2023-24 Reflections

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Young artists get involved through their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of six arts areas. Only original works of art are accepted. The six art areas are:

• Literature – works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
• Music Composition – original musical composition, with or without words.
• Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
• Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
• Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
• Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.

Participation is organized by student age and grade levels. Student works are critiqued against others in the same grade division. This allows recognition and judging of artworks by appropriate developmental age and skill levels. The grade divisions are:

• Primary: Pre-school – Grade 2
• Intermediate: Grades 3 – 5
• Middle School: Grades 6 – 8
• High School: Grades 9 – 12

(For special artist information, see Special Artist Division below)

Entries are judged on creative ability and interpretation of the theme.

Any PTA/PTSA in good standing may sponsor the program. Students may only submit entries through a PTA/PTSA. Parent groups not affiliated with National PTA are not eligible to sponsor this program.

Deadline to submit entries to NBE PTA is Friday, December 1, 2023.

All entries must be submitted via Google Form: https://forms.gle/z25shubJG9H5hSXQA and a photo in .jpg form must be emailed to reflections@nbepta.com by the December 1 deadline. Please email reflections@nbepta.com with any questions.