State-Wide Student Show

2023 IAEA Statewide Student Art Show
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!!!

We’re looking for 2023 Illinois Kindergarten – 12th Grade Art ambassadors
for Art Curriculum in Illinois Schools!

It’s so important to celebrate you and your students through their artwork, and at the same time, advocate for The Arts. We know so well that The Arts are so important for our students’ social and emotional needs, and that when we create, we not only express ourselves, we are renewed, invigorated & joyful!!!

The Student Art Show Opening with the Awards Ceremony & Reception
@ the Illinois Art Education Association’s
75th Annual Conference!!!!
Saturday, October 21, 2023
The Q Center, St. Charles

Congratulations to all 45 Student Artists and their Art Educators for being selected to the 2019-2020 IAEA Student Art Show!!!

The 2019-2020 IAEA Student Art Show kicked off at the 2019 IAEA Fall Conference November 21–23, 2019 at the Q Center, St. Charles on Saturday, November 23rd from 1:00pm-3:00pm, and is now traveling up and down, and all around the State of Illinois! This wonderful Kindergarten-12th Grade Student Art Show demonstrates to the public the breadth and depth of the art experiences and content young people in Illinois are getting through their Art Programs, and the connections they make to themselves and the world around them. Each year Illinois Art Education Association members are invited to submit 10 images of stellar artwork created in their classrooms from which, 45 artworks are chosen; 40 in the General Education category and 5 from Special Needs category. All art submissions are 2-dimensional artworks produced through a variety of techniques; painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, weaving, metalwork, photography, and technology. This year 366 pieces of 2D art from students in grades Kindergarten through High School submitted by forty-three Illinois Art Teachers. The judges for the 2019-2020 Student Art Show were art teachers representing the elementary, middle school and high school levels. They judged grade levels that they do not currently teach and were asked to look for work that demonstrated creativity, originality, craftsmanship, and personality or voice. Thank you to our judges: Heidi O’Hanley, Venessa Hardy, Kerry Parrish, Mary Ellen Bebber, Melissa Wojcik, Karen Popovich, Kelly Eggleston, Dorothy Ramey, and Angie Golden. This year’s poster was designed by Angie Golden.
Thank you to Heidi O’Hanley and Liz Farnesi for Assisting with the Student Show Reception! Each of the forty-five pieces is professionally mounted & put in frames.
The show opens at the IAEA Conference with the student artist reception & awards ceremony. (Students will receive their artwork in the professionally cut mat at the end of the show year, November 2020.)

The 2019-2020 Student Art Show will travel to these locations:

November 2019 -Illinois School Board Association Conference, Chicago – 20 pieces K-12th
December 2019 – Justice Public Library, Justice
January 2020 – Amita Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale
February 2020 – Bloomington Jr High School Dist. Office 87
March 2020 – Fairmont School, District 89, Lockport
April 2020 – Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School, ISU
May 2020 – Marie Murphy School, Wilmette
June 2020 – JoDaviess County, Northwest
July 2020 – TBD
August 2020 – Lisle Public Library, Lisle

Submission Details & Rules for the 2023 Student Art Show:

Teachers:

You must be a certified art teacher K-12
You must teach at an accredited public, private or charter school
Student’s Artwork must be created this school year

If selected:

You will be sent a link to a Teacher Information Google Form to gather this information:
- Your contact information
- Contact information about your student and principal
- a short lesson description of your student’s chosen artwork
- an Artist Statement, if your student has either written one or made a video
- a photo or selfie of you for a slide show… full body or from the waist up
  - parents/students will be asked for a photo or selfie also
I will ask you to forward a link to your student’s parents/guardians for their permission & releases this year
You will need to mail your student’s actual 2D artwork or photograph of your student’s 3D artwork to me by Friday, June 30th.
- NO actual 3D artwork will be displayed. A photograph of the piece will be matted and framed.
- All 2D artwork and photographs of 3D artwork will get matted professionally, and inserted into IAEA frames to be viewed.

You and your student will be recognized at the 2022 IAEA Conference Statewide Student Art Show Ceremony & Reception:
- In-Person @ the Q Center, St. Charles, IL on Saturday, October 21, 2023

The framed pieces will travel to locations throughout Illinois.
A slide show will be created and located on the IAEA Website.

