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:
Installation:
Bring creative work to Park Avenue Thrift, 507 S. Grand, Enid, OK, one week prior to the exhibit.
Publicity: Participating Schools may:
Ideas for Themes:
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
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
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
