•Call+for+Student+Artwork

__OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT ARTWORK IN TENNESSEE AND WASHINGTON D.C. GOVERNMENT OFFICES: __ In preparation for the month-long observance of Youth Art Month this March, YAMinTN is issuing a call for exceptional student artwork to display in government offices. In past years, Tennessee legislators have greatly appreciated the variety of student artwork which brightened their halls, lobbies, and offices. But exhibits of student artwork aren't just decoration! Displaying student artwork is another way to advocate the importance of art education! If there are no visible/observable results of a school program, it is easy to question its value. And in time of budget cuts and economic hardship, all educators brace themselves for educational cut-backs. But even a passing glance at a student's original artwork is testament to the value of art instruction in the schools. Besides its beauty, student artwork reveals complex skills, processes, conceptualization, critical thinking skills, time management and most importantly, the perspective and expression of our emerging generation in visual language. As art teachers, we know the value of what we do in the art room. Youth Art Month is the time to let everyone else (and especially our government) know too.

 __YAMinTN is accepting examples of 2-D student artwork with the following considerations: __ No more than 10 entries per teacher. Small images: 12" x 18" or smaller Simply matted or mounted (YAMinTN will not exhibit un-matted or un-mounted artwork, neither will we mat or mount.) Any media which is fixed and unlikely to smear**Artist/Artwork Identification Label** attached to the back of the image

Additionally, a **Cover Sheet** detailing the number of entries from each teacher and signed **Release Forms** must accompany the artwork. (Print **Artist/Artwork Identification Labels**, **Cover Sheets**, and **Release Forms** from the links on the left.) Student artwork may be delivered to:

Amy Broady and Erin Quigley A. L. Lotts Art Department 9320 Westland Drive Knoxville, TN 37922

There will be a rolling deadline as we seek to exhibit artwork in multiple government offices, but we will begin accepting artwork immediately. Artworks will be returned to the art teachers/schools at the end of the exhibition.