All-State Art Symposium

Artwork Submissions Policies and the Adjudication Process

**Any files not submitted in the proper format will be returned to sender for correction.**

Submit Your Artwork Today!

Submission of artwork to the All-State Art Symposium is open to all high school students (public and private) studying with teachers who are current GAEA members.

• For GAEA membership, teachers can join online now. GAEA membership automatically makes you a member of NAEA.
• Online image submissions are coming soon.
• High school art students compete at three adjudication levels: High School, District, and State.

Submissions: All submissions files must be named in the following format: [Student first initial and last name][Number of submission]-[High school initials]-[D and district number]

For example Jane Doe from Washington High School in District 2 would submit her two files as
TEACHERFIRSTNAME_TEACHERLASTNAME_SCHOOLNAME_DISTRICTNUMBER_STUDENTFIRSTNAME_STUDENTLASTNAME_TITLEOFARTWORK
JOHN_SMITH_WASHINGTONHIGHSCHOOL_D2_JANE_DOE_AUTUMNWOODS
JOHN_SMITH_WASHINGTONHIGHSCHOOL_D2_JANE_DOE_WINTERFIELDS

**Any files not submitted in this format will be returned to sender for correction.**

High School Level: Each school is restricted to no more than 20 individual artwork submissions, so teachers from the same school should coordinate submissions. Schools submitting more than 20 artwork will be required to resubmit.

District/Regional Level: Up to 33% of all artwork submitted by each district will be chosen by the district judge as "District Finalists" and will move to the state level adjudication.

State Level: All artwork selected as District Finalists will be eligible for consideration by the state judge to become "State Winners." State winners will be invited to exhibit their work at the 2023 All-State Art Symposium to be held at Columbus State University's Corn Center for the Visual Arts on the beautiful RiverPark Campus.

Levels and Awards:

• District Finalists advance to state level adjudication.
• State Winners Students advance to the exhibition.
• All EXHIBITING "State Winners" will be considered for awards by the state judge. Award winners and their teachers will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony during the All-State Art Symposium.

Submission, Notification and Exhibition

Teacher Level Adjudication and Submission: Instructions on how to enter artwork through the online submission site are available at the submission portal.

Artwork Submission Schedule: The online portal for uploading digital files of student artwork by high school teachers will be open Monday, October 10 and will close Wednesday, November 30 (midnight). The deadline will not be extended or reopened for any reason.

If you have questions or concerns about your submissions, please contact us at artsymposium@columbusstate.edu

Notification of Selected Works: All-State District Finalists will be notified through their teachers after District jurying. All-State Winners will be notified and invited for exhibition through their teachers after State jurying.

All-State Art Symposium Event

March 3, 2023
Corn Center for the Visual Arts
Columbus State University, RiverPark Campus
GPS: (not a mailing address) Corn Center 921 Front Avenue Columbus, GA
Please use the Corn Center for the Visual Arts Front Avenue entrance for all Symposium Events For driving directions, please see the Columbus State University RiverPark Campus Map

Symposium Schedule and Registration

Registration: Registration for the All-State Art Symposium begins on, Monday, January 25^th. All students, their teachers and families are cordially invited to attend.

After registration is complete, all teachers will be contacted with information about workshop selection and all paperwork required.

Artwork Shipping and Delivery

February 8^th

Hand Delivery Instructions: All artwork invited for exhibition may be hand delivered to Jon Lumpkin in The Corn Center at CSU's RiverPark Campus (see address below) during the following days only:

921 Front Avenue
Columbus, GA 31901

February 15^th: 12–4pm
February 16^th: 12–4pm
February 17^th: 12–4pm

Shipping Instructions: All artwork invited for exhibition must be shipped at your expense and include a return shipping label if you are not planning to pick up in person. All shipments MUST be postmarked no later than February 8, 2023.

