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Young Creative Chevrolet Launches Online Public Vote for Europe's Next Shooting Stars in Applied Arts

2010-06-04

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For the new decade, Young Creative Chevrolet (YCC) art contest celebrates its fourth birthday by launching an online voting platform for the public. The voting will be officially open from June 4 until June 17 on the YCC website: www.youngcreativechevrolet.com

The pan-European contest for students of Applied Arts was set up in 2007 and more than 130 applied art schools across 20 countries in Europe took part in 2010.

All submitted projects went through a first selection by the national jury panels in May and the finalists will now display their project for the public's critical eye. The public voting will take Young Creative Chevrolet to whole new level by involving a worldwide audience in this creative art project and this year's outcome. With two clicks anyone can vote for their favorite project in each of the five disciplines. The online voting will have a weight in the selection of 2010's European winners, along with the decision of the European jury.

YCC project leader Florence Camenzind says: "We are delighted and very excited to show the work done by the students in an online public vote. This is the first year we are involving the public to give their opinion on the students' art projects. The YCC website is a great platform on which the students can also showcase their profile. We are pleased to see the community of young artists develop and hope to grow it further!"

Shortly after the closure of the public online voting, the European jury panel will meet for a weekend in Zolder, Belgium, starting on June 19 to deliberate and select the European winners in each of the five categories: Fashion, Video, Visual Arts, Music and Photography.

The final European winners will be announced on the YCC website shortly after the European jury deliberation

ABOUT YOUNG CREATIVE CHEVROLET

WHAT IT IS

Young Creative Chevrolet is a pan-European contest for students of Applied Arts organized annually by Chevrolet Europe since 2007 in various artistic fields (2010: Fashion, Music, Photography, Video and Visual Arts).

With this project, Chevrolet Europe wants to foster creativity and help young artists. Young Creative Chevrolet also aims to strengthen some of the company's core brand values.

HOW IT WORKS

In each participating country, a panel of judges (specialists in arts and others) award three prizes per participating discipline.

All 1st prize winners of the national awards automatically participate in the pan-European competition in which an international jury eventually elects the best three projects in each discipline.

PRIZES

In addition to a monetary prize, the European winners are offered a work experiences with professionals in their respective discipline (witness trips).

DEVELOPMENT

The contest has continuously grown from 8 participating countries and 8 schools in 2007 to a total of 20 countries and 135 schools in 2010. More than 500 students participated in the 2010 edition.

For more information on the contest, please visit www.youngcreativechevrolet.com.

About Chevrolet

Chevrolet is General Motors' largest global brand with annual sales of about 3.5 million vehicles in more than 130 countries. It is the fourth biggest global car brand in terms of sales and also one of the fastest growing brands in the world. Chevrolet Europe delivers attractive, distinctive design, practical, economical cars and outstanding value for money. After re-launching the brand in Europe in 2005, Chevrolet more than doubled its sales to over 500,000 in 2008. In 2009, Chevrolet held its market share in Europe at 2.3 percent, selling 426,000 cars. Chevrolet has a network of 2,900 dealers and service points in Europe. The Chevrolet line-up includes the all-new Spark city car, the small Aveo, compact Cruze sedan, Captiva SUV, mid-size Epica and the legendary Corvette sports car. In 2011, Chevrolet will launch the Orlando, an all-new family van, the Camaro coupe and convertible, the new Aveo and the Cruze hatchback as well as re-launching the Captiva SUV with four new engines. Chevrolet's biggest markets in Europe are Russia, Italy, Germany, France, Spain and the U.K. Established in the U.S. by Swiss émigré Louis Chevrolet in 1911, the brand is preparing to celebrate its centenary with the launch of the ground-breaking Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle. More information on Chevrolet can be found at http://www.chevroleteurope.com or http://media.chevroleteurope.com.