This exhibition focuses on the events celebrating Lincoln’s Global Influence and the nationwide celebration. The celebration of Lincoln’s Bicentennial will allow visual arts students the opportunity to depict history in a whole new way.
Students can explore issues, themes and events such as, but no limited to: freedom, equality, opportunity, Blackhawk War, Slavery and Abolition, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg
Address, Presidential Inauguration and Assassination.
The historical context may include an exploration of the following visual artists who painted between 1800-1870:
John James Audubon, Matthew Brady, J.H. Bufford, George Catlin, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, Alexander Gardner, Robert Henri, Edward Hicks, Winslow Homer, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Charles Wilson Peale, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Gilbert Charles Stuart, Thomas Sully, and Edmund Charles Tarbell, John Trumbull and Benjamin West.
Open to grades 6-12. 2D (cityscapes, landscapes, portraits, etc.) artwork ONLY in any media (watercolor, tempera, acrylic, oils, printmaking, colored pencils, markers, collage, mixed media and photography.)
Artwork should be no larger than 18” x 24” including matting. Artwork should be mounted or matted on white mats ONLY. Artwork. Identification Labels should be attached to backside of artwork.
John S. & James L. Knight Concert Hall
Entries Due: September 24, 2009
All entries sent to:
9626
Division of Social Sciences & Life Skills
Art Education/Lincoln Bicentennial – Live the Legacy
Scheduled Exhibition Dates: October 30 – November 2, 2009
No opening reception or award ceremony will be held for this exhibition.
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