Art Festival
We want your students to participate in the
1st annual Fairhope Student Art Festival!!!!
All Fairhope students from public, private, or home school options are encouraged to help us celebrate Fairhope, and the Fairhope art colony by entering this show and festival.
Students will have the month of January to produce their artwork, in any medium. Size is limited to 10" by 12" for all entries.
All entries should reflect the theme "This is my Fairhope". If Fairhope means playing with your dog in your backyard, Great! If Fairhope means fishing at the pier, Great! If Fairhope means feeding the ducks at the duck pond, wonderful! If Fairhope means going to church with your family, fabulous! Whatever Fairhope means to each child, that is what we are seeking.
All entries must be accompanied by a completed application form and a 5-dollar entry fee. Entry fee scholarships are available for students who qualify. (Each entry will be matted and shrink-wrapped to protect it during display by members of the festival committee.)
Entry deadline: JANUARY 25, 2012 6:00 PM No late entries accepted. All entries must be dropped off at the Marietta Johnson School on Marietta Dr. Artwork will be on display in businesses all over Fairhope during the month of February, starting with the February First Friday Art walk. Judging will be done by age group. Fairhope artists will do the judging. Winners will be announced Feb. 29th.
There will be a "Peoples Choice" award. Tickets will be sold downtown by committee members on Feb. is" and Feb zs". Tickets are $1 each or 15 for $10.00. The artwork receiving the most votes will be declared the "Peoples Choice" winner. All students entering will receive a certificate of participation and a photo of their work on display. All winning entries will be displayed at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education booth at the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival. Prizes will depend on the number of entries. Prizes are listed on our website.
PLEASE – NO NAMES can be visible on any entry. All entries will be assigned a number when they are received and only that number will be allowed on any entry.
Please check our website at www.fairhopeorganicschool.com for
more information or see
Marietta
Johnson School of Organic Education on Facebook.
BUSINESSES:
The Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education invites you to take part in a new and very exciting project to celebrate the Fairhope Art colony and to encourage "art for the future".
The First Annual Fairhope Student Art Show and Festival.
Organic is one of Fairhope's oldest institutions and we cherish Fairhope and our ties to businesses that keep our beloved community vital. Fairhope thrives on business, art and tourism. By sponsoring this Festival we hope to encourage a healthy future for all of us.
During the month of January, all Fairhope students in public, private, and home school will be invited to work on their submissions. There is an entry fee, with scholarships available to those students unable to afford this fee. All entries will be judged according to age groups.
During the month of February, all qualified entries will be displayed in businesses all over Fairhope, much like the Arts and Crafts Fair's early years. We hope parents, students, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, as well as friends, will come to see the students works of art on display in your business. The weekends of February 18th and February 25th, members of the Festival Committee will be downtown selling the tickets used to vote for The "Peoples’ Choice" award. The public will purchase these tickets and the artwork with the most votes will be the winner. All other winners will be determined by local Fairhope artists who have volunteered to judge the artwork.
It is your choice how to display the art in your business. All we ask is that you make sure that these entries are not damaged. Each will be matted and shrink wrapped to help prevent damage. So in your windows, around your store, in a grouping in one spot, whatever works best for you is wonderful.
We are asking you for a $30.00 sponsorship fee. This money will be used to provide the scholarships for those deserving students, the cost of the materials for displaying the art, advertising, and of course, the prizes to our winners. Winners will be announced February 29th. All the winning artworks will be displayed at the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival.
