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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 five 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.
  • Students 6th - 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.
  • Award categories include School Choice Award, School Choice Award Runner-Up, Most Realistic Artwork, The Imagination Award, and Popular Vote for both Middle School and High School separately.
  • Each student’s entry/s will be submitted with the registration form and delivered to the High School campus office, mounted and labeled as specified below by March 26th (day after Spring Break).
Art Show ONLINE Registration Form

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

  • Acceptable mediums- Pencil, Colored Pencil, Pen, 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 the instructions below! If your work is submitted on canvas or another sturdy surface, it will be displayed as is on an easel.
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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.
  • 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 #)
6th Grade (grade)
Photography (Category)
“Winter Wonderland” (Title of your piece)
Artist Statement

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

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