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Up to RM500,000.00 Worth of The One Academy Scholarships & Fabulous Prizes Up for Grabs at the Creative Art Award 2010

The One Academy joint general manager Tan Chin Wee spoke during the press conference held prior to the launching of Creative Art Award 2010 that unleashes reward of up to RM500,000 for the best creative talents.

Due to the expanding cutting-edge industry of the creative digital content and multimedia, the search for the best talents that stand out above the rest is on hot demand. As Malaysia’s leading art & design college, The One Academy of Communication Design is keen to recognize these young talents and to develop their creative skills when they are fresh out of secondary schools.

With this in mind, The One Academy continues to organize its annual art competition with the Creative Art Award 2010 that encourages young talents from all over the country to showcase their outstanding creativity and to compete at a national level.

This year, the annual competition, which has been on the running for 13 years, will be held in conjunction with the much-anticipated release of Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3. The competition also sees a new partner in New Straits Times and with the support by Buena Vista Columbia TriStar and MDeC. Canon has also graciously come in to offer more rewards to the winners of the competition while the Media Partners include Sin Chew Daily, Gempak, Comic King and Pipit.

The One Academy Creative Art Award 2010 competition was officially launched by Sin Chew Daily corporate communication & promotion Manager Gan Beng Teck, The One Academy Joint General Manager Tan Chin Wee, MDeC senior executive Yang Mee Eng, Buena Vista Columbia Tristar Films (Malaysia) marketing director Penny Tai and New Straits Times Press marketing director Zuraida Mohamad.

Known as Creative Media Award in the previous years, the re-named Creative Art Award is a successful hit among the secondary school students as it has offered past scholarships that had amounted more than RM3million with tie-ups with Pixar and Disney’s animation movies, such as A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E and last year’s UP.

Participants diligent at work to complete their artworks

Open to all Malaysian talents nationwide, the competition is divided into two categories, Category A & Category B. Category A is open to secondary school students nationwide, where it offers scholarships and other fantastic prizes that amount up to RM500,000.

The scholarships offered this year are also the most among the previous years. Besides the main prizes offering RM55,000, RM40,000 and RM30,000 scholarships for the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners respectively, 10 participants will also stand a chance to win the Young Creative Achievers Award that comes with RM20,000 worth of scholarship each.

Apart from that, there are also 30 consolation prizes to be given away to participants with The One Academy scholarship worth RM5,000 each. Other exciting prizes include a Creative Art Award trophy, Acer Aspire notebook, Apple iPod Nano, Sony Digital SLR Camera, Canon Digital Camera and Canon printers. As an additional reward to the Gold Prize winner, Canon will also be offering prizes to the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners’ school.

Artworks by participants compiled during the judging session	Artworks by participants compiled during the judging session

To enter the competition, participants would need to fill up the Qualifying Round Challenge Entry Form and submit it together with their design of number ‘3’ and send it to The One Academy before 18 June 2010. Entry Forms can be obtained from secondary schools or by logging on to the competition’s website at www.creativeartaward.com.my. Shortlisted participants will be invited to attend the On-The-Spot Art Competition at selected locations around Malaysia; Penang (17 July 2010); Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (24 July 2010); Kuching, Sarawak (25 July 2010); and Bandar Sunway (31 July 2010).

For category B, a storyboard design competition is open for anyone who is 18 years old and above. Participants are to create their own storyboard based on the theme ‘The Toys Are Alive’. Winners get to take home exciting prizes such as Acer Aspire notebook, Canon Digital Camera, SONY DSLR Camera, Apple iPOD Nano and Toy Story movie premiums. The Entry Form can also be obtained from the website.

Category A (Secondary School Students)

Round 1 – Qualifying Challenge (Mail-in)

• Use your creativity to design on the number ‘3’ in the space provided on the Entry Form.
• Complete your details on the Entry Form and email (must be less than 1MB) or post it together with your design to the organizer before 18 June 2010.
• Entry Forms can also be downloaded from www.creativeartaward.com.my

Round 2 – On-The-Spot Competition

• Shortlisted participants will be required to personally attend the On-The-Spot Competition.
• Participants may choose to attend the competition at either one of the locations:
  • Penang (17 July 2010)
  • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (24 July 2010)
  • Kuching, Sarawak (25 July 2010)
  • Bandar Sunway, Selangor (31 July 2010)
• Winners will be announced on 31 July 2010 at The One Academy, Bandar Sunway.
• Scholarships may be redeemed at The One Academy Sunway or The One Academy Penang.
• If the tuition fee for the selected course is lower than the scholarship amount, the amount is not redeemable for cash. All prizes are not transferable for cash.

Category B (18 years old & above)

Storyboard Drawing Competition

• Based on the theme ‘The Toys Are Alive!’, create your own storyboard of what happens when you realize that your toys are actually alive.
• The storyboard may consist of a minimum of 6 frames up to a maximum of 20 frames. Format of the frames and the Entry Form can be downloaded at www.creativeartaward.com.my
• Post your storyboard and Entry Form to the organizer before 18 June 2010.
• Winners will be notified through email and phone call.

Prizes For Creative Art Award 2010

Category A: Secondary School Students Nationwide

Best of the Best Gold Award

• The One Academy Scholarship worth RM55,000
• ACER Aspire Notebook
• Canon All-In-One Printer & Scanner
• Creative Art Award Trophy
• Certificate of Excellence
• Special Prize For Winner’s School: Canon All-In-One Printer

Silver Award

• The One Academy Scholarship worth RM40,000
• Sony DSLR Camera
• Canon All-In-One Printer
• Certificate of Excellence

Bronze Award

• The One Academy Scholarship worth RM30,000
• Apple iPod Nano
• Canon All-In-One Printer
• Certificate of Excellence

10 x Young Achiever Awards

• The One Academy Scholarships worth RM20,000 each
• Certificate of Excellence

30 x Encouragement Prize

• The One Academy Scholarships worth RM5,0000 each
• Certificate of Exellence

Category B: 18 Years & Above

First Prize

• ACER Aspire Notebook
• Canon All-In-One Printer

Second Prize

• Sony DSLR Camera
• Canon All-In-One Printer

Third Prize

• Apple iPod Nano
• Canon All-In-One Printer

5 x Consolation Prizes

• Toy Story 3 Movie Premiums