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JPII DFW 2024 Results

Diana Alas Esquivel- 2nd Place 2D Winded Thoughts Garland High School

Adelynne Orozco 3rd Place 2D Chernobyl Trinity Christian Academy

Ana Sofia Zuniga- Honorable Mention 2D Trinity Christian Academy

Mason Bosco 2rd Place 3D Bull’s Perch St Mark's School of Texas

Tyler Tang- 3rd Place 3D Black and White Peony Vase St Mark's School of Texas

Ace Wilburn- Honorable Mention 3D Disfigured St Mark's School of Texas

1st Annual JPII DFW ART Competition Artists

Valentina Aguinaga-Juliet Allen-Darby Baines-Beatrix Bartholomew-Mason Bosco-Gavin Bowles-Chase Chukwuocha-Gretchen Cook-Ava Dewey-Tyson Diep-

Diana Alas Esquivel-Lizzy Furlich-Burke Gordon-

Wagner Graham-Lindsey Hicks-Bailey Kidwell-Natalia Kuryshin-Kirsten Lasut-Seoyun Lee-

Stephanie McLeod-London McKinney-Emily McShane-Eduardo Mousinho-Adelynne Orozco-Emily Pimentel-Kat Powers-Daryl Prem-Avery Quarles-

James Scheiner-Josephine Smith-Tyler Tang-Abby Velasquez-Romantica Walker-Kierah Webster-Ace Wilburn-Ana Sofia Zuniga

Congratulations!

2024 JPII DFW ART Competition by the numbers

PURPOSE

JPII High School seeks to serve the DFW region by supporting excellence in the visual arts.

ELIGIBILITY

JPII DFW ART Competition is open to all High School artists in the DFW area currently enrolled in a public, homeschool, or private high school.

LOCATION

The competition will be held at John Paul High School, located at 900 Coit Road Plano, TX 75075..

REGISTRATION

JUROR

Bale Creek Allen: Artist, Retired Professor of Art at UT Austin, Owner of the Bale Creek Allen Gallery in Fort Worth TX.

LIABILITY

JPll may not be held responsible for loss or damage of artwork. Reasonable care will be taken in regard to all work submitted, but entry into this show constitutes an agreement to these conditions.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

4/19/24: 4:00pm-6:30pm

Artwork registration & drop off

4/20/24: 9:00am-4:00pm

Artwork registration & drop off

4/21/24: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Unselected entry pick up

4/22/24-4/27/24

Exhibition in view throughout JPII

AWARDS RECEPTION

4/28/24 Students, families, teachers, and the general public are welcome. All accepted works are to be picked up AFTER the awards.

ENTRY FEES

The entry fee for the JPII DFW Art Competition is $20 per entry with a maximum of three entries per artist. Schools may pay for bulk student entries, if needed.

AWARDS

Best in Show $ 400

First place 2D & 3D $ 200

Second place 2D & 3D $ 150

Third place 2D & 3D $ 100

Honorable Mentions $ 50

SPECIFICATIONS

Each student may submit up to three original artworks. Students may not enter a copy of a work by another artist even though the medium has been changed.

Visual Media Eligible Include:

2D painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed Media (2D), Digital Media, Watercolor, Printmaking, Work on Paper, Work on Canvas. Collage. (Videos/Films not accepted). JPII DFW reserves the right to reject work deemed inappropriate for display at JPII High School. No nudity, profane references to anything, obscene language, extreme violence, self mutilation or any content that offends the moral standards of the JPII community

2D- Painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed Media (2D), Digital Media, Watercolor, Printmaking, Work on Paper, Work on Canvas. Collage. (Videos/Films not accepted.) All 2D work must not exceed 36in x 36in and be ready to hang. Works must be matted and covered with acetate (for t-pin installation) or framed using plexi and include wire and D-rings. No saw tooth hanging allowed.

3D-Sculpture, Ceramics, Jewelry, Fashion Design, Industrial design. All 3D work should be no larger than 24in. around the entire object/surface and not exceed 50 lbs.

Our Juror: Bale Creek Allen

Bale Creek Allen was born in 1968 in Hollywood, CA to Texas-born artists Terry and Jo Harvey Allen.

Bale was the first recipient of a four year degree from Boston's prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts after only 2 years of study. Because of his tenacity and exceptional body of work that was produced during the 10 short years after leaving the school, the faculty voted unanimously to award him his degree. Bale is the truest definition of an artist, excelling in a multitude of mediums such as bronze sculpture, painting, photography, neon, wood work, spoken word, music and theatre. This aptitude for multiple mediums has given him the opportunity to share his knowledge with others as an adjunct professor and an artist in residency while teaching at California State University at Fullerton, Texas Tech University, University of St. Louis and University of Texas at Austin, to name a few.

Bale's unique concept of taking actual tumbleweeds, tire treads and other detritus objects found along open roads throughout the country and casting them into bronze sculptures are arguably his most recognizable works. Like many of his favorite artists, Allen delves into numerous mediums and subject matter, never limiting himself to any one discipline. Because of his never-ending curiosities and strong work ethic, Allen has exhibited widely throughout the United States, Europe and other parts of the world as early as 1984. In an essay written on Allen's work by David Byrne of the Talking Heads, he quotes, “I see a life here, mirrored in this work, and a land, a region and country. All of it being explored bit by bit, first chipping away at the nearby-one's own life-and then, when some acceptance of that is gained, moving on to the interstellar garbage, and the questions raised by the space junk scattered around the desert of the world.”