ABOUT GILL ELEMENTARY'S

REFLECTIONS ART COMPETITION

Age Groups

• Primary Age Group (Pre-K to 2nd Grade)

• Intermediate Age Group (3rd Grade to 5th Grade)

• Accessible Arts Group (formerly Special Artist Age Group) (click here to see specifics for Accessible Arts)

Six Categories

• Visual Arts (category guidelines)

• Literature (category guidelines)

• Music Composition (category guidelines)

• Film Production (category guidelines)

• Photography (category guidelines)

• Dance Choreography (category guidelines)

General Participation Rules

Official PTA Reflections Program Rules

• Each entry is the work of only one student.

• Only one entry per category per student is accepted.

• All entries must be original and inspired by this year's theme: Accepting Imperfection.

• Use of copyrighted material is prohibited. Plagiarized entries will be disqualified. 

• We conduct blind judging, so do not write student name on the front of any entries. Do not include entering student's name inside any music, dance or film files.

• Each individual entry needs its own Student Submission Entry Form. The entry form will ask the student for a title and an artist statement. Please do not title the entry the theme. Required artist statements are 10 to 100 words explaining how the entry is related to the theme, what inspired the work, etc. Note that the Interpretation of the Theme receives 40% of the score, so a strong artist statement is important.

• Music Composition, Dance Choreography and Film Production entries can have performers other than the entering student, but the composer, choreographer or producer/director is the student entering the contest. A Consent Form is required for anyone featured in the entry that is not the entering student. 

•  Judges are selected from the community and are knowledgeable in the category.

• Top 3 entries in each age group and category will advance to the Farmington Area PTA Council's district-wide contest. 

• At the district-level, the top 4 entries in each age group and category will be invited to an awards ceremony (typically held in February), and those winners will advance to the Michigan PTA state-wide contest. The winners of the state-wide contest will advance to the National PTA nation-wide contest.

• Select entries will be included in Farmington/Farmington Hills city displays throughout summer 2025 and winter 2025.

Important Dates

• TBD, Coming Soon

Winners will be publicly announced (first name, last name initial, and grade level) in the Principal's weekly Sunday email and listed on the Gill Elementary PTA website. 

To learn more about the district-wide Farmington Area PTA Council's Reflections program,