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2008 Bridging Generations Youth Art Exhibit & Workshop

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Bridging Generations Workshop: Saturday, July 19, 2008

Exhibit dates: July 1 through July 19, 2008

Location: Cultural Arts Center

402 W. Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190

Workshop Theme: "Wild About Birds"

Sponsored by the Whitewater Arts Alliance

Coordinator: Marilyn Fuersenberg (262) 473-5269 or mfuerst@idcnet.com

Entries are posted on-line as they arrive, so this exhibit may be viewed anytime. Visit often, as it changes daily and be sure to leave an encouraging message for the young artists! To view the 2008 exhibit, click "2008 Bridging Generations Youth Art Exhibit" to the left.

Entry Rules

Entrants must be ages three through seventeen years. Calculate your age as of July 1, 2008.

Entrants may submit one individual entry done solely by themselves (entry fee of $10) and also one collaboration entry done with their WRAA sponsor (an additional $10 entry fee).

Entrants must be sponsored by a WRAA member in good standing.

Work must be original and created by the entrant(s). No kits. 2D artwork image size must be a minimum of 8” x 10” presented on a surface no larger than 11” x 14”. We will mat artwork uniformly in a white 11” x 14” mat with an opening size of 7 1/2” x 9 1/2”. (We provide mat) 2D artwork must be flat and no greater than 1/4” thick. Suggested support surfaces are 140 lb or greater watercolor or sketch paper, flat canvas or mat board.

3D pieces must be five pounds or less and measure no more than 8” in any direction.

History

The year 2004 marked the 50th year for WRAA. To celebrate, WRAA held the first “Bridging Generations” Youth Exhibit and Auction as a fund raiser for the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP). The event was conceived to help introduce our youth to our organization and to help ensure the future of WRAP. The event was a huge success and it was decided to annually continue the exhibit and move it around the state. Subsequent exhibits and workshops have been held in Middleton, Milton, and this year in Minocqua/Madison, hosted by volunteers from Lakeland Art League and Wisconsin Regional Artists Association . In 2006 added were beautiful note cards made with the reproduced artwork from the exhibit as a fund-raiser for the WRAP Endowment Fund.

Please consider sponsoring youth who share your interest in art, in this WRAA Youth Art Exhibit. Your support will encourage young people to pursue a lifelong interest in art.

If you or your art group would like to see this exhibit and workshop continue and move around the state each year, volunteer. We will need art groups or individuals who would like to sponsor the event for next year. Planning for next year can begin at any time! If you or your group are interested, look for articles in upcoming issues of Contour Notes or contact WRAA president, Mary Ann Inman at inman_ma@yahoo.com

Questions?

Please call or e-mail Marilyn at (262) 473-5269 or mfuerst@idcnet.com

Let's Reward Our Youth!

We are looking for donations (monetary or art related supplies) to award to all the youth participants in the 2008 exhibit. We wish for everyone's achievements to be recognized! Awards may come from individuals, businesses or groups. Let's reward everyone's achievements! Please send your check (made to WRAA) to:

Sharon Stauffer, WRAA awards chair, 390 Merry Christmas Lane, Mineral Point, WI 53565

Thank you for your generosity. Please watch the growing list of donors on the home page!