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JANUARY 2024

It's a new year at WWA! We have started out strong and the creative juices are flowing. The first semester had us busy painting and sculpting, as well as attempting new techniques and materials. All of this learning results in fabulous artwork that will be on display at our annual Sights and Sounds of PV Schools Art Festival on March 2, 2024 at Shadow Mountain High School in the Jerry Connor Gym-500 Building, 10am-5pm.  Please see the campus map and address below.

Art Festival judging will take place for all grades. If student does NOT want to participate in adjudication, please inform your art teacher by to February 26 , 2024

Here is an explanation of how the Visual Arts will be adjudicated from Mrs. Minnick: 

All works on display at the show are eligible for district purchase unless identified with a NFS sticker on the I.D. tag.

Several works from each grade-level band - Elementary School, Middle School and High School - are chosen. These

works are then professionally framed and become the property of the Paradise Valley School District. Students and their 

families will be notified on District Letterhead, and invited to present their work at an April Board meeting. For three

years the art is displayed in the Boardroom, until it rotates out to various places across the district office. 

Below are the amounts awarded to the student for their art:

Elementary - $50

Middle - $75

High - $125

PURCHASE AWARD (Blue Ribbon)

• Best in PVUSD

• Student will receive a blue ribbon and certificate

• PVUSD will purchase the artwork from student (monetary award-see above)

• Artwork will be professionally framed

• Artwork will be displayed in the Governing Board Room for 3 years

• Artwork will then be subsequently displayed in various PVUSD buildings

• If student accepts this monetary award, he/she will transfer all copyright to PVUSD

• Original Artwork will be retained by PVUSD

• Student will present his/her Artwork to the Governing Board in Spring 2022

Director of Fine Arts Award (Red Ribbon)

• Best in each PVUSD grade level (K-12)

• Student will receive a red ribbon and certificate

• Artwork is returned to student

Honorable Mention (Green Ribbon)

• Best in student's school

• Student will receive a green ribbon and certificate

• Artwork is returned to student

If student does NOT want to participate in adjudication, please inform your art teacher by to February 26 , 2024

Check out a video from a past Art Festival to see how PVSchools celebrates the Arts!