ATLANTA
Judges
Cinque Hicks, Editor-in-Chief, Art Papers
Collette Hopkins, National Black Arts Festival
Donna Lowry, Reporter, WXIA-TV
Della Patteson, Curator, Coca Cola Company
Faith Ringgold, Artist
Michael Rooks, Curator, High Museum of Art
Kevin Sipp, Artist, Writer, Curator
Awards Ceremony
January 19, 2013: Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College
BOSTON
Judges
Callie Crossley, Host/Moderator, Boston Public Radio, WGBH
Barry Gaither, Director, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
Jenny Holzer, Artist
Edward Saywell, Chair of Contemporary Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer-prize winning arts critic, Boston Globe
Awards Ceremony
March 23, 2013: Tower Auditorium, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
CHICAGO
Judges
Charles Bethea, Chief Curator, DuSable Museum of African American History
Paula Crown, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Michael Darling, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Kerry James Marshall, Artist
Dr. Walter Massey, President, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
James Rondeau, Curator, Art Institute of Chicago
Awards Ceremony
February 2013
DETROIT
Judges
Graham W. J. Beal, Director, Detroit Institute of Arts
Katie McGowan, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Juanita Moore, President and CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum
Mark Stryker, Art Critic, Detroit Free Press
Aaron Timlin, Director, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
Awards Ceremony
February 2013
LOS ANGELES
Judges
Mark Bradford, Artist
Vida Brown, Curator, California African American Museum
Christopher Knight, Chief Art Critic, Los Angeles Times
Steven D. Lavine, President, California Institute of the Arts
Gayle Garner Roski, Artist and Arts Advocate
Franklin Sirmans, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art / LACMA
Awards Ceremony
January 21, 2013: California African American Museum
MEMPHIS
Judges
Fredric Koeppel, Art Critic
Marina Pacini, Chief Curator, Brooks Museum of Art
Mearl Purvis, Anchor, Fox13 News
Beverly Robertson, President, National Civil Rights Museum
Cathy Wilson, Director of Art Education Programs, Memphis College of Art
Awards Ceremony
February 2013
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
Judges
Mary Abbe, Art Critic, Star Tribune
Elizabeth Armstrong, Curator, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Betsy Carpenter, Curator, Walker Art Center
Kerry Morgan, Director, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery
Diane Mullin, Curator, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Ann Ledy, President, College of Visual Arts
Awards Ceremony
February 19, 2013: Minneapolis Convention Center
NEW YORK
Judges
Ian Alteveer, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Carol Becker, Dean of the School of the Arts, Columbia University
Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMA PS1
Glenn Ligon, Artist
Soledad O'Brien, Anchor, Starting Point, CNN
Lee Rosenbaum, CultureGrrl Arts Journal
Roberta Smith, Chief Art Critic, New York Times
Awards Ceremony
January 26, 2013: Metropolitan Museum of Art
PHILADELPHIA
Judges
Carlos Basualdo, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sean Buffington, President, University of the Arts
Renee Chenault, Co-Anchor, NBC10 News
Cecelia Fitzgibbon, President, Moore College of Art & Design
Jo-Anna Moore, Art Education Area Head, Temple University
William Valerio, Director, Woodmere Art Museum
Awards Ceremony
February 20, 2013: Philadelphia Museum of Art
SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA
Judges
Cathy Bowman, Contributor, San Francisco Examiner
Lovisa Brown, Director of Education, Museum of the African Diaspora
Tom DeCaigny, Director of Cultural Affairs, San Francisco Arts Commission
Lori Fogarty, Director and CEO, Oakland Museum of California
Gary Garrels, Senior Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Awards Ceremony
January 21, 2013: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
About The Contest
Left to right: Felix T. and Chaz W., G.I.V.E Center East High; Kemoria S., White Elementary; Madison D., Lassiter High
THE DREAM@50 Art Contest is for all K-12 students in ten U.S. cities: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Los Angeles, and San Francisco/Bay Area.
Students are invited to create artwork inspired by a word or phrase from The Dream Speech, with the artwork titled accordingly. Each participating school or after-school program selects a winner and two runner-ups, and the winner is then submitted on-line for the selection of the semifinalists. All submissions must be made through a designated representative of the participating school or after-school program. Any school or after-school program within the metropolitan area of the ten cities may become a participant simply by emailing the institution name and contact information (including name, address, and phone number) to info@karzproductions.com.
A jury of distinguished judges will select from the semifinalists one winner and two runner-ups in each of the three school categories (Elementary, Middle, and High) and one over-all Grand Prize winner, for a total of ten winners. The winners will be announced in an awards ceremony hosted by each of the cities in January/February 2013. Gift card prizes will be presented to the winners as well as to their teachers (for use in the classroom).
The Grand Prize winner from each of the ten cities will be honored in a special Capitol Hill awards ceremony and exhibit to take place in August 2013.
The aim of The Dream@50 Art Contest is to clarify the relevance of history for our young people, to demonstrate the vital importance of the arts in education and daily life, and to build stronger communities based on mutual understanding and respect.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
Qualifying Round
Each participating school and after-school program will select a first-place winner and two runner-ups for their category: Elementary, Middle, or High School. The first-place winners and runner-ups will each receive a Certificate of Excellence signed by their local schools superintendent. The first-place winners are then submitted on-line by a designated administrator or teacher to the county-wide semi-final round. The deadline is November 16, 2012.
Semi-Final Round
Each school district will be required to select their semifinalists from the total number of their school winners, with recommendations made by the curator. The number of semifinalists per district will be determined by the proportion of the district's school winners among the total number of city-wide school winners, in order to limit the total number of semifinalists per city to 100. The deadline for the semifinalist selections is December 3, 2012.
All art teachers are encouraged to email photographs of their school runner-ups to info@karzproductions.com for curator choice consideration. All curator choice selections are included with the semifinalists for exhibition and for submission to the finalist judges.
Final Round
Seven finalist judges will choose a first-place winner and two runner-ups in each of the three school categories as well as an overall Grand Prize winner, for a total of ten winners in each of the ten cities. The winners will be announced on-line and at the award ceremonies in February 2013.
CATEGORIES
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
SUBJECT MATTER
- A word or phrase from The Dream Speech
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Originality: in form and content
- Artistic merit: composition, mark making, use of color, and visual impact
ELIGIBILITY
- K-12 students who are currently enrolled with any of the participating schools or after-school programs
ART SPECIFICATIONS
- Please go to Submissions
PRIZES
- Certificates of Excellence for school winners and runner ups signed by the local schools superintendent
- Art supply gift cards
CALENDAR
- November 16, 2012: Deadline for on-line submissions of school winners and after-school program winners
- December 3, 2012: Deadline for the on-line selection of semifinalists
- January/February 2013: Award ceremonies
View more on the calendar page >>
LAST YEAR'S CONTEST 2011/12
The 2011/12 Dream Art Contest was a co-presentation of Karz Productions and Atlanta Public Schools in partnership with 13 metro-area Atlanta public school systems representing a total of 854 schools and 759,000 K-12 students. Over $282,000 in highway billboard and public transportation advertising for the winning artwork has been donated.
Exhibits of the Dream artwork include the Woodruff Arts Center, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Central Library, Youth Art Connection Gallery, Auburn Avenue Research Library, and the Coca Cola headquarters.
