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Department of Art

Student Art Showcase

IMPORTANT DATES:

9/1/23- 2/29/24:听Submission Dates and Online Registration Deadline

3/24:听Email Notifications Sent

4/27/24, 12-2pm:听Dropoff at 吃瓜头条

5/4/24, 9am-2pm:听In-Person Judging

5/18/24, 2pm-4pm:听Art Opening

6/7/24:听Art Exhibit Closing

6/8/24, 12-2pm: Pick Up Art

How to be featured among the most creative high school students in the state of Connecticut.

The theme is 鈥Our Story鈥. We hope to engage students from different backgrounds and highlight a collection of unique experiences through the lens of art. We encourage students to express their unique identity through their work. The exhibit will showcase young creative talent and promote a broader conversation about community. Overall, the exhibit will reveal a representation of many voices and contributions of students through artistic excellence.

Rules

  • 吃瓜头条 is responsible for work only while they are on the premise of the SVPA. CAWCT and 吃瓜头条 reserve the right to photographic reproduction of the works in the exhibition for publicity and promotional purposes. 吃瓜头条 and CAWCT do not discriminate with regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin.
  • No AI-generated Art
  • ORIGINALITY POLICY:听We kindly remind all participants that originality is a fundamental requirement for all submissions to the Student Art Showcase. Your work should be a product of your own creative ideas and not a mere copy of someone else鈥檚 work. By entering your work, you confirm that you are the rightful creator and that it has not been plagiarized from any other source, whether it be an individual, business, school, or organization. Any work found to infringe upon someone鈥檚 intellectual property rights will be automatically disqualified. It is your responsibility, not the Cultural Alliance nor 吃瓜头条 to obtain any necessary permissions or releases from individuals or for any locations or properties depicted in your submission.

Recognitions

By category 鈥撎Works will be selected for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place
Overall听鈥撎Works across all mediums will be selected for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

Eligibility

  • Open to students in grades 9-12 attending public high school and home school in Connecticut.
  • See list of accepted categories.
  • All works must be original and completed within the last year. All works must be available through the entire run of the show. Do not submit works for the jury that might be sold before or shown elsewhere during the听吃瓜头条 STUDENT ART SHOWCASE听show time frame.

Categories

Drawing and Illustration

Drawings include renderings made by an instrument on a surface and include realistic or abstract imagery. Illustrations are works that graphically depict a concept. Pencil, charcoal, pastel, crayon, scratchboard, marker, etc.

  • No AI-generated art.
  • Drawings copied from published photographs, the internet or existing works should not be submitted and will be disqualified.
  • Animated .gif files will not be accepted.


3D Small works

  • Wire, Metal, Wood, Plaster accepted.
  • Handcrafted ceramics and hand-made clay or porcelain (no molds or greenware).
  • Unfired ceramics and oil-based clay works will not be accepted.


Painting

Art created by applying pigment to a 2D surface. Oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, ink, or spray paint applied on canvas, board, paper, or other flat surfaces.听听

  • No AI-generated art.
  • Paintings copied from published photographs, the internet, or existing works should not be submitted and will be disqualified.


Photography

Analog or digital cameras. Black and white, color, photograms or other experimental photos. Each work submitted to the photography category should be a distinct image that presents a unique artistic vision.听听

  • Editing software is acceptable to use for minor touch-ups and image correction in a manner that replicates traditional darkroom techniques (cropping, dodging, burning, adjusting brightness, contrast, color balance, etc.).
  • No AI-generated art.
  • Works that are digitally collaged, cloned, layered, merged, distorted, or heavily manipulated with computer software will not be accepted.

 

Size Limitations

  • Two-dimensional works, when displayed, cannot exceed 60鈥 in height or width, including frame.
  • Three-dimensional works cannot exceed 36鈥 in height or width.

 

For more information e-mail us at: Robeaul@wcsu.edu

 

Submission Guidelines

  • All entries are submitted online only beginning Sept 1, 2023
  • Parent email and contact information is required to complete the application.
  • Each student is allowed one submission and up to three (3) art entries.
  • Each work must be represented by only one image (no detail views or duplicates).

Students must be available to attend the opening reception for the听Student Art Showcase.

Accepted Works

Works must be delivered on听April 27, 2024, to the School of Visual and Performing Arts.
If alternate arrangements need to be made, please contact the Department of Art at: (203) 837-8403 or Robeaul@wcsu.edu.