All entries MUST be submitted on this official online form: HERE.

October’s theme is NOISE: Throughout history we can see works of art that show visual noise - at all different volumes. When you hear noise, what do you visualize? When you see art, what can you hear? The futurists let the sense of hearing drive their visual work. How will you use one of your senses to portray another sense?

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-futurism.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/art

http://teens.walkerart.org/

November’s theme is FACT: What is a fact? If you believe something to be absolutely true, but someone else does not, is it still a fact? At what point does that fact become an opinion? How will you portray this visual idea without being too obvious?

http://www.si.edu/ResearchCenters

http://www.msichicago.org/education/

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/

December’s theme is HEALTH: What is the first thing you think of when you see the word “health”? There are many ways to consider it: overall wellness, physical health, emotional health, mental health, spiritual health, and historical and cultural notions of the idea. How will you portray it? Explore possibilities; sometimes your first idea isn’t the best.

http://www.msichicago.org/education/

http://www.nationalhealthmuseum.org/index.html

http://health.discovery.com/

January’s theme is DISCOVERY:
dis•cov•er   [dih-skuhv-er]
verb (used with object)
1. to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity.

http://www.si.edu/ResearchCenters

http://www.metmuseum.org/research

http://www.msichicago.org/education/

February’s theme is PERSISTENCE: Take this opportunity to go beyond, challenge yourself and make this visual work the strongest yet. What can you achieve when you push yourself past the point of wanting to stop, or wanting to be finished?

http://teens.walkerart.org/

http://blog.art21.org/

http://dailyserving.com/

March's theme is COLLECTION: Collecting is a popular hobby. Stamps, gemstones, insects, motorcycles, vending machines - these are collections large and small. The history of the museum, in fact, is tied to a Renaissance tradition of displaying "cabinets of curiosities" or "rooms of wonder". What do you collect? Why? Your challenge is to embody the art of collecting visually! This website accompanying an exhibit at MoMA will give you some ideas about the history of collection: 

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/wunderkammer/

The competition can be used for class assignments.  An opportunity for feedback, recognition and a prize can really energize your students about art!

If the winning student entry for the month was submitted as part of a class assignment, the winner's school will receive a donation to the school's art program, up to a value of $300.  We'll work with the winning school to determine the supplies, software, etc. that would best give the art program a boost!

To enter the contest as a class assignment, please email Mary Jones, Professor of Art & Design, of your intentions, providing your name and the name/location of your school.  Then ask your students to submit their entries using the official entry form HERE. 

If you have questions about the assignments, please contact Mary Jones, Professor of Art & Design, at mjones@grandview.edu

Competition Requirements
Entrants must currently be enrolled in high school. All work must be entirely original and copyright free.  All work must be submitted using the official entry form. Decisions on winning entries will be made by professional art and design faculty at Grand View and are final.  Winning entries will be posted on this website.  By entering the contest, the student gives Grand View permission to use the entry in marketing materials.  The Best of Show scholarship winner must apply to Grand View, meet all criteria for admission, be admitted, and enroll at the University.  No monetary award will be made in lieu of the scholarship.

Judging
Competition judged monthly by Grand View Art & Design faculty. Monthly winners will be notified via email a week after the deadline. In March, one Best of Show will be selected from all entries, and the student will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship to major in Art & Design at Grand View.