Alabama Art Education Association

Here is a link to the Flag Design Template...

YAM Template

We are still searching for a YAM Chair to volunteer. In the meantime, Mary Jane Coker is coming to the rescue to ensure that Alabama is represented in the National Youth Art Month with a flag. Here is the entry information. Deadline for entries is January 13, 2012. Please send your entries to Mary Jane. Please forward this email to any art educators you know.

2012 YOUTH ART MONTH ART CONTEST

As conducted by

ALABAMA ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (AAEA)

With the Prize structure offered by Sargent Art®

Dear Alabama Art Teacher,

Welcome and Congratulations!

You have taken the first step towards making yourself eligible to win a trip to visit New York Art Museums along with one of your creatively talented students and one parent of the student

All AAEA current members, Kindergarten through Grade 12, are eligible to submit their student artwork for this contest. Send your school’s winning flag design to Mary Jane Coker via email or snail mail by January 13, 2012. If sending via email attach a scanned image at 300dpi.

mcoker@homewood.k12.al.us

Shades Cahaba Elementary

3001 Independence Drive

Homewood, AL 35209

Deadline for entries is Friday, January 13, 2012.

All aspects of the AAEA 2012 YAM Art Contest to be determined by AAEA with the exception of the prize structure offered by Sargent Art®

Please visit the AAEA website – www.aaeaonline.org - for details regarding categories, theme, eligibility, deadline, judging and all other guidelines.

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Prize structure from Sargent Art

One Top Prize: A trip to visit New York Art Museums for one overall winner along with the Art Teacher and one parent of the winning student

One Prize in each Category – Elementary, Middle and High: Winner’s Certificate for the winner as well as Sargent Art supplies for the winner and the Art Teacher

Details of the 2012 Top Prize – The trip to visit New York Art Museums would include the following -

Airline ticket from a USA airport nearest to the school to a New York area airport and back for the winning student, one parent and Art teacher booked and paid by Sargent Art

Hotel in the New York area for the winner and one parent in one room; and for Art teacher in a separate room – both rooms paid by Sargent Art

Transportation from New York area airport to the hotel and back to the airport arranged by Sargent Art

All meals arranged and paid by Sargent Art

Transportation and entries to the pre-decided Art Museums in New York arranged and paid by Sargent Art

Possibility of including a sightseeing trip to see a famous monument like the Statue of Liberty at the discretion of Sargent Art

Click here to see an Overview of the past trips or visit the Sargent Art Facebook page for photos from the 2011 NYC Trip

Sargent Art Terms and Conditions related to the Prize Structure offered by Sargent Art

for 2012 AAEA YAM Art Contest:

All aspects of eligibility of Artwork is final and binding by AAEA guidelines

Prize structure offered by Sargent Art (details, value and actual items) to be decided only by Sargent Art – All decisions final

All persons traveling to visit New York Art Museums (student, parent and teacher) are required to sign a Waiver of Liability to be eligible to receive this prize; not signing the Waiver of Liability will result in forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

All prizes are non-transferable, non-changeable, and non-negotiable. No substitutions will be made.

Any conflict with the dates of the New York Art Museums trip will result in the forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

All decisions regarding details of the New York Art Museums trip, the Grand Prize, (including but not limited to dates, timings, airline, hotel, eating/dining places, and transportation) to be decided by Sargent Art – No individual requests will be entertained

Any disabilities, medical conditions, special requirements to be communicated to Sargent Art within one week of announcement of the Prizes; delay in communicating the aforementioned will result in forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

The Grand Prize winning student will travel with the parent – in the event of either one (winning student or parent) requiring or being unable to travel to New York, both the student and parent will forfeit the prize and the New York Art Museums trip irrespective of the age of the student

No additional person would be permitted to travel with the Grand Prize winner, parent of the winner or the teacher of the Grand Prize winner - No individual requests will be entertained

Sargent Art reserves the indisputable right to change the terms and conditions of the prize structure offered for the 2012 AAEA YAM Art Contest at any time with mutual agreement with the signees of AAEA. ___________________________________________________________________________________

www.sargentart.com – (800) 424 – 3596 – artcontest@sargentart.com ___________________________________________________________________________________