MOAD is thrilled to host an art contest, focused on the theme of "Home". Open to all Miami Dade College students over the age of 18, this contest is an opportunity to explore the diverse and profound meanings connected to the word “Home”. Is it a place, a feeling, or a person? Is it more impactful to depict it abstractly, or to make a naturalistic representation? Is home a collage or a photograph? Creative interpretations are welcome.

As MOAD celebrates the 100th birthday of the historic Freedom Tower, we encourage our community to think about place and identity. What informs our ideas of home? Can a building mark the identity of a city, of a person?

These are all possible prompts to consider while working on contest submissions. Each entry should answer the prompt: What is home to you?

Submissions will be collected January 13 through February 18, 2025. The winner will be announced on March 3, 2025, and will receive a $200 gift certificate courtesy of Blick Art Materials, and will be featured on MOAD’s Instagram page (@moadmdc) and The Freedom Tower’s Instagram page (@miamifreedomtower). Up to three submissions are allowed per person.

Please email your entries to Jennifer Weinberg at jweinbe1@mdc.edu.

Image: Ema Ri, courtesy of World Red Eye.

MOAD's programs are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and the Board of County Commissioners. They are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, and with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Miami Herald is a media sponsor of MOAD's programming.

Miami Dade College is an equal access/ equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran's status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or genetic information. To obtain additional information about the College's equal access and equal opportunity policies, procedures, and practices, please contact the College's Equity Officer: Cindy Lau Evans, Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and ADA Coordinator at (305) 237-2577 (Voice) or 711 (Relay Service). 11011 SW 104 St., Room 1102-01; Miami, FL 33176. EquityOff@mdc.edu

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MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN (MOAD) AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE ART CONTEST NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER RAFFLE 

