Art Day

The competitive exhibition is designed to recognize artistic talent at the senior high level (grades 9-12) within the region. The Art Day experience is an excellent opportunity for students and art educators to view the creative efforts of their contemporaries and colleagues. As always, we hope Art Day 2024 will be an enjoyable, exciting, and educational day for all who join in the activities.

Registration Information

Art Day 42 is scheduled for Thursday, April 18, 2024 and is open to all regional High Schools (grades 9-12).

If your school would like to participate in Art Day 2024, please complete the Art Day Registration Form 

Students who complete an electronic Student Interest Card wlll receive a FREE Art Day t-shirt at the event. Your interest, participation, and enthusiasm are key to the continued success of Art Day. We look forward to seeing you and your students on April 18 for another enjoyable, educational, and successful event.

*** Teachers, confirmation emails containing your 'Master List', art work labels, schedule of events, and a map of campus will be sent out. If you have not received your confirmation email, it was likely blocked by your school's firewall; please check your "junk" or "spam" folders and contact the Academic Affairs office at academicaffairs@highlandcc.edu if you continue to have issues. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you! ***

Additional information will be sent to interested schools after the schedule and events have been finalized.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Sam Perkins, Graphic Design Instructor | sperkins@highlandcc.edu | 785.442.6066

Brigitte Bruna, Art Instructor | bbruna@highlandcc.edu | 785.442.6086

 

ART DAY 42

GAME ON: LEVEL UP!

Art in the Era of Video Games

 

Art Day Events and Competitions

Art Competition

The Art Competition is the crowning event for Art Day. Each high school can bring up to 30 works of art to be displayed and judged. Art Day judges will view several hundred works of art and present Best of Show, Artistic Excellence, and Honorable Mention awards to selected works. The competition offers students the opportunity to publicly display their art and to view the work of their fellow students. The show is a wonderful source of inspiration and ideas for students and educators alike.

Location: Wellness Center

 

Cosplay Contest

Ready. Set. Go! Start creating your gorgeous handcrafted cosplay and come show us what you’ve got! Incredible handmade costumes celebrating your favorite video game characters – as well as original characters inspired by these themes – will be apart of Art Day 42's Cosplay Competition! Best of show will awarded a prize!

 

Art History

Theme -- 'Games'

This event will test student knowledge in the area of Art History. Questions will be taken from all of Art History. One team per school, up to four students per team. Teachers compete as individuals. 

Location: Room MS-1 (in the CT Building)

 

Team Clay Sculpture

Each high school can enter one team of students for this event. The criteria/parameters of this event will be revealed on the day of the contest. This contest is designed to challenge the students' abilities to work as a team as well as their understanding of three dimensional design, and the principles of physics. Each school will be given 25 pounds of clay and limited tools.  Each school is limited to ONE team of 4 students.

Location: Greenspace north of CT Building.​ Suggested additional clay tools may be beneficial. 

 

Wheel Throwing Competition

This traditional and eagerly attended event is designed to test throwing ability. Students will be allowed TWO pounds of clay and TWO minutes in which to throw a specified form. One attempt per half hour! Specific dimensions and judging criteria will be revealed during the event. The studio will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to anyone who would like to participate. The art department will supply the necessary tools and materials. Visit the studio sometime during the day and give it a try or just cheer on your classmates.

Location: Ceramics Studio (CT-134)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wheel Throwing - Teachers

Sidewalk Chalk

Each school will have the opportunity to create an art history inspired sidewalk chalk drawing with a 'Video Game' twist. Drawings must be complete by 1:00 pm when judging begins.

While the overall theme is Video Games, there will be an additional theme-related prompt. This allows us to keep the playing field even and fosters creativity in the moment. 

 

Self Portrait Competition

Contestants will create their creative self portrait. Paper and materials will be provided, but students can bring materials of choice with them. Any 2D medium is allowed. The winner will be determined by Art Day jurors and will receive a prize.  

Location: CT-130

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button Making

Students create unique Art Day Buttons in this walk-in activity.

Location: CT-113

 

Draw for Keeps

Contestants will be given an elegantly posed secret Gaming Artifact bathed in dramatic light. Paper and materials will be provided, but students can bring materials of choice with them. Any 2D medium is allowed. The winner will be determined by Art Day jurors. The winner will receive the secret artifact as a trophy!  

