Thank you for your interest in the Ingham Student Art Exhibit. Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center, Ingham Intermediate School District, and the Michigan Education Leadership Group host this celebration of excellence in the visual arts for young people grades K-12 and students 18+ who participate in the Young Adult SE Program.
 We are only accepting electronic submissions for the 2024 exhibition. The following information describes eligibility and submission guidelines.
ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES
 ● Schools/students within the Ingham Intermediate School District’s service area are eligible to apply.
 ● Students in grades K-12 and students 18+ who participate in the Young Adult SE Program.
 ● One (1) piece of artwork per student is allowed, with no more than 20 entries per individual school.
 ●  Artwork must be created during the 2023 – 2024 academic school year.
 ● All work must be two-dimensional, suitable for framing, and may not exceed 18” in either direction.
 ● School-appropriate subjects are accepted (i.e., no images of weapons, drugs, gang symbols, alcohol, smoking, racial or gender slurs, etc.).
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
 February 1, 2024, 11:59 PM.
JURY PROCESS AND EXHIBITIONS
 From eligible entries, a qualified juror will select up to 60 works to be professionally framed by Wheaton's Framing and Art Gallery. Framed artwork will exhibited for one year in a professional partner facility. The partner facilitates include the lobbies of the Ingham Intermediate School District in Mason, the Michigan Education Leadership Group on the West Side of Lansing, the Consumers Credit Union on the South Side of Lansing, and Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center's Student Gallery in Downtown Lansing. The jury process will take place between February 2 - 9, 2024.
NOTIFICATION
 Notifications of acceptance into the exhibit will be sent by email to the student's teacher or guardian on February 16, 2024. Teachers with accepted student artwork for the exhibition will work with Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center Staff to obtain parent/guardian permission for the exhibition.  Artwork without parent/guardian permission will not be exhibited.
ARTWORK DROP-OFF
 Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center Education Staff will work with teachers and our parent/guardian, with accepted work, to create a plan for artwork drop-off. Artwork drop-off will take place March 1 - 2, 2024. Coordination of obtaining student work will be determined at that time.

OPENING RECEPTION
 The Ingham Student Art Exhibit will be shown at the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center from April 3 - 27, 2024, then the artwork will be taken to the three other off-site locations and held there for the year. The opening reception for the Ingham Student Art Exhibit will be held at the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center on April 11, 2024.
 

CLOSING RECEPTIONS

Each location will hold a closing reception in April of 2025 where we will celebrate the students for having their artwork juried and shown for a year, following the reception the artwork will be able to be picked up and taken home that day. 

For more information regarding the Ingham Student Art Exhibit or assistance with the online submission process, please contact:
 Saebren Stevens, Education Coordinator, at saebren@lansingartgallery.org or 517-574-4521.

ENTRY GUIDELINES ART SCHOLARSHIP ALERT (ASA):

ELIGIBILITY | High school student 9-12 and students 18+ who participate in the Young Adult SE Program living in Ingham, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Shiawassee, Barry, Livingston, Calhoun, or Jackson county in Michigan is eligible to enter.
ENTRY FEE| $5.00 per entry. Entry fee SCHOLARSHIPS are available, please email saebren@lansingartgallery.org to request a scholarship.
ENTRY GUIDELINES | A portfolio of two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional artwork is to be submitted online by midnight on February 1, 2024. The online application process will open on October 1, 2023.
The number of artworks allowed varies by grade level:
• Freshmen…………………….Three (3) finished pieces
• Sophomores……………..…...Four (4) finished pieces
• Juniors………………………...Four (4) finished pieces
• Seniors…………………………Five (5) finished pieces
• All original artwork including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photography, digital/computer-based artwork, jewelry, and textiles are accepted. Collaborative work is not accepted. No work may be copied from published photographs or other artwork. Entries must not exceed 6 feet in any direction.
• Artwork part of a previously accepted portfolio to ASA is not eligible. This includes exhibited and non-exhibited work.
• Previously declined portfolios may be re-entered partially or completely.
• Collaborative work is not accepted.
• No work may be copied from published photographs or other artwork.
• Entries must not exceed 6 feet in any direction.
• Seniors may also apply for the Sara Jane Venable Scholarship. To learn more, click HERE
JURY PROCESS | A jury of art professionals will select portfolios for exhibition. Selection is based on overall quality, consistency, and depth of work of the complete portfolio. Each grade level is judged individually. Each selected portfolio will be represented by one piece of artwork in the exhibit.
Jury results will be emailed on February 14 to students, their parent/guardian(s), and the art teacher listed on the student submission. The jury’s decision is final.
AWARDS | Portfolio Awards and Supply Awards will be presented to outstanding students in each grade level at the awards ceremony on March 14, a date to be determined. Jurors will determine the awards from the accepted portfolios. Students receiving the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade Portfolio Awards will have multiple artworks exhibited. All other award winners will have one (1) artwork exhibited.
ACCEPTED ART DROP-OFF | Accepted works will be included in the ASA Exhibit from February 28 - March 30 at Lansing Art Gallery. Accepted work must be delivered to the Gallery on February 23 - 24 (11 AM - 3 PM), by appointment, and may not be withdrawn before the close of the exhibit (March 30).
MATTING GUIDELINES | Accepted two-dimensional work must be either matted with a WHITE or BLACK professional quality mat board (with a full-size foam core, mat board, or cardboard backing) OR dry mounted. Do not attach wires or other framing hardware to unframed artwork. Framing is optional. Stretched canvases should have neat and secure edges and must have an attached wire for hanging. In addition, pastels or charcoals must be sprayed and/or covered with plastic or acetate. Do not laminate.
ARTWORK PICK-UP | Artwork must be picked up between April 3 - 6 (11 AM – 3 PM) by appointment. Any work not picked up by April 30, 2024, will become the property of Lansing Art Gallery.
CONDITIONS | Lansing Art Gallery takes the utmost care while handling and storing artwork, but cannot be responsible for loss or damage from any cause, whatsoever. *Permission to photograph accepted artwork and/or students with their artwork and to use the student’s full name for publicity and fund-raising purposes is assumed unless specifically denied in writing. Applicants under the age of 18 must have a parent/guardian’s consent to apply for Art Scholarship Alert.
Questions? Contact Saebren Stevens, Education Coordinator, at saebren@lansingartgallery.org
Entries must be received by midnight on February 1, 2024.