Shipping Address

All-State Art Symposium
Columbus State University
Department of Art
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA 31907
Tel: 706-507-8300

Exhibition Dates: February 7-March 3, 2023

February 27-March 3: Exhibition
February 24: Notify Award Winners
March 3: Exihibition and Awards Reception
March 8: Return Shipment of Works
March 15: Upload Winners online

Gallery Hours of Operation: 12–4 PM Tuesday–Saturday

Return of Artwork

Pick-up Instructions
March 3^rd, 5:00pm

Email for Questions: ArtSymposium@columbusstate.edu

Artwork Return Shipping: Artwork will be return shipped ONLY if the original submission included a pre-paid shipping label from the USPS, UPS, or FedEx.

Questions

For any questions, please send an email to the address below.
For fastest service, please type "All-State Question" in the subject field.
Please allow up to 2 business days for a response.

ArtSymposium@columbusstate.edu

For questions regarding adjudication and The Georgia Art Educators Association (GAEA):
Hope Steele, GAEA Representative
hopeandadamsteele@charter.net

For fastest service, please type "All-State Question" in the subject field.

Judges

District Judge – Jessica Hughes

Jessica Hughes is the curatorial and exhibitions coordinator with The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University (The Jule). Her previous positions include curatorial assistant with The Jule and collection manager with The Do Good Fund, Inc., a non-profit Southern photography collection based in Columbus, GA. Her recent curatorial projects include Photo Now: Emerging Photographers from The Do Good Fund Collection on view through November 13 at Atlanta Contemporary and project manager for the Jule’s Out of the Box: A Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition from 2012–21.

State Judge – Hannah Israel

Hannah Israel lives and works in Columbus, GA. She is currently a Professor of Art and the Gallery Director at Columbus State University. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Israel has exhibited her work at the Poem88 Gallery, Whitespace, Kentler International Drawing Space NYC, Columbus Museum GA, High Museum of Art GA, Zuckerman Museum of Art GA, The Vargas Museum of Art in the Philippines, Museum of Contemporary Art in Honolulu, I-Space in Chicago, the Krannert Art Museum, among others. Hannah Israel has received the Daedalus Art Grant (NYC), the Columbus State University Faculty Grant, the Creative and Performance Art Fellowship at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, IL and the Artist Fellowship at Cornell University, NY among others.

Districts

District 1: Northwest Georgia, West Metro, & West Georgia
Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Coweta, Dade, Douglas, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Paulding, Polk, Troup, Walker

District 2: North Georgia & Pioneer District
Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White, Whitfield

District 3: Metro-Atlanta
Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, Gwinnett

District 4: Perimeter East & Northeast Georgia
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale, Walton

District 5: Griffin and Middle Georgia
Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Crawford, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Pike, Spalding, Twiggs

District 6: Oconee, Central River Savannah Area
Baldwin, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Putnam, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson

District 7: Heart of Georgia, Central Coast, & Coastal Isles
Appling, Bleckley, Bryan, Chatham, Dodge, Effingham, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

District 8: Chattahoochee, Flint, East Flint & Southwest GA
Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Harris, Lee, Macon, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Upson, Webster, Worth

District 9: Coastal Plains & Okefenokee
Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Echols, Glynn, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Ware

Workshops

Teachers will receive all information and documentation pertaining to workshop registration from the Department of Art via email.

**Please note that an All-State Waiver and Participant Medical Release (PDF) must be completed and signed in order to participate in All-State Art Symposium.**

Anyone under 18 MUST have a waiver form signed by a parent or guardian.

Waivers must be hand delivered by each individual student during the check in process. They will be exchanged for name badges and workshop assignments. Waivers will no longer be accepted in a classroom/school packet format.

All workshops require pre-registration and are tentative based on the number of participants. Space is limited and available on a "first-come, first-serve" basis until the day of the All-State Art Symposium. Register early!

