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PTA Reflections Art Contest

Each year, Reflections challenges students to create art that supports a specific theme. The 2023-24 Reflections theme is I am hopeful because...

Young artists get involved through their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of six arts areas. The six art areas are:

• Literature – works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
• Music Composition – original musical composition, with or without words. 
• Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
• Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
• Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
• Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.

Only original works of art are accepted. 

Submission deadline: December 1, 2023

Participation is organized by student age and grade levels. Student works are critiqued against others in the same grade division. This allows recognition and judging of artworks by appropriate developmental age and skill levels. The grade divisions are:

• Primary: Preschool – Grade 2
• Intermediate: Grades 3 – 5
• Middle School: Grades 6 – 8
• High School: Grades 9 – 12

Submission guidelines:  Please submit all work to the main office at Island Park along with the entry form by December 1, 2023. Rules for each category can be found here. 

Questions?  Please e-mail reflections@islandparkpta.org