Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Enter Contest To Help Preserve Your School's Arts Education

Americans for the Arts and American Girl are promoting the importance of Arts Education in U.S Schools with the Elevate the Arts grants contest. Elevate the Arts will provide $45,000 in grants to thirteen Elementary School art programs across the country! Teachers can enter to win one of the grants by submitting a digital image of a hot air balloon-themed art project and a short statement on why the arts matter.

Applications must be submitted before May 31, 2013. For more information and to Apply, click the link below:
http://www.americangirl.com/play/girl-of-the-year/saige/elevate.php







Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Submit Your Entries Now for The 2013 Saint Paul Sidewalk Poetry Contest!


Our friends at Public Art Saint Paul and the City's Department of Public Works are now accepting entries for The Annual  Saint Paul Sidewalk Poetry Contest!

They want your short, original poems - elegant rhymes, playful limericks, bar napkin free verse, classroom haikus...

The City's Department of Public Works and Public Art Saint Paul invite all Saint Paul residents to enter our sixth annual sidewalk poetry contest. With 5 new winners, we will expand our collection to nearly 50 poems and more than 700 installations across the city. There's a poet in every one of us, so help pave our streets with poetry!

Click here for more information about entering the 2013 Sidewalk Poetry Contest!