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Art’scool Inspired Contest

How many times have your students made it clear to you that artmaking, students, and learning are deeply connected? Here is your chance to prove it. Participate in the Art’scool Inspired juried exhibition contest and you could win cash support for your school’s art program from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York.

Students in the Art'scool program view Zhan Wang's Urban Landscape Buffalo, 2005-10, in the special exhibition Surveyor, 2011. In the background is Barnaby Furnas's Flood, 2007. Both works are Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

To enter:

  • Plan your students’ Art’scool visit and its connections to your curriculum.
  • Visit the Gallery with your class through our Art’scool program between May 1, 2011, and April 13, 2012.
  • Submit your completed entry form, the lesson plan that you used in connection with your Art'scool visit, and digital documentation of your students' artwork between September 1, 2011, and April 13, 2012. 
    • Mail your completed entry form and lesson plan to: Education Department, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14222, or email your completed entry form and lesson plan to inspired@albrightknox.org.
    • Submit digital documentation of your students' artwork through the Gallery's digital dropbox at http://dropbox.yousendit.com/albright-knox. Please put "Inspired Contest" in the subject field. (We are unable to accept documentation of artwork via email due to size constraints.)

Winners will be selected and notified by April 24, 2012.

All entries will be on view in an online exhibition beginning April 20, 2012. Winning entries will be on view at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in the special exhibition Inspired, from May 10 through June 17, 2012.

Cash prizes to be awarded:

  • Grades K–5: 1st prize, $1,500; 2nd Prize, $750; 3rd Prize, $500; two honorable mentions, $250
  • Grades 6–8: 1st prize, $1,500; 2nd Prize, $750; 3rd Prize, $500; two honorable mentions, $250
  • Grades 9–12: 1st prize, $1,500; 2nd Prize, $750; 3rd Prize, $500; two honorable mentions, $250 

Rules:

  • All public schools, charter schools, private schools, and homeschools are eligible.
  • The class that visited must have participated in the creation of the submitted work.
  • The project must have a clear connection to artwork in the Gallery’s Collection or artwork in an exhibition the students saw at the Gallery.
  • The project must make connections with another curriculum area besides the visual arts.
  • There are no restrictions on media—be creative! Documentation of permanent school murals or other on-site creations are eligible.
  • Whole class or whole school entries are welcome.
  • Winning monies must be used to support your school’s art program. 
  • Entries will close at midnight on April 13, 2012, and can be submitted digitally between September 1, 2011, and April 13, 2012.  

Download Entry Form (PDF)