above or contact the Farm Museum at 410- 386-3880.  The Farm Museum office is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Artists may also send a self-addressed #10 envelope to the Carroll County Farm Museum at 500 South Center Street, Westminster, MD  21157 to receive entry materials.

The Board of County Commissioners sponsors these and other activities at the Carroll County Farm Museum through the Office of Recreation and Parks.  The Farm Museum is located at 500 South Center Street, Westminster, MD.