The California Arts Council is sponsoring a multi-media competition in celebration of California Arts Day, an annual event that highlights the creativity of all Californians. The 2009 theme is “The Art in Me” – the title of a new song that celebrates the arts in California.

Musicians and multi-media artists are invited to take the elements of the song “The Art in Me” and personalize it through:

•   a remix, or
•   a video mash-up, or
•   a new rendering of the song (a “cover”), or
•   a combination of all three.

Prize for Winner:  $500

Eligibility: California residents*
* Participants must demonstrate that they legally reside in California during 2009.

Deadline: March 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm PST.

About California Arts Day

Each year the California Arts Council promotes California Arts Day, the first Friday in October. While California Arts Day generally celebrates arts and creativity, each year has a theme and image to highlight the artistic aspects of our state. People today are expressing themselves creatively, especially through the use of computer and digital tools to create images, music, videos, and other artwork simply for the joy of it. For 2009, the main theme for California Arts Day is “The Art in Me” and focuses on the individual creativity of each Californian. See more about 2009 California Arts Day: http://cac.ca.gov/artsday/

About the 2009 California Arts Day Theme and Song

Format of Entries: audio files must be in the MP3 or .WAV format, and video files as .MOV, .MPEG, .MP4, .SWF OR .FLV. (We do not accept .MSWMM files.)

To submit an audio entry, please email the .MP3 or .WAV file to Patty Milich at . To submit a video entry, please upload the file to YouTube, Vimeo or other hosting site, and send the link to .

By submitting an entry, entrants agree that:

• they are representing and warranting that the content in their entry is authorized to be remixed by themselves, uploaded to the http://ccmixter.org site and licensed to the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial 3.0 license.
• they have rights to the elements of the submitted musical artwork and/or the licensing on the elements must allow for the California Arts Council to publicize as part of a non-commercial public awareness campaign.
• at the discretion of the California Arts Council, their entries may be made available to the general public for download on the California Arts Council website (www.cac.ca.gov) under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 license.
• the California Arts Council reserves the right to evaluate each entry’s eligibility under the Rules as well as for compliance with the US Copyright Act, and any and all other applicable laws.
• entries may be removed from the California Arts Council website and/or disqualified from the Contest at the discretion of the agency.
• the California Arts Council is not responsible for late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries. Incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries are not eligible.

Announcement of Winner:  Winner will be chosen at the sole discretion of the California Arts Council and announced to the media and through various online resources.  

General Information Contact: Patty Milich, , 916-322-6385.