Call out to Indigenous students!
The Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the McGill Campus Store is holding an open call out to artists to design a limited edition McGill University sweater.
Aim of the Project
The Office of Indigenous Initiatives and McGill Campus Store is working with Indigenous owned and operated, Decolonial Clothing, to bring an Indigenous desgined hoodie to McGill. Integrating an Indigenous inspired and designed hoodie at McGill’s campus store continues the commitment towards physical representation and symbolic recognition in line with McGill's 52 Call's to Action. This limited sweater featuring Indigenous artwork creates an opportunity for students, faculty, and perspective students to purchase McGill merch that emphasizes Indigenous experiences, utilizing the talent of the Indigenous students at McGill.
More About the Theme
Students will be encouraged to design a piece of artwork that will be screen printed on the front of a McGill branded sweater and sold at the Campus Store. When creating this art for the hoodie, we want you to think about what it is like to be an Indigenous student at McGill. We want to capture the experiences of Indigenous students and have this hoodie be a physical representation of that.
How to Apply
- Using the provided template, create your design on the sweater template.
- Download and upload the template into the MS Forms Application.
- Answer all questions on the MS Form and successfully submit the form by November 1st.
Process
After the submission deadline, the OII and Campus Store will form a committee to create a short list (5-10) of submissions. Once the short list is created, there will be a voting period for all McGill students, faculty, and staff to vote for their favourite design! The winner will be announced before the holiday closure in December.
Guidelines
- Design dimensions will be 13inches by 13inches
- Designs can be made with any art medium, but please note that all designs will be digitized for the application onto the sweater
- Adobe Illustrator Vector file preferred, 300 DPI
- Designs must contain only elements, no words
Launching Event
Upon the decision of the final design, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and McGill Campus Store will hold a launching event to celebrate the artist and feature all the submissions in the process. As the chosen artist, you will get a free hoodie with your design and an opportunity to speak at the event.
Any questions to indigenousinititaives [at] mcgill.ca
