"This year's Art Festival was a wonderful success. The quality and quantity of professional artists was fantastic. Thank you for hosting the Student Art Exhibit. It is a great opportunity for students to show their work and the awards including the monetary prizes are so encouraging to our students to let them know they are producing quality work. I can't wait for next year's Fest."
MELBOURNE ART FESTIVAL 17 TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION April 23th-24th, 2011
Open to 7th - 12th grade Brevard County residents
Artwork will be grouped into SEVEN categories for judging: 7th & 8th Grades
2-Dimensional & 3-Dimensional Art High School 9th -12th Grades
Painting
Graphic Art
Digital Art & Photography
Clay
Other
Digital Art will include Computer Graphics and Photography. Graphic Art includes Pencil and Pastels. “Other” includes medias and items not previously mentioned.
Each school is allowed only fourentries per category.
Students that enter independently may enter one piece per category.
We strongly suggest that flat work be shrink-wrapped to protect it.
Do not submit framed pieces; we will not be responsible for damage to frames.
Flat work must be ready to hang with hooks on our display racks.
Please package 3-D and clay pieces so they can be easily transported without breakage.
Please refrain from submitting very large objects as our display space is very limited.
Our judges’ request is for ORIGINALartwork. Please encourage your students to be original.
The awards are as follows: Best of Show $125.00
First place in each category $ 75.00
Second place in each category $ 50.00
Third place in each category $ 25.00 School Award (for each winner) $ 25.00
All artwork must be delivered on Friday, April 22rd from 4-7 p.m. at the Student Art Competition site on Melbourne Court.
Judges will select the winning artwork Saturday morning. Winners and schools will be officially notified and receive prize monies by mail.
All artwork MUST be picked up from the same location between 4p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 24th.
Any unclaimed artwork will be considered a donation to the next art auction.
Enclosed are the entry form that must accompany each piece of artwork and a Submission Form that should be filled out with all of your individual or schools' entries. Please duplicate as needed.
The Submission form must be received no later than Monday April 18.
The forms may be delivered to our office in the Henagar Center for the Arts at 625 E. New Haven Avenue in Melbourne or the forms may be mailed or faxed to us as follows: 321-722-5055
Melbourne Art Festival PO Box 611 Melbourne, FL 32902
fax: 321 722-5055 or email to:mafinfo@melbournearts.org
Student Art Competition Release and Entry form (pdf)