Three Weeks Left!

19 February 2008

RE: Logo Contest for A Sense of Wirth

Hello all,

We hope that creative minds have been hard at work to create the winning logo design for A Sense of Wirth! We would like to remind you all that the deadline for submissions of the winning logo is SUNDAY March 9, less than 3 weeks from now. Only one submission per person, please.

We are encouraging people of all ages to participate in this contest, so please, if you know anyone that would be interested in this contest, please pass along information to them.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at info.asenseofwirth(at)gmail.com if there are any questions about the information in the flier that was posted on this blog.

Thank you, and happy designing!
A Sense of Wirth

Logo Contest

Contest Deadline: 9 March 2008
Contest Announcement Date: 20 January 2008
Announcement of winning logo: 16 March 2008

Prize for winning logo design: $500

Organization: A Sense of Wirth
Location: New York
Type of Organization: Non-Profit, English as a Foreign Language for Deaf students, Learning through Visual Arts

Mission Statement:
A Sense of Wirth strives to promote the development of a "sense of worth" in all children, especially those who are deaf and deaf-blind, through education in language and the arts. Through development of multicultural identity and multilingual literacy, A Sense of Wirth's educational programs enable all students to access a higher quality of life.

Organization Objectives:
- Provide resources and training for teachers of English to deaf students around the world
- Learning through the Arts - connecting museums to school curriculum

Core Beliefs:
- Sign language as a method of communication for deaf children
- English language and art instruction appropriate for deaf learners
- Learning through art as a tool for developing analytical and metacognitive skills

Key Ideas:
- Multicultural Identity (including Deaf identity)
- Multilingual Literacy (including signed languages)
- Enabling
- Accessibility
- Visual Learning

Guideline for submission of a logo that also needs to be accessible to people with limited vision:
- 1-3 color palette, easily reproducible in black and white
- Adobe Illustrator vector files submitted in a PDF format (no larger than 1 mb)
- If text is added, it should be placed outside the logo image itself
- Logo should be reproducible in 0.75 inch x 0.75 inch format
- Avoid drop shadows and extensive gradients
- Avoid adding text to logo itself (not in/on/within the image)

Contact information:
info.asenseofwirth(at)gmail.com

What is A Sense of Wirth?

Perhaps our mission statement says it all:

A Sense of Wirth strives to promote the development of a "sense of worth" in all children, especially those who are deaf and deaf-blind, through education in language and the arts. Through development of multicultural identity and multilingual literacy, A Sense of Wirth's educational programs enable all students to access a higher quality of life.

While we have a long term goal to establish a training program for English as a Foreign Language teachers (hopefully deaf!) complete with curriculum and materials for teaching English to deaf students around the world, we have other projects we aim to see happen in the immediate future, such as making museums accessible for deaf people, grant programs for people with projects that fit our aim above.

Through a core staff of experienced professionals in various fields (including deaf and arts education, art history, linguistics, psychology, marketing and communications, business management), we are working on the little (but big) things such as the website, our brochures, publicity, and a logo contest (more information on that in another post). Once these little (but big!) things are set up, we can begin raising money to support our programs.

Welcome!

Hello! Welcome to our blog! We are pleased to announce that A Sense of Wirth was officially recognized as a non-profit organization in the United States only last month. While this bureaucratic hurdle was overcome, our work has only just begun. The list of things to do before we can actually start the official work of A Sense of Wirth can be quite daunting, but we are fortunate to have a wonderful team of volunteers (with large hearts!) that have offered their expert advice and experience to guide A Sense of Wirth in the right direction.

This blog will help us start to get the word out about our new organization as well as any announcements, while we are waiting for our new website to be finished!

Happy blogging!