by Noella Noelophile®
(Graphic courtesy of San Pedro Art Association.)
Brushes swirl color onto cream-colored sheets of drawing paper. Small hands glue paillettes to cardboard boxes. Canvases stand ready on wooden easels, as the scent of acrylic paint fills the air.
Remember how much fun art class was when we were in school?
Not only does San Pedro Art Association remember–they celebrate that creativity, every summer.
And now is the time for students in the Harbor area to enter San Pedro Art Association’s fifteenth Harbor Wide All Grade Student Art Competition!
(SPAA Student Art Show, 2015.)
The competition
The competition is free to enter, and open to all students between the ages of 4 and 18 in the Harbor areas. These include, but are not limited to: Long Beach, Wilmington, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway South, Harbor Gateway North, Gardena, Torrance, Lomita, Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, South Los Angeles and Carson.
Acceptable media include charcoal, pastel (chalk or oil), all drawing materials, all painting materials, photography (darkroom or digital.) and mixed media.
A panel of professional artists will evaluate the work, and submitted art may be of any acceptable subject (at the judges’ discretion).
How to enter
Students have several ways to enter.
The easiest: take a picture of their artwork, and text it to 310-612-1949. They can also email spaa@sanpedroart.org along with their name, grade and school, and a photo of the signed permission sheet. (Here’s the link to download it!)
As an alternative, entrants may drop off their art and entry forms at SPAA’s booth at CRAFTED (located at112 West 22nd Street, in San Pedro, and open Fridays through Sundays); at 376 West 14th Street in San Pedro; or at a school’s main office.
AND, the deadline to keep in mind is April 30th, for participants delivering their work to their school’s office. (For delivery to the two San Pedro locations, the deadline is May 3rd.
Winners, from the competition’s three grade categories, will
be displayed at Crafted, while all selected artwork will be displayed online.
Meanwhile, there are four cash prizes for First-. Second- and Third-Place winners, as well as Honorable mention, in all three categories.
Meanwhile, no one walks away empty-handed.
Art supplies and student memberships in SPAA, through high school, will be given to all students whose work is accepted, into the Crafted exhibition and the online one! They will also receive a ribbon and a Certificate of Recognition from the State Assembly.
(Royalty-free image by Paolo Ghedini from Pixabay.)
Students whose work is accepted will be honored at a reception at CRAFTED on June 14th, at 2 pm.
Here’s the link for the competition rules, size specifications and other details.
Good luck to all entrants, and let SPAA see your best work!
But, most of all–have fun.