By submitting Artwork for the Hennepin County Student Art Contest, you, as the parent or legal guardian of the child participant, agree to the following:

1. Data Collection and Use (Tennessen Warning – Minn. Stat. § 13.04, subd. 2)

Hennepin County is collecting your child’s name, age, and artwork, along with your name and contact information, for the purpose of administering and promoting the Hennepin County Student Art Contest. Providing this information is voluntary, but without it, your child may be unable to participate.

Your contact information will be used solely for contest-related communication and will not be shared publicly.  Your child’s name, age, city of residence, and artwork may be shared publicly through exhibitions, print materials, websites, social media, and other media outlets.  Hennepin County may also share this information with official contest partners such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

2. Consent and License

You grant Hennepin County and its authorized partners a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish and display your child’s submitted artwork, name, age, and city of residence for contest-related and promotional purposes.  Your child retains all rights, including copyright, in the original artwork.

3. No Obligation to Publish

Submission does not guarantee that the artwork will be selected for display or publication.  Hennepin County reserves the right to select, edit, or decline to publish any submission at its sole discretion. 

4. Loss or Damage Waiver

You acknowledge that Hennepin County is not responsible for the return of any submitted artwork.  You further agree that Hennepin County and its partners are not liable for any loss, damage, or destruction of the artwork, whether occurring before, during, or after the contest, and you waive any legal claims related to such loss or damage.

5. General Release

You release and hold harmless Hennepin County and its partners from any claims arising out of or related to your child’s participation in the Hennepin County Student Art Contest, including the use, publication, or display of the submitted artwork or information.