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Young Artists Spring Contest - Application Window


  • 752 Walker Road Suite B-1 Great Falls, VA, 22066 USA (map)

This is our first year to run our free, open submission exhibition for students aged 1-8 years old (as of Feb 1 2024) living/studying in the USA. Artworks are judged by a panel of artists and arts professionals, with selected artworks displayed online and on-site at the Wolfgang and Luke Gallery.

Registration and submission is open until February 29 2024. There is no fee.

The deadline to submit artwork is February 29 2024 at 5pm. You can edit submissions until this deadline.

  1. For school-aged children, your child’s school must first be registered by a teacher before you can submit. Please have the teacher send an email to syl@wolfgangandluke.com referencing the Student’s Name, Teacher Name, School Name, Location, Phone Number.

  2. You can submit one artwork per student.

  3. For each submission you’ll need one image of the artwork plus details including Artist Name, Age, School, Title of the Work, Medium and a Short Description, plus an image of your child creating the artwork that you will allow for Wolfgang and Luke to display alongside the artwork. It does not have to show the child’s face.

  4. The theme of the show is “Things I love” or “What I love”

  5. Schedule Details:

    Application Open – January 13

    Deadline – February 29

    Jury Date – March 2

    Delivery Due Date of Selected Pieces – March 15

    Opening – April 1

    Closing – May 31

    Reception – April 6

    Pick up Date – June 1/2

  6. Cash Prizes:

    Ages 4-8 years old

    1st place - $500

    2nd place - $450

    3rd place - $400

    4th place - $350

    5th place - $300

    6th place - $250

    Ages 1-3

    1st place - $200

    2nd place - $150

    3rd place - $100

    4th place - $50

  7. Commission structure: The artwork will not be listed for sale, but professional photographs will be taken of the selected works, and featured on Contest Exhibition Posters that will be available for sale through the Gallery. In accepting the prize money, artists and artists’ parents/teachers release all claims to the photographs taken and resulting exhibition posters sold by Wolfgang and Luke. In applying to the contest, artists and artists’ parents/teachers consent to having the submitted artwork displayed on Wolfgang and Luke’s social media.

  8. Ready to submit?

    1. one image of the artwork

    2. Artist Name, Age, School (if applicable), Title of the Work, Medium and a Short Description

    3. one image of your child creating the artwork that you will allow for Wolfgang and Luke to display alongside the artwork. It does not have to show the child’s face.

    4. Send your submission by email by clicking here

    5. Tag any pictures on social media with #WLyoungartists

       

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