Judging the show:

45 student artworks will be chosen by the judges.
Our judges look for work that demonstrates creativity, originality, craftsmanship, personality/voice, and communicates an idea.
Our judging is digital and blind regarding the artists’ identity.
- Please make sure that your images do not have any identifying information on them
- Only the medium and grade level is known to the judges

Submitting:
- Select up to 10 of your students’ 2D artworks & 3D/sculptural works.
- Only photographs of 3D work will be accepted, not the original piece for safety sake.
- Artworks may not be thicker than ½” and all student artwork and/or photographs of 3D work must fit into an 18” x 24” metal frame.
- The submission form allows for the submission of 10 images at one time, so you only need to submit 1 form with your information, and because each image will be labeled, you will not need to repeat information into the form… uploading the image will do it!
- Labeling instructions are listed below.
- Good images… a really good/publication ready photo of each piece is needed, cropped and ready for the slide show! This image, if chosen, will go straight onto the website, into the slide show, into the Conference program, and onto special surprises we have in store for you and your student artist, so this is really important!
3 Videos to help with taking photographs of student artwork … just click on each image.
- - Label EACH image with the following information IN THIS ORDER, please:
    - Teacher’s first & last name, School’s name, Student’s first & last name, student’s grade level, medium
- EXAMPLE:
- - - 1. Susan Tiemstra, your school, student’s first & last name, student’s grade level & medium
    - 2. Susan Tiemstra, your school, student’s first & last name, student’s grade level & medium
    - 3. Susan Tiemstra, your school, student’s first & last name, student’s grade level & medium
    - Etc. up to 10 images
- Artwork will NOT be accepted without labeling on each image!
  - If you’re having trouble, please email me @ [email protected]
  - or check out these 2 videos:
    - “Labeling Your Student’s Artwork on Your Desktop” https://youtu.be/_Sh-jJHPE2E
    - “Labeling Your Student’s Artwork in Photos” https://youtu.be/Rok70s4Yi8k

Deadlines:

Submissions OPEN: Friday, February 24, 2023
Submission DEADLINE: Friday, April 21, 2023 @ midnight
Judging Window: Monday, April 24 – Monday, May 8 @ 8am
Notification: by Thursday, May 11, by Midnight
- The April 21st closing date is chosen based on some high schools and private schools that finish mid-May, and time calculated for judging and notifying.
- The Submission Window is 8 weeks long.

Curating the show:
- Our mission is to advocate for Art Teachers teaching Art Curriculum in all Illinois Schools K-12.
- Our intent is to showcase as many different art teachers and their students as possible from K-12 with works that exemplify best practice throughout the state.
  - Therefore, if chosen, you will only be chosen once.
- If you handle all of the submissions for your Art Department or District, please make sure that each teacher’s name is associated with the correct student’s name & that each member you are submitting for is a member of IAEA.
Advocating for The Arts: The Traveling IAEA Student Art Show:
- Your student’s piece will travel to locations throughout the state of Illinois in a slide show from November 2022- August of 2023.
Questions? Email Susan Tiemstra @ [email protected] or text to 1-630-732-5718

You may submit photographs of 3D Student Artwork as part of your submission of “Up to 10 Pieces of Student Artwork” for the Student Art Show!

These Photographs of 3D pieces must follow

the same guidelines

as any of the 2D artworks you submit

TIPS and image examples for submitting a good photograph of your students’ 3D work are provided by IAEA Member, Dawn Zalkus.

Choose the best single point of view of your 3D object. Do not composite multiple points of view
- Shoot on a neutral background: white, black, grey or a gradient.
- Look for a contrast between the art object and the background.

dress

- If within your budget purchasing a small light tent is helpful (around $100, like this(https://www.amazon.com/Fovitec-StudioPRO-Portable-Photography-Lighting/dp/B00TADBN54?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_13)). The tent helps cut down the glare associated with glazed ceramic or shiny works.
- Consider asking your theater department or video department to shoot against their curtains.
- Larger pieces may need to be taken to an outdoor seating such as in nature, against an industrial looking wall or even on a flat cement floor like in the instance of the panther.
If you have any questions, please email Susan Tiemstra @ [email protected]

Click here for 2023 Artwork Entry!