Emerging Artists Gallery

(Also see our Christmas Quilt Block
Coloring Contest for Elementary Children)

Artistic talent, creativity, imagination and craftsmanship are hallmarks of a healthy community. Park Avenue Thrift, Enid’s Own Community Thrift Store, is inviting schools and organizations to exhibit children’s art on our “Wall of Fame.” Your group can register for a month on a first come first serve basis. The work will NOT be for sale.

Each teacher whose student's art is chosen for display on the Wall of Fame will receive a $100 award to use in their classroom!

In a nutshell, the gallery works like this:

Registration:

Choose three possible months for your group’s exhibit. List in priority. Include any special reason for your month preference. A calendar of Park Avenue Thrift events and ideas is included here for you. Feel free to come up with your own!

Prepare the art /craft work:

• Place 2-D flat paintings, drawings, collages, original prints (like potato prints), photographs, paper weaving, etc. on a matt.
• Label each piece with Name (last names not required), Age and Title. Original Titles are child’s own words.

Installation:

Bring creative work to Park Avenue Thrift, 507 S. Grand, Enid, OK, one week prior to the exhibit.

• Place flat work in a box, portfolio, large paper folder.
• Sculpture and crafts pack in a fruit box with lid or top fold down closure
• Include a list of all individual pieces.
• Art / Craft work will be exhibited on a space available basis. All work will find a home, however, the wall and cases accommodate a limited number. Leaders and teachers can visit the store to judge the number of pieces.
• Art work will be removed at the end of the month and coordinator will be called.

Publicity: Participating Schools may:

• Provide a poster with Name of School or Organization
• Provide Invitations to artists for families and friends
• Include a Photo of the artists, if desired
• Provide detailed information for newspapers, i.e., Names, nature of creative program, ages of children. Example: To raise awareness of the Season, Self-Portraits of Second Graders, etc.
  

Ideas for Themes:

• Art Media can include painting, drawing, photographs, clay or any type of 3-D media.
• Seasonal Themes
• Pets and Animals
• Self-Portraits
• Architecture (Commercial buildings, houses, schools, etc.)
• Landscapes
• When I grow up I’m going to ____________ (Professions, Occupations)
• Vacations
• Fashion, Costumes
• Or think up your own grand theme
  

 

Gallery Calendar

2008

November – November Pumpkin Show featuring Waller Junior High Artists

December – Winter: Christmas, Families, Winter Vacations
(Park Avenue Thrift is sponsoring Enid Symphony Orchestra’s Celtic Christmas, celebrating all month with special open houses, chapel services.)

2009

January – Winter: Photographs, winter sports / fun, Chinese new Year, Quilts

February – Valentines, Presidents, Black History Month

March – Spring: Gardens, Easter Themes, Windy Days, Dirt

April – Spring: Easter Themes, End of School Art Shows, Rainbows

May – School’s Ending, tornadoes, World Turtle Day, Mother’s Day

June – Summer: Vacations and Activities, Baseball, Wheat Harvest, Father’s Day

July – Independence Day, Family Reunions, Water, Ways to travel

August – Summer Ending: Vacations, Back to School, My Room

September – Local History / Land Run, Indian Summer, County Fair, Grandparent’s Day

October – Autumn: Fall Colors, Landscapes, Pets and World Animals, Helping people
(Park Avenue Thrift’s Second Anniversary, October 1, 2009!)

November – Harvest Themes, Football, Thankfulness, Sharing

December – Winter: Christmas, Families, Winter Vacations

 

Print this information, including the Registration form and Calendar
from this Emerging Artists Gallery PDF file.

 

Together we can recognize and encourage our Emerging Artists!

Margaret Moss, Emerging Artists Gallery Coordinator

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Also check out our upcoming...

Christmas Quilt Block
Coloring Contest
for Elementary Children

 

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