2012 SPRING ART SHOW BULLETIN

 PURPOSE

The Spring Art Show is the culmination of the year's Visual Arts Programs. The participants are given a chance to see their work honored on a citywide level. The public is given the opportunity to see what is happening in the Department's facilities. This develops future support for our programs and gives us the opportunity to recruit new participants.

EXHIBIT

The Spring Art Show will be on exhibit from Monday, May 14th, 2012 till Monday, May 21st, 2012 in the Center Court of the Gallery at Market East, 9th and Market Streets.

AWARDS PRESENTATION

The Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception will take place at Carousel House, located Belmont Avenue and North Concourse Drive on Thursday, June 7th, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This will take place in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Spring Art Show. All award winners, staff and friends will be invited.  Each district will make arrangements to bring their participants (who have work in the show) to the Awards Presentation. Leaders, Visual Art Chairpersons, District Managers, Advisory Councils, and all district resources are asked to cooperate in effort to have all winners present  at the ceremony. Ten Best in Show Awards will be presented. Invitations will be

distributed at the Show Hanging.

SELECTION OF EXHIBIT ITEMS

District Managers and District Art Chairpersons are responsible for arranging the selection of entries from their districts. Work may be chosen from a District Level Art Show or by interaction between facilities which wish to participate, and the District Art Chairperson. Each district should be sure that the work for the show represents the best results of the various arts and crafts programs in the district. Work accepted by the Chairperson should be complete: finished, sturdily constructed, clean, neat and properly tagged. Do not accept work previously exhibited in former Spring Art Shows. Do not accept work done in school programs. Work must have been done in a  Parks and Recreation facility, not at home. Do not accept anything done prior to the summer of 2011.

DISTRICT LIMITS

Districts are limited to (20) pieces of flatwork and (20) pieces of three-dimensional work per district. The Older Adult Centers, together, have the same limitations. The Special Population programs have the same

limitations. Work from the After-School Program must be entered through your District Chairperson. 

DISPLAY LIMITATIONS

1. Flatwork cannont be wider than thirty inches and must  be properly mounted.

2. Canvasses must be stripped or taped. Canvas board edges must be blacked or stained or color

                must wrap-around for exhibit.

3. No Picture Frames can be accepted. Please remove frames before submitting work.

4. Unframed and/or stripped canvasses must be less than 1 and 3/4" thick.

5. Three-dimensional pieces must be under sixteen inches wide and twenty inches high.

6. These limitations are for our tamper-proof exhibit cases and must be adhered to. There can be no exceptions.

JUDGING The committee will choose fifty entries for Merit Trophies. In addition, they will choose six entries for the Best in Show Awards: Adult and Youth in Two Dimensional, Three Dimensional and Craft. Judging will take place on Thursday afternoon, May 10, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. at Holmesburg R.C. The judging is closed to participants. Districts should be sure to have coverage at the judging.

COVERAGE OF THE SHOW A representative from the Department must be on hand during all hours that the gallery is open. The representative will answer questions from the public about the department's programs and will also watch over the safety of the exhibit.     RETURN OF EXHIBIT ITEMS All District Art Chairpersons are to be present at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, May 23rd to assist with the dismantling of the flatwork panels at the Gallery at Market East when they may remove their work directly from the Gallery. If the Chairperson cannot be on hand, please arrange for an alternate from the District to accept this responsibility and fulfill it.   Visual Arts Committee