Create an art project to respond to climate change; next deadline is March 30

Respond to climate change in Alaska in two unique and fun events!

UAA/APU Books of the Year presents its Art Exhibit and Student Video Contest where YOU can express yourself about one of the world's most current and important topics -- climate change. So, give your two cents and respond to climate change in Alaska through these events:

Be a part of a First Friday Art Event!
Art Exhibit Deadline: Tuesday, March 30

Express yourself through UAA/APU Books of the Year Art Exhibit. No experience needed. Students, faculty and staff, plan now to submit your work for this First Friday exhibit based on 2009-10 Books of the Year theme -- responding to climate change in Alaska. Choose your style: painting, drawing, sculptures, ceramics, jewelry or photography. Artwork must be ready to hang or display.

Win an iPod nano Video Contest
Video contest Deadline: Monday, March 22

Not an art fan? Compete in the Student Video Contest with the chance to win a 16 GB iPod nano! Create a YouTube account, upload and link your video to the UAA/APU Books of the Year YouTube Channel. Winning videos will be shown at the Art Exhibit on April 2. Art Exhibit opens at the APU Galleries on April 2-29.

UAA and APU started to Books of the Year program in 2006 as a part of a Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues initiative to stimulate discussions on challenging and relevant topics. This year the program selected The Whale and the Supercomputer, a non-fiction account of how climate change is affecting life on Alaska's North Slope, by Charles Wohlforth and Shopping for Porcupine, a series of essays about growing up in the wilderness north of Kotzebue, by Seth Kantner.

For more details, contact Liz Hilpert at APU at liz@alaskapacific.edu or Christina Gheen, UAA, at booksoftheyear@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-6374.