State-Wide Student Show

Judging the show:

• 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” is known to the judges

Submit to Student Show

Submit to Special Needs Student Show

Submitting:

• Select up to 10 of your General Education students’ 2D & 3D/sculptural works
• You may also select and submit up to 10 Special Needs (IEP) Student Artworks under the same guidelines and rules as for General Education artworks, but using the Special Needs tab.
• Good images…  I’m sure you and your students have worked out how they upload the artwork to you every week through different platforms, and one silver lining during this COVID Pandemic school year is that they’re probably getting really good at photographing their artwork!!!

We’re trying to make submitting to the show as easy as possible, to help where we can these videos may be useful … 

• 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 Susan Tiemstra @ [email protected]
  • or check out these 2 videos: 
    • “Labeling Your Student’s Artwork on Your Desktop”
    • “Labeling Your Student’s Artwork in Photos”

Deadlines:

• Submission Deadline: Friday, April 30, 2021 @ midnight
• Judging Window: Monday, May 3 – Friday, May 14, 2021
• Notification: by Sunday, May 16, 2021 @ Midnight
  • The April 30th closing date is chosen based on some high schools and private schools that finish mid-May.

Working backward from mid-May, time is needed to set up the judging forms, judges need time to judge while they’re teaching also, and notification will happen by Sunday, May 16th @ midnight.

• 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 practices throughout the state.
• Therefore, if chosen, you will only be chosen once in each category – General Education and/or Special Needs
• 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

Photographs of 3D Artwork added to the IAEA Student Art Show!!!

This year, you may now submit photographs of 3D Student Artwork as part of your submission of “Up to 10 Pieces of Student Artwork” for the Student Art Show!

Should 3D artwork be selected, only the photograph will be on display (due to logistics/possible breakage). 

These pieces must follow the same guidelines as any of the 2D artworks you submit & should be submitted through the General Education OR Special Needs Submission Forms.

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.

• If within your budget purchasing a small light tent is helpful (around $100, like this) 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 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.