Art-for-ALL is a student art exhibition for children in grades pre-K through 6 in Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, and Putnam Counties. Children are encouraged to submit one piece of work for jurying in one of the following categories: 2-D, including painting, drawing, photography, collage, mixed media, printing, and graphic arts; 3-D, including sculpture, pottery, woodcrafts, glass, jewelry, textiles, mixed media, and constructions with recycled materials; or video, with a maximum of five minutes per video.
Work may be submitted directly by the child and his/her family or in conjunction with a teacher. All children in the designated grades and counties are eligible to submit work.
The deadline for submitting work is May 1, 2015. A jpeg image of the work and contact information may be emailed to festivallartforall@yahoo.com.
Jurying will be completed and notifications to applicants will be sent out by May 20. Work that is submitted will be displayed in a slide show on the websites for FestivALL and the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences. Work that is accepted for exhibition will be collected at central points within each county.
The exhibition will be held during FestivALL from June 19-28 in the lobby of the Clay Center. A public reception and awards ceremony will be held at the Clay Center on June 27 from 3-5 p.m.
Sponsors include the Elliot Family Foundation, the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, the Central WV Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Clay Center.
For further information go to www.festivallcharleston.com