In addition to the Art Scholarship Alert portfolio competition, students at the Senior level and students 18+ who participate in the Young Adult SE Program level may apply for the Sara Jane Venable Scholarship.

Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center, through its Art Scholarship Alert Program, has created this scholarship in recognition of Sara Jane Venable's tremendous contribution to art education in the Greater Lansing Area and to her leadership in statewide art organizations. The purpose of this scholarship is to support deserving student artists in their pursuit of higher education in the visual arts. A stipend of $1,000 will be given to an accredited institution of the recipient's choice for tuition assistance.

Seniors may apply to both Art Scholarship Alert and the Sara Jane Venable Scholarship. You must complete both applications, separately.

ENTRY GUIDELINES:

To be eligible for the Sara Jane Venable Scholarship the student must:

• Be a high school Senior or student 18+ who participates in the Young Adult SE Program, living or attending school in the mid-Michigan counties of Ingham, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Shiawassee, Barry, Livingston, Calhoun, and Jackson. 
• Be going on to higher education in the visual arts field at an accredited school within one year of high school graduation. 
• Have also applied to Art Scholarship Alert.
• ARTWORK GUIDELINES:
  All original artwork including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photography, digital/computer-based works, jewelry, and textiles are accepted. Collaborative work is not accepted. No work may be copied from published photographs or other artwork. Entries must not exceed 24 inches in any direction.
  PORTFOLIO: Your portfolio must include a total of ten (10) works of art including: 
• five (5) works created in the last two years that have NOT been previously exhibited in Art Scholarship Alert. 
• five (5) works created in the last four years. These images can include artwork that HAS been previously exhibited in ASA. 
• Portfolio images should be in JPEG format. Each image file size should not exceed 1MB.  Images should be in color. 

ESSAY: Please upload a one-page typed essay, titled "What the Arts Mean to Me", that will assist the panel of jurors in their selection process. The emphasis of the essay should be on your involvement in the arts and what it means to you. This essay should also include your educational and career interests as well as insight into your ideas and execution of your artwork.

LIST OF RELATED ART ACTIVITIES: Please list all art classes and related art activities in which you have participated during your school career, which colleges and universities you have applied to, which you have been accepted to, which school you plan to attend, and when you will begin your major.

Entries must be submitted below by midnight on February 1, 2024.

JURY PROCESS: The panel of jurors will review the portfolio, essay, and related art activities. However, the majority of weight will be given to the quality, consistency, and depth of the five works created in the past two years. The Sara Jane Venable Award winner will be notified by February February 14, 2024.

ACCEPTED ARTWORK: The Sara Jane Venable recipient will have 5 works on display in the Art Scholarship Exhibit. These works must be delivered to the Gallery, by appointment on February 23 - 24 (11 AM – 3 PM) and may not be withdrawn before the close of the exhibit on March 30.

Accepted two-dimensional work must be either matted with a WHITE or BLACK professional quality mat board (with a full-size foam core, mat board, or cardboard backing) OR dry mounted. Do not attach wires or any other framing hardware to unframed artwork. Framing is optional. Stretched canvases should have neat, secure edges and must have an attached wire for hanging. Pastels or charcoals must be sprayed and/or covered with plastic or acetate. Do not laminate. Each work must have a title card attached to the back.

ART SCHOLARSHIP ALERT EXHIBIT: February 28 - March 30, 2024, at Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center.
RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY: The Sara Jane Venable recipient will receive special recognition at the awards ceremony on March 14, 2024.
ARTWORK PICK UP: Artwork must be picked up on April 3 - 6, by appointment (11 AM – 3 PM)  Any work not picked up by April 30, 2024, will become the property of Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center.
CONDITIONS: Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center takes the utmost care while handling and storing artwork, but cannot be responsible for loss or damage from any cause, whatsoever. Permission to photograph accepted artwork and/or the students with his/her artwork and to use the student’s full name for publicity and fund-raising purposes shall be understood to be granted unless specifically denied in writing. Applicants under the age of 18 must have a parent/guardian’s consent to apply for Sara Jane Venable Scholarship.