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SHOW GUIDELINES:

SHOW GUIDELINES: Please read these guidelines carefully and adhere to the competition requirements in each category and below.

  • Entry Limit:  No more than three entries will be accepted per student. 
  • Artwork may be completed at school or at home with the understanding that it is the student’s original artwork created within the past 12 months. (NOTE: Cannot be a class project, but can use techniques used in art class to make an original piece)
  • Students 1st - 12th Grades from CVCS are welcome to submit their art
  • Art will be judged by professional artists and students will receive comments to grow as an artist.
  • Ribbons/prizes will be awarded for 1st & 2nd within each category plus Judges choice awards
  • Each student’s entry/s will be submitted with the registration form and delivered to either campus office mounted and labeled as specified below by March 25th (day after Spring Break).
Art Show ONLINE Registration Form

Entry Fee - $15 / piece (limit 3 per student) - Pay Here

Please mount artwork according to guidelines, but DO NOT frame any submissions

 

Dry Medium
  • Acceptable mediums- Pencil, Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Chalk Pastels, or Oil Pastels
  • Compositions must be no larger than 20”x 20” and must be created on medium weight art paper, canvas, or a surface appropriate for the medium of choice (Do not use copy / printer paper) 
    • Art paper pieces need to be mounted to black matting. Please see instructions below! If your work is submitted on canvas or another sturdy surface, it will be displayed as is on an easel.
Wet Medium
  • Acceptable mediums- Watercolor, Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint or Acrylic Ink
  • Compositions must be no larger than 20”x 20” and must be created on medium weight art paper, canvas, or a surface appropriate for the medium of choice (Do not use copy / printer paper) 
    • Art paper pieces need to be mounted to black matting. Please see online instructions below! If your work is submitted on canvas or another sturdy surface, it will be displayed as is on an easel.
Photography
  • Acceptable subjects- People, Animals, Still Life, Landscape
  • Color or Black and White accepted
  • Photographs must be a minimum of 8”x 10” or up to 20”x 20” mounted on foam core. The mounting may not exceed more than 1 inch around the print. Prints may be mounted vertically or horizontally. Foam board thickness should not exceed ¼.” (can be purchased at the Dollar Store)
  • NO PHOTOGRAPH OR GRAPHIC ART WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS MOUNTED.
    • FOR PROPER MOUNTING, SEE PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTION on the Charger Arts website. 
Graphic Art (must be printed for submission. No digital submissions will be accepted)
  • Acceptable images- Digital Illustration and Digitally Enhanced Images
  • Graphic Art must be a minimum of 8”x 10” or up to 20”x 20” mounted on foam core.  The mounting may not exceed more than 1 inch around the print. Prints may be mounted vertically or horizontally. Foam core thickness should not exceed ¼.”
  • NO PHOTOGRAPH OR GRAPHIC ART WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS MOUNTED.
    • FOR PROPER MOUNTING, SEE PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTION on the Charger Arts website. 
Sculpturing
  • Acceptable mediums- wire, clay, metal, plaster, or wood (please ask if you have another medium you would like to try)
  • 3-Dimentional mixed sculpture mediums are accepted.
  • Materials may by carved, modeled, cast, welded, or formed.
  • No size requirements or display requirements for this medium.
Mixed Media
  • 2-Dimensional Visual art that combines more than one medium in a single artwork.
  • Acceptable work- Collages or Assemblages
  • Artwork must be no larger than 20”x 20” and must be created on a sturdy surface appropriate for mixed media.
    • Art pieces need to be mounted to black matting. Please see online instructions on the CVCS Charger Arts website! If your work is submitted on a canvas or another sturdy surface, it will be displayed as is on an easel.

Artwork Submission Instructions

For ALL entries:

  • Do NOT sign or put your name on the front of your artwork/piece.
  • Do NOT frame any of the artwork submissions, but follow the instructions below.
  • Please label each piece on the back or bottom of the piece in the format below using the exact information you submitted in your online registration form, so we can correctly identify each piece. Below is an example of how to label your submission:

Susie Smith (name)
208-845-2398 (phone #)
4th Grade (grade)
Photography (Category)
“Winter Wonderland” (Title of your piece)

WET Medium, DRY Medium, MIXED Media Mounting:

Mount on foam board so art piece has no more than 1 in. foam board showing surrounding the art piece. Foam core is not to exceed ¼” in thickness. Hobby Lobby will dry mount your art to foam core. 8x10 is $6, 11x14 is $8 and 16x20 is $11.

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC ART Mounting:

Mount on foam board so photograph is flush with foam core. Photographs & Graphic Art can be mounted in a horizontal or vertical position. Foam core is not to exceed ¼” in thickness. Hobby Lobby will dry mount your photograph to foam core. 8x10 is $6, 11x14 is $8 and 16x20 is $11.

Top view of photo flush with foam core. No border on Photographs and Graphic Art!

SCULPTURES turned in as is- No base or mounting require