Location: CT-117

 

Artist Trading Cards

This event will give students a chance to design and make Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) Cards can be made ahead and brought for trading. ATC's are 2.5"X3.5".  The workshop will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to anyone who would like to participate. The HCC art department will supply the necessary blank cards and materials. 

Location: CT Hallway

 

The Hefty Highland H

Swing by the massive Big H and inscribe your mark to endure throughout the ages. Selfies with the H are encouraged! This event will be open throughout the day to anyone who would like to participate. The HCC art department will supply the necessary tools and materials. 

Location: Greenspace

 

Splatoon Art

This collaborative event will pit one school's colors against the others. Which school will claim the most surface area and have bragging rights? The event will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to anyone who would like to participate. The HCC art department will supply the necessary tools and materials.

Location: CT Greenspace

 

Ready Set Shrink 

This workshop will allow students to immortalize their favorite characters, or their own designs into key-chains, pins, and small designs to cherish. The workshop will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to anyone who would like to participate. The HCC art department will supply the necessary tools and materials. 

Location: CT-Room 121

 

Mystery Community Mural

This collaborative event will help piece together a painting with a digital twist. What is it? What will it reveal? Each student will draw/paint a small piece of a larger work to be unveiled at the awards ceremony. The event will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to anyone who would like to participate. The HCC art department will supply the necessary tools and materials.

Location: CT Foyer

 

 

 

Judges

Adam Crowley - Realist painter from Kansas City, MO

 

Closing Ceremony

We will end our event with the Closing Ceremony at 2:00. Art Day awards will be given to the winners of our workshop competitions and trophies to the top competing schools.

Location: Auditorium

 

Art Day Rules

1. Participating schools may bring up to 30 pieces of artwork to be displayed in the art competition.

2. Artwork must have an entry label attached to the front side of artwork in lower right hand corner. Artwork Labels.pdf

3. High schools must submit their Master List at the registration table the morning of the show. (The Master list will be personalized and sent to participating schools via e-mail.)

4. Artwork exhibited must have been produced during the 2023-2024 academic year.

5. All artwork should remain hanging until 2:10 p.m.

6. All two-dimensional work should be ready to display (matted or framed with a hanging device). You should bring your own pliers and tools for final adjustments. We will provide adequate space for displaying all three-dimensional work (see below for hanging suggestions).

7. Artworks may not have awards from previous shows/contests attached.

 

Plagiarism

We often receive questions about why a derivative work received an award, and occasionally receive comments about plagiarism after the exhibit. Please remember that the HCC faculty do not evaluate the student's images. We don’t counsel judges on their criteria for awards, or how they should approach artwork that is not significantly developed beyond mere duplication. If you put yourself in the shoes of a juror, I think you’ll recognize why we don’t tell them how to judge art. Although we try to select judges who we respect and whom we think will approach the event with professionalism, in the past there have been some awards given to artworks that were not significantly changed in content or form or don’t seem to fit the majority consensus on technical or aesthetic excellence. That’s bound to happen when hundreds of awards are allocated.

Another concern raised is that student works have been given awards even though they are copies of an existing work. As you know there are untold millions of images on the internet- more uploaded every nanosecond- and it is simply not possible for a judge to always know when something is a copy. We don't currently have a plagiarism policy. I have been told some leagues require source images to be attached- we have not required that at this point, but may do so in the future.

A common practice in the art world is to title a derivative work as such. For example, if one is rendering a close copy of a famous work by Velasquez, or even a heavily modified version, one might title such a work The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas, after Velázquez). This is precisely what Picasso did when paying homage to his predecessors, and numerous artists continue this tradition of giving credit where it is due.

 

Hanging Artwork

All two-dimensional work should be ready to display (matted or framed with a hanging device). You should bring your own pliers and tools for final adjustments.

The panels used for hanging artwork are 7 ft. all and 5ft. wide with 4" x 4" openings.

Possible ways to hang work:

Examples coming soon!

Keep in mind we don't have the judges allocate awards by category- however we would like artworks hung in groupings by media.

Here are the groupings we have:

	Ceramics	Photography
xxxxxxxxxxx	Sculpture	Jewelry & Metalsmithing	xxxxxxxxx
	Painting, Oil & Acrylic	Watercolor
	Fiber Art & Textiles	Graphic Design
	Mixed Media	Pencil Drawings
	Ink	Charcoal, Pastel, & Conte
	High School Art Faculty

If your image doesn't fit precisely into one category, put it in the most sensible spot.