All State Art Symposium workshop sign up form

Art Throwdown Workshop sign up form

Workshops, Lectures, and Demonstrations

Morning & Afternoon Sessions

• Abstract Drawing
• Animation
• Art History Goes to the Movies
• Art History Pub Quiz
• Bo Bartlett Artist Talk and Tour
• Ceramics
• Chiaroscuro Drawing
• Cyanotype
• Drawing as Preformance
• Drawing Still Life in Conte Crayon
• Graphic Design
• Intro to Metalworking
• Pasaquan Trip
• Photo
• Rapid Comics/Narrative Corpse
• Repeat Pattern Relief Printmaking

All-State Art Symposium Workshops are now set up and participants may register on a first-come-first serve basis. All participating teachers will receive an email link to the registration site and a required waiver form at the same time on January 30th. Properly signed waivers are required of ALL workshop participants. If you have any problems with using our workshop registration site, please let us know.

Shipping/Hanging/Labeling Guidelines

Two-Dimensional Instructions:

• 2D artwork must have
  • the Inventory Tag fixed to the back and
  • the Gallery Tag clipped to the artwork.
• 2D artwork should arrive properly packaged and labeled.
• 2D artwork that is matted should be done in a neutral color, such as Black, White or Gray.
• 2D artwork needs to be hanging ready. o All matted work must be backed. o All canvases must be wired. o All paintings/drawings on board or other large/bulky works must have wire attached, ready to hang.
• Packing materials must have the School Packaging Tag attached and visible on the outside of the portfolio/box.
• Framed artwork/photos should be ready to hang with wires.

Three-Dimensional Instructions:

• All 3D artwork must have
  • the Inventory Tag fixed to the work or attached via a string tag and
  • the GalleryTag placed in a small envelope with the school name and assigned school number on the front of the envelope.
• All 3D artwork should be properly boxed as if it were shipping by mail. Shipping materials must have the school Inventory Tag securely attached and visible on the outside of the box.

REMINDER
Important: All of the exhibition artwork must include a fully completed Exhibitors Label (PDF) and Exhibitors Disclaimer (PDF).

Shipments postmarked after February 8, 2023 will not be accepted

Hand Delivery Instructions: All artwork invited for exhibition may be hand delivered to the Corn Center during the following days and times:

February 15^th: 12–4pm
February 16^th: 12–4pm
February 17^th: 12–4pm

Shipping Instructions: All artwork invited for exhibition may be shipped pre-paid POSTMARKED no later than February 8, 2023.

Shipping Address:

All-State Art Symposium
Columbus State University
Department of Art
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA 31907
Tel: 706-507-8300

Art Throwdown Open

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Schedule of Events

Arrival: 9- 9:30 a.m.

Morning workshops: 9:30 a.m. - noon.

Lunch: Noon – 1:30 p.m.

Afternoon workshops: 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Judging and Reception: 4 – 5 p.m.

Awards Ceremony: 5 – 5:30 p.m.

Departure: 5:30 p.m.

The All-State Art Symposium will now offer a second day of creativity and fun by hosting a Throwdown Open on Saturday March 4, 2023. If you have a student that is selected for the All State Art Symposium Exhibition then you are welcome to bring a team of 12 students (including the one selected for the exhibition) to compete in Saturdays Throw down.

Workshops

• Abstract Drawing
• Animation
• Art History Goes to the Movies
• Art History Pub Quiz
• Bo Bartlett Artist Talk and Tour
• Ceramics
• Chiaroscuro Drawing
• Cyanotype
• Drawing as Preformance
• Drawing Still Life in Conte Crayon
• Graphic Design
• Intro to Metalworking
• Pasaquan Trip
• Photo
• Rapid Comics/Narrative Corpse
• Repeat Pattern Relief Printmaking

Teacher Led Workshops Sign up

In order to have enough workshops/competitions for students to compete in we invite teachers of all levels throughout the state to design and implement their own competitive workshops. CSU will provide the teaching space and a certificate of professional development for each participating teacher. The teacher will need to provide the necessary supplies for their workshop. If you are interested please fill out the sign-up form below.

Teacher-Led Workshops Sign-Up Form

Award Winners

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2021 All State Finalists

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