Emerging Artists Gallery

 

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

2010

January – Coolidge 2nd Grade Students' Art

February – VAFB

March – 4H Kids

April – Early Childhood Development Program

May – Jena Kodesh, Enid High School

June – Middle / High School Art Contest Winners

July –

August –

September –

October –

November –

December – 3rd Annual Coloring Contest Winners

 

Previous Coloring Contests:
Take Flight
Hit the Road Jack
Christmas Quilt Block Coloring Contest

 

Together we can recognize and encourage our Emerging Artists!

Margaret Moss, Emerging Artists Gallery Curator

 

 

 

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