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2023 Elementary/Middle/High School Annual Student Show
April 17, 2023 - May 13, 2023
The Octagon Center for the Arts highlights artwork by local elementary, middle, and high school students annually.
GRADES K – 8 (Virtual):
SHOW DETAILS:
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- Google Form Submission Due: 5 pm, Saturday, April 1, 2023
- Virtual Exhibit Opening: Monday, April 17, 2023
- Art from Grades K – 8 will be displayed virtually.
- Each elementary and middle school student may submit one piece to exhibit.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
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- All submitted artwork must be entered into the Google Form by April 1st at 5:00 pm to be included in the show.
- All media will be accepted.
- Photographic reproduction of entries may be used or copied by the Octagon Center for the Arts, without further agreement by the artists, for exhibition and/or publication (print or online). Artwork may not be credited in publications due to space limitations.
GRADES 9 – 12:
IMPORTANT DATES:
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- Show Opening in the Community Gallery: Monday, April 17, 2023
- Reception: Thursday, April 20, 2023, 4:00-5:30pm in the Community Gallery. Our juror will announce high school awards and share comments on the show.
- Show Closing in the Community Gallery: Saturday, May 13, 2023
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
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- If you are a 9-12 art instructor or homeschool parent and would like to enter your students’ work into the show, please email the Gallery Director to recieve a copy of the complete submission guidellines.
- Eligible high schools or homeschool students must be located within 20 miles from Ames.
2023 EXHIBIT JUROR: SUSAN NORRIS
Susan Norris, an Ames artist, is a human magpie. Walk with her and you’ll witness her exclaim as she picks up a bit of rusty metal or a shard of plastic. Variety is the spice of Norris’ life from the colors, patterns and textures of her thrifted clothing and garden to the way she sets a table.
She is a scrappy collector and determined connector who can stitch Humpty-Dumpty back together again in a variety of imaginative ways. During the 2021 Ames Artist Studio tour folks asked, “How did you think of so many different ways to put things together?”
Norris is passionate about rescuing discarded objects, likening them to discarded people. The process of finding, sorting and grouping objects inspires ideas for expression through assemblage. Norris is currently experimenting with ways to combine her lifelong love of hand stitching and her newfound interest in mending with found object art.
QUESTIONS?
Contact: Casey Bridgham, Gallery Director
Address: 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
Phone: 515-232-5331
Email: exhibits@octagonarts.org
About Us
The Octagon Center for the Arts is a non-profit community art center in the heart of downtown Ames, Iowa. A cornerstone of the cultural scene in Ames since 1966, the Octagon serves more than 30,000 people each year through art classes and outreach, rotating exhibits, a retail gallery shop, and the annual Octagon Art Festival.
The Octagon Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded in part through memberships, donations, and grants, including the City of Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) and the Iowa Arts Council.
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