Student Art Display Opportunity

Maine Department of Ed Art Display

The exhibition schedule to display artwork at the Maine Department Education office is now available on a first come-first taken basis to visual arts teachers. The display dates will be:

October 1, 2014 – December 30, 2014
January 1, 2015 – March 31, 2015
April 1, 2015 – June 15, 2015
MLTI will display the summer months

Please read the specifications an requirements below before requesting an exhibit date.

Maine Department of Education Art Display
Specifications and Requirements

NUMBER OF DISPLAY HOLDERS:  24
(11 are landscape (horizontal); 13 are portrait (vertical)) – Total: 24 pieces of artwork
SIZE (opening) OF DISPLAY HOLDERS:  18” by 24”
ELIGIBILITY:  Pre K-12 student artwork

Guidelines:
·         Mount artwork on 18”X24” construction paper (nothing heavier) and ready to be slipped into the artwork holders. Only ONE piece per frame please!
·         2 labels for each piece – one attached to the back of the art and one paper clipped to the piece to be used for the art label (info below)
·         Please include a list of the students with their name, school, and grade in one document
·         Please include a disk with the photographed work for use online or please email the images (be sure and have them labeled with the name and grade of artist). Let me know of your school’s guidelines for posting student work.
·         Please include release forms with permission to post the work online
·          (I can provide a form if you’d like)
·         Deliver artwork to the address below a few days before scheduled exhibit. (Artwork will be returned within a week of exhibit completion).

Label holder size 6.5” by 1.5”
Include on label:
·         Name of artist
·         Title of work (optional)
·         Medium (optional)
·         Age or grade of artist
·         Name of school/teacher

Send work to:
Kevin Facer, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Physical address if the artwork is hand delivered:
111 Sewall Street, Augusta (Cross building, next to the State House)

If you have any questions please call Kevin Facer @ 207-624-6826 or email kevin.facer@maine.gov.