United Way of Missoula County improves community conditions so that all Missoulians can thrive. Founded in 1931, the nonprofit has continuously brought people from across the community together to build a stronger Missoula for everyone. Today, our work focuses on improving education, financial stability and health for all residents.
During the summer of 2021, United Way of Missoula County will celebrate 90 years of service to the Missoula community. Imagine Nation Brewing is creating a special-edition beer named Sip United to help with the summer’s celebration, and the art selected will become the beer-can label and possibly the art used during the 90th Anniversary events and promotions.
The artist whose art is selected will receive a $500 award, with the option for United Way to purchase full rights to the art for another $1,000.
Important Dates
- Thursday, April 1, 2021: Art call opens, submissions accepted (high-quality jpegs or pdfs, and other digital formats accepted)
- Thursday, April 30, 2021: Last day to submit Artworks (early submissions with press-quality jpegs are appreciated for press releases and social media campaigns)
- Thursday, May 13, 2021: Acceptance notifications emailed
- Week of June 21: United Way Building Renaming ceremony & 90 Days of United Way launch
- June 21, 2021-July 2021: Beer available @ Imagine Nation and retailers
- Week of Sept. 14 2021: United Way 90th celebration event
Submission Requirements
Artists are invited to submit work that showcases the theme “90 Years of United Way service in Missoula County.” Art should be submitted digitally, and selected art will be scaled to fit within the beer-can label parameters: The full label is 8"w 5"h, and we need the artwork to be 6.39"w x 5"h with .125" bleed at 300 resolution.
Please download the template here.
Artist Benefits
The selected art will be the featured can label for the special-edition United Way 90th beer, sold during the summer of 2021. The artist will receive a monetary award of $500. United Way hopes to purchase the exclusive rights to use the art for promotions and 90th Anniversary purposes, for an additional $1,000.
The artist will receive a VIP invitation to the limited-attendance Building Renaming ceremony in mid-June at 412 W. Alder St. The artist will also receive 2 tickets to the 90th Anniversary dinner celebration in mid September.
For additional questions please email Director of Resource Development & Marketing Erin Wilkins at erin@missoulaunitedway.org.
