Art Contests

13^th Annual Cray-Pas Wonderful, Colorful World Contest 2008 by Sakura of America

Attention art teachers!  School is back in session and your students will be thrilled to design works of art and submit them to a competition with great prizes and recognition, too.

Students in grades K-1-2, 3-4-5, and 6-7-8 are eligible to enter this contest where the majority of the piece must be done in oil pastels—and Cray-Pas, the original oil pastel with an extensive range of color options, is recommended.  Entries may also have combinations of pen and ink, pencil and/or watercolors with oil pastels. 

Subject matter may be individually determined or a class project, but each entry must be the work of one student only.  Entries are judged based upon image originality, creativity, emotional content, oil pastel skills and age appropriateness. 

Three winners from each age category will receive a U.S. Savings Bond, generous art supplies, imprinted T-shirt, recognition in national art publications, posting in the online contest gallery and a Cray-Pas Award Certificate.  In addition, there are Teacher Awards, School Awards and awards for Honorable Mentions and 150 Student Finalists.

And what happens to artwork that is not chosen?  Well, 300-500 pieces are selected for an annual International Youth Art Exchange Program administered by the World Awareness Children’s Museum in Glens Falls, NY.  The remaining artwork is archived at Sakura of America and is used to promote art education in public schools, provide artwork for promotional catalogs for school suppliers and by various non-profit visual arts organizations specializing in children’s creative arts.

For further information or entry forms, visit www.sakuraofamerica.com or call 1.800.776.6257, Ext. 177.  Entry deadline is December 14, so don’t delay.  Good luck!

Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 17 No. 11 — September 2007