Art Day

Fall 2023 High School Student Artist Talk / Workshop/ Art Competition - Wednesday, October 18, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Submissions are welcome from all high school art students. Each student is allowed three submissions. Your art work may have been created either for a class or independently, but must have been completed during your high school career. All submissions are free.

Each student is allowed up to three submissions (either 2D, 3D or Digital).


Categories include:

Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Graphic Design
Photography
3D (includes Sculpture and Ceramics)
Digital

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Please note! For your 2D or 3D submission to be accepted in the Art Day Exhibition, it MUST fit the following criteria:

2D Work (Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design, Photography)

–Matted with gray or blackboard –or— framed with glass/plexiglass
–No longer than 30” horizontally or vertically
–Back must be wired and ready to hang

 

3D Work (includes Sculpture and Ceramics)

–No larger than 24” in any direction

Include the following information on the back of 2D work or on 3D work:
First and last name
High school
Name of High school art teacher
High school art teacher’s email
Title of work
Category
Medium
Year work was completed

Juried Art Exhibition Awards:


Grand Prize: 1/2 tuition covered for first year (approximately $3,200 Scholarship) for in-coming freshman art major/minor
2nd Place:
$2,000 Scholarship for in-coming freshman art major/minor
3rd Place:
$1,500 Scholarship for in-coming freshman art major/minor

Jurors:

Susan Moore, Peru State College Assistant Professor of Fine Art
Ken Curtis, Peru State College Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Please note! Students attending the reception will collect their art work to take home after the Art Day Juried Awards Ceremony.


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Click here for a printable Campus Map

 

Directions to Peru State College

From Omaha/Nebraska City:
Take US-75 S to NE-67 S (turn left)
Take NE-67 S to NE-64 G Spur (turn left)
Continue on Park Ave
Park in commuter/visitor lot across from Art building, A.V. Larson,
brick building just south of the Little Red School House.