Creativity Connects the World
2015-2016 Art Exhibition
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2015-2016 Art Exhibition
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Creativity Connects the World
Inspire Students with FAPE Artwork*
This poster includes a few images from the FAPE Collection.
Visit www.fapeglobal.org to see additional art and the stories behind
the artists who have contributed art to encourage global cultural diplomacy.
Crayola National Art Exhibition
This national art exhibition is an opportunity for children to learn about the world and be
inspired by American artists whose art is on display in U.S. embassies around the globe.
At Crayola, we believe that creative experiences inspire deeper understanding.
Art offers a powerful way for students to connect with and understand others
as they explore global issues, cultures, perspectives and places.
Create Original Artwork
Creativity Connects the World is open to Pre K-12th grade students. Submissions must be
the student’s original work and 2-D art, no larger than 16” x 20”. Students are encouraged
to title their artwork and share an inspiration statement in 50 words or less. Teachers are
urged to use art from the FAPE collection to inspire students’ work that is submitted.
How To Submit
Teachers (including home school parents) should submit a photograph or scan of the
student’s artwork to CreativityConnects@crayola.com by Friday, February 19, 2016.
At the completion of the judging process, finalists will be notified that their artwork
has been selected, and where to send the original art for framing and exhibition along
with the student artwork title and inspiration statement.
Curated Collection
Selected artwork will be on display at the U.S. State Department in honor of FAPE’s 30th
Anniversary (April 2016) then, the curated collection will be donated to the U.S. Department
of Education to become part of this permanent collection of children’s original art.
Honoring Student Artists and Their Teachers
Each finalist whose work is selected for the curated collection will receive $100
worth of Crayola products (retail value) and a plaque featuring a replica of their
original artwork. Each finalist’s teacher who submitted the artwork will receive
$200 worth of Crayola products (retail value).
Judging and Notification
Entries must be of student's own concept and creation, executed solely by the student.
Artwork will be judged in these five grade categories: (PreK, K, 1) ( 2, 3, 4 ) (5, 6 ) ( 7, 8, 9 )
( 10, 11, 12 ). There is no maximum number of entrants per submitter or student. Entries
will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by Crayola. The artwork will be judged
based on these four criteria: ( 1 ) Connect artwork to the theme: "How creativity connects
the world", ( 2 ) Create with visual appeal, ( 3 ) Present age appropriate critical thinking,
( 4 ) Respond to theme with originality. Up to 50 finalists will be selected; 10 from each
category of grades. By entering, you grant Crayola and it's assigns a worldwide, perpetual
license to reproduce and make derivate works of your entry. Finalists must submit the
original artwork and complete and return the permission form, an assignment of rights in
your entry, signed by the entrant's parent or guardian by 3 / 7 / 16. Crayola may terminate,
suspend, extend or modify the Rules and conditions of the Juried Art Exhibition.
Finalist entries will be framed and donated to the U. S. Department of Education.
Submission Deadline to email artwork photos:
Friday, February 19, 2016
About FAPE
Frank Stella (American, 1936)
The Symphony, 1989
The Symphony was part of a series inspired by Herman
Melville’s famous novel, Moby Dick. Its swirling, tossed,
cut-out forms relate to the heavy seas in which
Moby Dick, the behemoth whale, resides.
Jasper Johns (American, 1930)
Untitled, 1999
When Johns was commissioned to make
a print for U.S. embassies, he had just
introduced a new element into his work
a string attached at two places which fell into
a catenary curve, a form generally applied to
the cables in suspension bridges. Other images in this print—his grandfather’s
family, a galaxy motif, a detail of the American flag, and a diamond pattern
borrowed from a harlequin costume in a Picasso painting—are specific
memories that the artist connects by the graceful fall of a simple string.
Louisiana Bendolph (American, 1960)
Still have Joy/Tears of Pride, 2007
Founded in antebellum times, Gee’s Bend was the site
of cotton plantations owned by Joseph Gee and Mark
Pettway. After the Civil War, the freed slaves founded
a tightly knit, all-black community. The town’s women
developed a distinctive, bold, and sophisticated
quilting style based on traditional American and African American quilts, but
with a geometric simplicity reminiscent of modern art. The women of Gee’s
Bend passed their skills and aesthetic down through at least six generations
to the present. Art critics worldwide compared these quilts to the works of
artists such as Henri Matisse and Paul Klee.
Elizabeth Murray (American, 1940-2007)
Deep Blue C, 2001
In her paintings, Murray activated the liveliness that
cartoonists produce with easily read symbols. Dogs
fall, cups spill, table legs collapse, all creating a kind
of havoc which was given even more force when the
normally square or rectangular canvas followed the shapes of the subjects.
A number of Murray’s prints were cut-outs or made of several oddly shaped
sheets, some folded, curved, or sandwiched. The humor of this print’s title
is the way it conveys multiple meanings:
Deep Blue C[up] = deep blue sea = tempest in a teacup.
*Permission granted by FAPE to use artists' descriptions and images.
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies is the leading
public-private partnership dedicated to providing permanent works
of American art for U.S. embassies worldwide.
FAPE contributes to the U.S. Department of State’s mission of cultural
diplomacy by partnering with American artists whose gifts encourage
cross-cultural understanding within the diplomatic community and the international
public. All artworks commissioned or placed by FAPE are gifts, representing the generosity
and patriotism of some of the country’s greatest artists and donors.
As of 2015, FAPE’s contributions include permanent works by more than 200 preeminent
American artists placed in more than 140 countries. Additional information about FAPE
can be found at www.fapeglobal.org.
About NAEA
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The National Art Education Association (NAEA) is the
leading professional membership organization for visual
arts educators. NAEA advances visual arts education to
fulfill human potential and promote global understanding.
Visit www.arteducators.org to learn more.
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