Calling All Student Artists!
Submit your artwork for the AEP 2013 National Forum Young Artist Award!
April 4-5, 2013 in Washington, DC
How do you picture education
in the future? What do you
visualize as being the best way
to teach and learn? What role
do you think the arts should
play in learning?
About the AEP Young Artist Award:
The Arts Education Partnership’s (AEP) Young Artist Award was established in 2009 to highlight, honor, and support creative
and talented students and their dedicated teachers. AEP is a national coalition of more than 100 education, arts, business,
cultural, government, and philanthropic organizations dedicated to securing a high-quality arts education for every young
person in America.
What you do:
Submit an original work of visual art that responds to, reflects, or is inspired by the
theme of the AEP 2013 National Forum: Arts, Education, and the Next America. Your
design could appear on the front cover of our National Forum program booklet!
About the 2013 National Forum theme:
Seismic shifts in student demographics are creating more culturally and
linguistically diverse populations, emerging academic standards and
technologies are setting the bar for higher achievement, and the changing
priorities of our country’s leadership are making way for the next America.
How do you picture education in the future? What do you visualize as being the best way
to teach and learn? What role do you think the arts should play in learning?
Cesar Alvarado,
Spring 2012 Young Artist Award winner
All genres of visual art are welcome. Please do not include any text in your artwork. Submissions should be two-dimensional,
available in electronic format, at least 8.5”x11” in size, and 300 dpi. Email your entry and the attached application and release
forms to aepforums@ccsso.org by Friday, February 1, 2013. Please write “AEP Young Artist Program” in the subject line. Late
and/or incomplete entries will not be accepted.
What we do:
AEP staff and a national committee of arts and education professionals will judge entries based on relevance to the theme,
visual appeal, and ability to be incorporated into a program design. We’ll notify the winner by Friday, February 15, 2013.
What you get:
The winning artwork will be featured as the cover of the National Forum program booklet, and the winning artist will be
interviewed for a feature on the back cover! The winner receives a monetary prize presented in a special award ceremony at
the National Forum on the morning of Friday, April 5, 2013. Additionally, AEP will make a donation to the winning student’s art
teacher for the purchase of art supplies. The winning student and art teacher are invited to attend the National Forum as Artist
Ambassadors for their school or organization.
Who can apply?
All applicants must be students between the ages of 12-18 at the time of entry and must reside in the Washington, DC region
(DC, Maryland, and Virginia).
Contact Cristine Davis, AEP Program Associate, at aepforums@ccsso.org or 202.326.8683 with any questions. We look forward
to reviewing your entries. Good luck!
Calling All Student Artists!
Submit your artwork for the AEP 2013 National Forum Young Artist Award!
April 4-5, 2013 in Washington, DC
Young Artist Program Application
General Information:
Name:
Address:
Email:
Age:
Name of School:
Degree Program (If applicable):
Year or Grade in School:
Phone:
Artist’s Statement:
Please share with us what you would like us to know about you as an artist (200 words max):
Personal Statement:
Why is arts education important to you? (200 words max)
Submission Information:
Title of Artwork:
Medium/Media:
Description/Explanation of Artwork (200 words max):
All entries must be available in electronic format, at least 8.5”x11” in size and 300 dpi. Do not include any text in
your artwork. Include this form with your submission; incomplete competition entries will be disqualified. Email
your entries to aepforums@ccsso.org by Friday, February 1. Please write “AEP Young Artist Program” in the
subject line. Please include the AEP Media Release Form with your submission. Late and incomplete competition
entries will not be accepted.
Good luck! We can’t wait to see what you create!
Contact Cristine Davis, AEP Program Associate, at aepforums@ccsso.org or 202.326.8683 with any questions. We look forward
to reviewing your entries. Good luck!
Calling All Student Artists!
Submit your artwork for the AEP 2013 National Forum Young Artist Award!
April 4-5, 2013 in Washington, DC
Media Release Form
I, ________________________________________, hereby grant
the Arts Education Partnership permission to use or reproduce my name, creative work, conversation,
photograph and/or likeness (the “recorded content”) in all forms of media in any and all of their press
and marketing publications and materials, including website entries, promotional video, business
related presentations, Spring and Fall National Forum materials and products sold in support of the
Young Artist Program Fund without payment or any other consideration.
I hereby irrevocably authorize the Arts Education Partnership to edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish or
distribute the recorded content and any publications for purposes of publicizing the programs funded
by the Arts Education Partnership for any other lawful purpose. In addition, I waive the right to inspect
or approve the finished product in which the recorded content appears. Additionally, I waive any right
to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of the recorded content. I hereby hold
harmless and release and forever discharge the Arts Education Partnership from all claims, demands,
and causes of action which I, my heirs, representatives, executors, administrators, or any other persons
acting on my behalf or on behalf of my estate have or may have by reason of this authorization.
I am at least 18 years of age and am competent to contract in my own name. I have read this release
before signing below and I fully understand the contents, meaning, and impact of this release.
___________________________________
(Signature)
________________________
(Date)
___________________________________
(Printed Name)
If the person referred to in the above statement is under age 18, there must be consent by a parent
or guardian, as follows:
I hereby certify that I am the parent or guardian of _________________________, named above, and
do hereby give my consent without reservation to the foregoing on behalf of this person.
___________________________________
(Signature)
________________________
(Date)
___________________________________
(Printed Name)
Contact Cristine Davis, AEP Program Associate, at aepforums@ccsso.org or 202.326.8683 with any questions. We look forward
to reviewing your entries. Good luck!