Celebrate Youth Art Month. This year’s theme is:
YOUR ART, YOUR STORY.
Grand Prize $400, plus $100 worth of Sargent Art supplies each for an Elementary, Middle, and High School student winner
Requirements:
Artwork MUST
• Reflect the theme
• Demonstrate age-appropriate skill and quality
• Be original
• Be proportional to 3’x5’ – Suggested use 9”x15” OR 12”x20” paper
• Contain the word Massachusetts, or include the state shape
Artwork MAY
• Use images about Massachusetts
• Use images about art
• Use images that reflect the arts of/in Massachusetts
• Use the words Youth Art Month or the logo
• Be vertical or horizontal in format – please note the winning flag will be hung vertically
SUBMITTING DESIGNS
• Send them as jpegs
• Rename each jpeg EXACTLY as follows:
Grade.SchoolName.Student FirstNameLastName.jpg
Example: FirstGrade.Conant.PrudenceCorreia.jpg
YOUTH ART MONTH IS
A CELEBRATION OF VISUAL ARTISTS!
Student exhibitions, public artworks, art festivals, and school events raise awareness and support of the visual arts to local and state education officials, business and community leaders, state and federal legislators
Youth Art Month exists to:
- Recognize art education as a viable factor in the total education curriculum that develops citizens of a global society.
- Recognize art is a necessity for the full development of better quality of life for all.
- Direct attention to the value of art education for divergent and critical thinking.
- Expand art programs in schools and stimulate new art programs.
- Encourage commitment to the arts by students, community organizations, and individuals everywhere.
- Provide additional opportunities for individuals of all ages to participate in creative art learning.
- Increase community, business and governmental support for art education.
- Increase community understanding and interest in art and art education through involvement in art exhibits, workshops, and other creative ventures.
- Reflect and demonstrate the goals of the National Art Education Association that work toward the improvement of art education at all levels.