By participating in the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College Art Contest (“Contest”), each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these official rules (“Official Rules”). The decisions of the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College (“Sponsor”) shall be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. The Art Contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. EST on Monday, January 13, 2025, and will end at 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (“Contest Period”). 1. Eligibility. To be eligible for this contest, participants must be submit up to three (3) works of art to Jennifer Weinberg at jweinbe1@mdc.edu via email on or before February 18th, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. (“Entry Deadline”) and must also comply with the eligibility requirements below. The contest is only open to current Miami Dade College students with an assigned MDC email address and enrolled at Miami Dade College during the Contest Period. All participants must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, legal residents of the State of Florida and able to provide a valid Florida- issued identification. By participating in the Contest, each participant agrees that he/she has all rights necessary to enter and participate in this Contest and grants Sponsor the rights described in these Official Rules. If a participant is unable to participate in the Contest as requested by the Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right to deem that participant’s entry is forfeited in its entirety and disqualified. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. 2. How to Enter. To enter the Contest, a participant must enter to win by submitting up to three (3) original works of art via email to Jennifer Weinberg at jweinbe1@mdc.edu using their personal @mymdc.net email address via email in response to the Contest promotion email, or via the Contest page on MOAD’s website. The response to the Contest (“Entry Materials”) must be submitted via the email address provided by Sponsor and may not be submitted in any other format. All Entry Materials must be received by the Entry Deadline. Any submissions received after this date and time will be disqualified. The odds of winning a prize (“Prize”) depend on the number of eligible entries received by the Entry Deadline. Sponsor is not responsible for late or misdirected Entry Materials, or for electronic, network, computer, hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties. Entry Materials must be developed in good taste, shall not contain content that is obscene or indecent and shall not include profanity, drugs, alcohol, phone numbers, offensive or derogatory statements that may be offensive to individuals of a specific race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group, or contain other content deemed inappropriate by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. There can only be up to three (3) entries per person. In the event any Entry Material is deemed inappropriate by Sponsor, that entry will be deemed ineligible. In the event of a dispute regarding Prize claims or entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of submission of the Entry Materials will be deemed to be the participant eligible to participate in the Contest and such entry must comply with these Official Rules. An authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. In the event more than one participant submits the same Entry Materials, the participant who was the first to submit the Entry Materials will be deemed the official participant (based on Sponsor’s server’s timestamp) and the participant who submitted the subsequent duplicate Entry Materials will not be eligible to be a winner, unless the participant who was the first entrant to submit the Entry Materials is selected as a winner, but is thereafter deemed by Sponsor to be ineligible under these Official Rules. 3. Sponsor’s Use of Entries and Related Materials. By submitting a response to the Contest, each participant agrees to and irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor any and all right, title and interest that the participant has or may have in his/her Entry Materials and all other related materials provided to Sponsor or otherwise prepared in connection with the Contest or acceptance of a Prize (collectively, “Entry Materials”) in any way, which may or may not include the participant’s name, voice, image, photograph, likeness, city and state of residence and/or responses to the Contest. The Entry Materials will not be returned to any participant. Each participant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to use, modify, reproduce, publish, perform, display, distribute, make derivative works of, trademark or otherwise register, and otherwise commercially and non-commercially exploit the Entry Materials, including without limitation, in perpetuity and throughout the universe, in any manner or medium now existing or hereafter developed, without separate compensation to any participant or any other person or entity or prior approval by participant or any other person or entity. Each participant agrees to take, at Sponsor’s expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by Sponsor to effect, perfect or confirm Sponsor’s rights as set forth in this Paragraph 3. By entering, the participant acknowledges and warrants the information provided in the Entry Materials is original and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Entry Materials. Sponsor reserves the right to make necessary alterations to the Entry Materials. Sponsor shall have unlimited rights to use the Entry Materials in any form or application as long as the responses to the Contest are not directly identifiable to the participant. By accepting these terms and conditions, participant agrees to release, forfeit all title to the Entry Materials and relinquish rights and title to the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College. Failure to do so invalidates the entry. Participants agree to sign an additional release if required by the Sponsor. Sponsor is not obligated to use any Entry Materials, in whole or in part. 4. Winner Selection and Verification. The Contest is being conducted by the Sponsor’s Marketing Manager. After the Entry Deadline, the Contest responses will be reviewed by the Sponsor’s Marketing Manager and Executive Director. All entries will be eligible to be entered to win and a winner will be announced during the week of March 3rd, 2025, and the winner will be notified that week via email. Prize Winners are subject to verification of their eligibility and compliance with the Official Rules. 5. Prize Winner Notification. Sponsor will contact the Prize Winners by sending an email notification to the email address that the participant provided at time of their registration for the Contest. Sponsor will make three (3) attempts to contact the Prize Winner by the method described above within one (1) business day after they were determined to be a Prize Winner. If Sponsor is unable to reach the Prize Winner by the method described above within such time, that winner will be disqualified and an alternate Prize Winner will be determined from the names of all of other remaining eligible participants using the selection criteria described above. Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. 6. Winner Supplemental Submissions: If a participant is selected as a Prize Winner, he/she may be required to submit additional information (e.g., a photo, and a short bio), prior to acceptance of the Prize, for Sponsor’s use in promoting the Contest and the Contest Prize Winners. Sponsor’s use of these related Entry Materials shall be in accordance with Paragraph 3. 7. Prizes. The Prize Winner will receive the following Prize: one (1) $200 gift certificate at Blick Art 8. Disqualification and Cancellation of Contest and Events. At any time during the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify and eliminate any entry, Entry Materials or other submission from a participant for any reason, including but not limited to, because Sponsor believes the entry or Entry Materials do not comply with these Official Rules. In the event that a Prize Winner is disqualified after the Contest, an alternate winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries, as provided above, if practicable. Sponsor reserves the right to amend these Official Rules, or terminate, suspend or modify the Contest, in its sole discretion. The dates and times set forth in these Official Rules are subject to change in Sponsor’s sole discretion and in the event of any such change, Sponsor will notify the participants by posting the change on the website – Moadmdc.org . 9. Cash Value and Taxes. The Winner is solely responsible for any and all expenses, and applicable federal, state and local taxes associated with claiming or using the Prize. If applicable, the Winner may receive a tax Form 1099 for the value of the Prize as provided by current tax laws. Unless otherwise specified herein, no Prize can be replaced if lost or stolen. Sponsor reserves the right to replace and/or substitute similar prizes of equal value, should the Prizes specified in these Official Rules, or any portion thereof be unavailable, for any reason. 10. Claiming the Prizes. The Prizes will be issued after participant has submitted their entry to the Contest. The Prize Winner will be notified as stated above in paragraph five. Sponsor shall have no liability for non-delivery, and are not responsible for any mishandling or any other delivery method used to transmit the Prize. 11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Contest is void where prohibited or where restricted beyond the restrictions set forth in these Official Rules by law. Sponsor does not warrant that the Contest is valid in any particular state or jurisdiction. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations shall apply. ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND/OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS, SPONSOR(S) AND/OR SPONSOR ENTITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT GIVING ANY EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS. ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST GIVES EACH CONTESTANT’S CONSENT TO THE SOLE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS: I have read the rules and agree to all terms and conditions. I affirm that I am at least 18 years of age and I am fully able and competent to understand and comply with the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations and representations set forth in these Terms and Conditions. Any submission of Entry Materials shall be considered full and complete acceptance of these Terms and Conditions By entering this contest, I agree to receive email communications from the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College.