Picture Yourself Receiving a Creative Education at One of The Art Institutes Schools - Enter the 2010 Storytellers Photography Competition

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Friends, family, pets and places – Have you found yourself snapping pictures of everything in sight? Then this is the opportunity that you've been waiting for. Get the creative education that you want and need to turn your hobby into a satisfying career in photography. The Art Institutes schools are pleased to sponsor The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010.

The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010 is open to high school seniors graduating in 2010 and high school graduates in the U.S. and provides a chance to earn a photography scholarship to one of the 31 Art Institutes schools offering a photography program.

"We encourage creative thinkers who have an eye for the lens to enter The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition 2010.  This competition provides prospective students interested in pursuing a photography education with a scholarship opportunity and a venue through which their artistic vision can be expressed," says John Mazzoni, President, The Art Institutes.

The competition has separate categories for high school seniors graduating in 2010 and for high school graduates. The grand prize winner in the high school senior category earns up to a $40,000 scholarship to an Art Institutes school offering photography. The grand prize winner in the high school graduate category earns a $10,000 scholarship to an Art Institutes school offering photography.

Entrants are asked to submit eight original photographs that tell a story on a single theme, a 500-1,000 word artist statement describing the entry and a high school transcript demonstrating a GPA of 2.0 or higher or proof of high school graduation. For complete entry details, please visit http://www.artinstitutes.edu/pr.aspx?ID=AI2109.

The deadline for entries into the competition is March 5, 2010.

For more information on how to enter The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition and for official rules, visit http://www.artinstitutes.edu/pr.aspx?ID=AI2109.

The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu) is a system of more than 45 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.

SOURCE The Art Institutes