Reflections Art Program

2022-2023 Co-Chairs: Yalan Xing and Yanna Gu

reflections@medinapta.org 

 

The Reflections Program is a National PTA arts competition for students from pre-K through grade 12. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works of art in response to a theme.

 

2022-2023 Submission Deadline: Nov 28, 2022

 

The winners' artworks will be advanced to Bellevue Council level and have a chance to advance to state and national level. Medina made to state level finalists last year! This year is more exciting as the in-person art show is coming back: all submitted pieces will get displayed at the Book Fair Family Night & Reflections Art Show on December 7th at 5pm, and have a chance to be voted as “fan-favorite” piece!

 

Submit Your Artwork Now!

 

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2022-2023 theme

This year's theme is:

"Show Your Voice" 

 

 


Categories

Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 students are encouraged to submit original works of art in one or more of the following categories:

  • Dance Choreography – originally choreographed dance composition.
  • Film Production – original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
  • Literature – works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
  • Musical 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.

Special Artist Division: Students with disabilities may receive special accommodations by entering the special artist division and are encouraged to enter any category.

 


How to Participate

Participating is as easy as followed:

 

  1. Create your piece of art - make sure your art follows the rules
  2. Take a high-resolution photo or scan,
    TIP: When taking a photo of visual art to upload, make sure the entry is in good light, camera is aligned straight with artwork, and crop everything else out.
  3. Complete the Entry form electronically (type in information and save as pdf), write about how the piece relates to the theme in 100 words or less
  4. Label the art work as: category_grade_firstname_lastname_artwork; the entry form as: category_grade_firstname_lastname_entryform. e.g. visualart_2nd_John_Doe_artwork
  5. Send artwork and entry form files to reflections@medinapta.org

 

 

Student Entry Form


Dance Choreography Rules


Film Production Rules


Literature Rules


Music Composition Rules


Photography Rules

 

Visual Artist Rules

 

Submit Your Entries by Nov. 28th!

 


 

For more information, please visit the Reflections pages from:

WA State PTA

National PTA

 

Questions? Contact reflections@medinapta.org