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2023
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Youth Art Month


FLAG-BANNER CONTEST

2023 YAM FLAG Submission FORM
YAM RUBRICS
WINNING YAM FLAG DESIGNS
Got Questions: EMAIL OUR YAM REP
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Easy! Just print out the entry form for your students, and let them create!
Student Entry Form to print and Create!
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Fill out the Entry Release Form, download the .pdf and then upload the .pdf into the Submission Form. 
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Print the form, fill out, have signed, scan in, and upload here.
or
Fill out this Survey with the Entry Release Form Information for each student.

- e-signatures for the permission forms allowed, but please retain the email verification from the parent in your records. We will need it if student work is chosen for marketing purposes.


Each year there is a different theme. 

The theme for 2023 is
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 YOUR ART, YOUR VOICE

Guidelines:
  • Size: 3'x5' Note artworks may be created in approximate proportions such as 6"X10", 6.6"x11" or 9"X15"
  • Media: Must be 2D Design. Digitally created artwork is acceptable
  • Title: This year's theme slogan should be included in some way (words and/or images)
  • Washington State: The flag design should communicate our state in some way
  • YAM or Youth Art Month Logo: YAM Logo or phrase should be included and can be printed or digitally added.
  • Winning Entries: Top Prize $100 Charlene Dixon Scholarship and other top entries will be featured in Splatter Magazine. ​​
  • Student Entry and Release Form: A completed form is required for each entry. LINK ​
2023 YAM FLAG  Submission FORM
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Theme: “Your Art, Your Voice.”  
       

Washington state students may participate in Youth Art Month 2023 by preparing a flag or banner design to be hung at the 2023 NAEA Convention in San Antonio (April 13-15th), in OSPI offices in Olympia, WA, and YAM Flag winners will be featured at the 50th Anniversary OSPI Superintendent's Art Show Reception. The participating school will be gifted a printed flag as well.
Winning Entries: Top Prize $100 Charlene Dixon Scholarship from the WAEA and other top entries will be featured in Splatter Magazine. 
All students must complete the Artwork/Photography Release Form to participate in any of the YAM activities.
​*Participating educators must be a member of the WAEA.
What is Youth Art Month?
Youth Art Month encourages support for quality school art programs, and promotes art material safety. The National Art Education Association, as a national sponsor through The Council for Art Education, administers the program at the national level, and Washington Art Education Association administers the program at the state level. The program provides a medium for recognizing skills developed through visual arts experiences.


YAM Flag Contest Guidelines:

- Design a 3’ X 5’ flag or banner based on the theme, “Your Art, Your Voice”
- Include the name of the state in the flag design.
- Include the words “Youth Art Month” if possible.
- Any 2-D medium allowed, including original digital artwork.
- Design can be VERTICAL or HORIZONTAL format.
- Artwork needs to be proportional to 3' x 5' (ex. 6" x 10" or 6.6" x 11")

Submission Guidelines:

- High quality scans of the artwork will be submitted in this form.
- Upload the Photo Release to this form, or enter the information directly.
- One Student Submission per form entry.
- SUBMISSION date- Jan 27th, 2023 11:59PM
- Submit work and Student release using this form.

- e-signatures for the permission forms allowed, but please retain the email verification from the parent in your records. We will need it if student work is chosen for marketing purposes.

Contact the WAEA Youth Art Month Coordinator with any questions: yam@waea.net.
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2023 YAM FLAG Artwork Submission and Release Form
HOW TO PARTICIPATE 
FLAG/BANNER DESIGN CONTEST:
​Students may submit a design
for the Washington State YAM flag.

You may Upload a High Quality scan/image of the Student Artwork or upload the Template given above.
​The Release form will also need to be submitted on Submission Form.
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The winning design is made into a flag (or banner which can hang vertically), then displayed at the National Art Education Association convention and hung in the state capital — pretty cool!


 TIMELINE:
· Jan 27th, 2022 - Flag/Banner Artwork Entry and Release Form submitted by 11:59 AM using  Form linked here.

· February 2022- Winning design announced and made into vinyl flag/banner and shipped to national YAM Chair. 
Copy given to Students school or education center.

- April 13-15th- Flag hung to represent our state at the NAEA National conference in San Antonio.

· May 2022 (TBD)- OSPI High School Art in person Reception. 50th Anniversary Art Show Reception this year!
 
WINNING FLAG:
The Student Artist who is selected as the 2022 Washington YAM Flag/Banner Winner will:
· Be honored at the OSPI State High School Art Show in person 50th Anniversary Reception (date TBD)
· Receive the “Charlene Dixon Scholarship Award” ($100).
· Have their flag on display at the OSPI Building in Olympia and at the NAEA National Convention.
· Be given a copy of their flag to hang in their school.
YAM FLAG/Banner Artwork Submission Template
YAM Entry Release Form
ADDITIONAL Resources
Have a question regarding YAM? Feel free to contact yam@waea.net
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