FHIS Instagram Contest 2023: Recreate Paintings from the Romance World

Image credits: Recreation of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s Boy With a Basket of Fruit (1593) by Francesco De Grazia.

Use your creativity to recreate or modernize famous paintings from the Francophone, Hispanic, Italian, or Lusophone world for a chance to win a gift card to the UBC Bookstore! A total of $300’s worth of prizes will be distributed among the winners.

You can recreate these famous paintings through any creative medium—whether that’s through a re-enactment, artwork, photography, and more. View more examples.

Your submission will be featured on the FHIS Instagram account!

Submission deadline: April 2, 2023 (Sunday) at 11:59 pm.

Adjudication

Each contest entry will be uploaded onto the Instagram account of the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (@UBC_FHIS) during the voting period of April 3-6.

Winners will be determined by the number of 'likes' they receive, so make sure you share your contest entries with friends and family to increase your chances of winning!

Timeline

Submission deadline: April 2 (at 11:59 pm - PST)
Voting period: April 3-6 (on Instagram)
Winners announced: April 7

Submission Requirements

For your contest submission to be considered valid, contestants must:

Follow the FHIS Instagram Account (@UBC_FHIS)
Complete the online form below, which asks you to submit the:
- Image file of the recreated painting
- Image file of the original painting—along with its title, artist, country of origin, and year of creation

Submission deadline:

April 2, 2023 (Sunday) at 11:59 pm (PST)

Additional notes:

Multiple contest entries: You are allowed to submit multiple contest entries. Please complete a new submission form for each one.
Multiple contest participants: You are allowed to collaborate with other participants per contest entry. Please indicate their names in the submission form.
Painting locale: The famous paintings you are recreating must come from the Francophone, Hispanic, Italian, or Lusophone world. (For example, we will not accept recreated paintings from the Dutch world.)

Submission Form

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

Participant information*

If there are multiple participants for this contest submission, please enter the information of ALL participants. Click the "plus sign" (+) on the right to add more rows.

First name	Last name	IG handle

Participant email*
Only one email address needed per contest submission.
Which FHIS course subjects have you (or the other participants) taken, if applicable? Select all that apply.*
- French Studies
- Spanish Studies
- Italian Studies
- Portuguese Studies
- Romance Studies
- Not applicable
Would you like us to publicly share your first name on the Instagram post?*
If there are multiple participants, please consider their preferences before completing this.
- Yes
- No
Would you like us to publicly share your Instagram handle on the Instagram post?*
If there are multiple participants, please consider their preferences before completing this.
- Yes
- No
CONTEST SUBMISSION
Upload the image file of your contest submission:*
If you wish to submit multiple contest entries, please submit a new form for each one.
Max. file size: 8 MB.
Upload the image file of the original painting:*
Max. file size: 8 MB.
Original painting title:*
Original painting artist:*
Original painting year of creation:*
Original painting country of origin:*
Link to the image source (URL) of original painting:
The URL where you got the painting image from.
Original painting description (optional):
E.g. Context, cultural significance, history, etc.
AGREEMENTS
Agreement #1:*
- I understand that I must follow FHIS on Instagram @UBC_FHIS for my contest entry to be valid, in addition to submitting this form. (If there are multiple participants for one contest entry, they must ALL follow @UBC_FHIS.)
Agreement #2:*
- I understand that by entering this contest, I give FHIS permission to share my contest submission on their Instagram account.