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: 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
- 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
