“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.”

---Robert Louis Stevenson

Sometimes the greatest work of art is becoming the artist you want to be. The Visual Art program supports this process by cultivating the relationship between art and life. Our wide range of courses promotes a hands-on, experiential approach that introduces you to a variety of materials and methods. You also will begin to expand your critical and analytical skills to investigate the meanings behind works of art. Personal attention from a professional faculty helps you gain greater confidence in developing your own personal visual language.

Guidelines:

The theme is “Body Mapping” ---using the body as a map or template that can refer metaphorically to other ideas.

Open to US high school students (ages 13-18) Current Idyllwild Arts Academy students are not eligible to enter.

Size and media: Not to exceed 8”x10” x6”. The work can be 2-D or 3-D and be of any media.

Deadline for submission: January 15, 2008

Send work to:
Idyllwild Arts
Visual Arts/ Body Mapping
PO Box 38
Idyllwild, CA 92549

Return of works: Work with appropriate container/box or Envelope and return postage will be sent back to the artist. All works without postage will not be returned.

Display of the top works will take on the Idyllwild Arts campus from Feb. 1 to Feb. 15, 2008.

The top three winners will be exhibited on the school’s website.

All works must come with proper hanging hardware and
any special instructions.

Any questions contact Visual Arts Chair, Rob Rutherford at 951-659-2171 (ext. 2265) or via email.