2021 student art exhibition

• Participating schools will be from the Central Iowa region.
• Each school must submit a School and Student Artwork Information Form.
• Each elementary school may submit up to four works that are two-dimensional and no larger than 12" x 18".
• Each secondary school may submit up to four works that are two dimensional and no larger than 18" x 24".
• Only two-dimensional media is acceptable.
• No stretched canvas.
• Artwork must be created in the 2020-2021 school year.
• Do not mount or mat artwork. Staff will mount submitted artwork.
• Schools must agree to review and honor U.S. copyright law (Title 17) and copyright guidelines provided by the Heartland Area Education Agency.
• Schools must be willing and able to print and send the Student/Parent Letter home with each student selected to participate in SAE. (Alternatively, the letter may be emailed to the parent)
• Schools must be willing to prepare Student Artwork to the specifications below.
• Schools must be willing and able to mail Student Artwork or deliver artwork on scheduled dates/times. Details TBD.
• Schools must be agreeable to the Artwork Pick-Up Policy.

Please complete the the School and Student Artwork Information Form linked below by April 16, 2021.

**After you have completed the Form, you will receive via email a formatted Student Art Information placard. You will attach the placard to the student's artwork as described below before submitting the student artwork.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SCHOOL & STUDENT ARTWORK INFORMATION FORM

• You will receive an email from Lydia (ltobin@desmoinesartsfestival.org) containing your Student Art Information Form placards. Please print and cut out these placards.
• Attach (bulldog clip) the Student Art Information Form placard to the back of the student's artwork.
• Laminate OR wrap ALL works in acetate (no exceptions). No kitchen plastic wraps or document protectors.
• Works not laminated or wrapped in acetate will not be accepted into the SAE.
• The Exhibition will take place outside under a tent. Downtown Events Group and Des Moines Arts Festival^® are not responsible for lost or damaged artwork.

• We will announce date and location for student artwork delivery at a later time. Thank you for your patience.

• IMPORTANT: Students will be required to SIGN for artwork taken from the Library.
• Pick-up artwork immediately following the Student Art Exhibition Reception on September 8, 2021, at 6 p.m. or from the Greater Des Moines Partnership September 9 – September 30, 2021. The reception will be held at the Central Library, 1000 Grand Avenue, Downtown Des Moines.
• Artwork will NOT be sent to schools or students.
• Artwork not picked up at the Central Library will be taken to the Greater Des Moines Partnership (address above) and can be picked up Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For questions regarding pick-up, contact Daphne Dickens (ddickens@desmoinesartsfestival.org).
• Please make arrangements to pick-up the artwork by September 30, 2021. After this date, artwork will be disposed of.

Read Official Guidelines.

Complete the School and Student Artwork Information Form

Select your student artwork (up to four per school)

Send the Student/Parent letter home with participating students to inform them of upcoming events.

Mail or Deliver Student Artwork. Specific date and location will be announced at a later time.

View Student Artwork from participating schools on display at the Des Moines Arts Festival, June 25-27.

Attend Visionary Artists Ceremony at the Festival on June 26, 2021 at 11:45 a.m.

View Student Artwork from participating schools on display at the Central Library following the Festival through September 8, 2021.

Attend Student Art Exhibition Reception on Wednesday, September 8, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Central Library. We strongly encourage students and their families to attend so please remind them. Artwork can be taken home that evening.

Please direct questions to:

Lydia Tobin, Program Intern
Des Moines Arts Festival^®
E-mail: ltobin@desmoinesartsfestival.org