YOUTH ART MONTH BOOKLET

2011-2013

Cover Art by Dottie Felton, Cheney H.S. 1st place High School Flag Contest Winner

Art Shapes the World

YAM theme for 2010-2014

Sponsored by:

Contents

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Important YAM dates Rules for Submitting Art Work Delivery Dates and Return Info.
Volunteers who will accept art work Volunteers and Checklist

YAM Activity Ideas YAM Documentation Report Form Documentation Form (second page) and
how to request a Mayoral Proclamation Mayor Proclamation Invitation to Parents and Students Sample Press Release for Flag Contest Sample Press Release for Capital Exhibit Label for back of art work

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Label for YAM records Display label and Artist Statement YAM Flag Contest Letter YAM Flag Contest Label and Rules

Kansas Youth Art Month

Celebrate at the State Capitol Art Exhibit! Kansas Art Education Association YAM Exhibit March 2, 2013
Every year March is set aside nationally to celebrate YOUTH ART. The Kansas Art Education Association coordinates a celebration at the state level, which features an art exhibit at the Capitol Building in Topeka and a reception for student artists, parents, and teachers. This year KAEA will be partnering with Sargent Art in sponsoring four different prize opportunities to help celebrate. Sargent will be providing student and teacher prizes in the form of art supplies for each of the following categories- Elementary, Middle and High School. Sargent will also provide one overall state winner (student, parent and art teacher) with a grand prize of an AllExpenses paid trip to New York City to visit Art Museums. This packet will provide all the information you need to make you and your school a part of the celebration of YOUTH ART in Kansas! February 1 February 20 Start making local plans for Youth Art Month Deadline to mail YAM art work to your Area YAM volunteer (List of Area YAM volunteers is listed below) Arts Day at the State Capitolcombined arts agencies / lobbying February 25 Artwork for YAM Exhibit at the Capitol is due to YAM Area Representatives unless educators are planning to deliver the artwork in person on the evening of March 30 and help hang work at the Capitol the morning of March 31. Artwork DUE: Delivered and given to a YAM person for sorting and photographing (by the evening of March 30 we will be working at a hotel location to be announced later). Hang artwork for YAM Exhibit at State Capitol8 a.m. KAEA Board meeting - 10:00-2:00 Art awards and Reception 2:00 to 4pm YAM take-down at State Capitol, immediately following the

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March 2 reception

April KAEA Board Meeting at the Salina Arts Center 10:00am - 2:00pm YAM artwork will be picked up by YAM Area Representatives if they didnt attend the take down at the State Capitol.

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1. EVERY art teacher (members and non-members) in the state may be represented by ONE piece of student artwork from every school they teach at.(for example if you have two elementary schools, you may enter one piece of artwork from each school) 2. Artwork must be completed by students enrolled in grades K-12 in the 2012/13 school year. 3. For display reasons, artwork must be 2-dimensional - any medium. HOWEVER, if you only teach 3dimensional classes, take a good photo of the 3-D work for display and matted the photo for Youth Art Month. If you are a KAEA member and are entering your students work to be included in the Sargent Art Competition, you may enter the actual 3-Dimensional piece for both display and judging. Please pack the item well. * This rule is subject to change if a different display venue is found. 4. Maximum size 24 x 30 including mat (NO FRAME NO GLASS), we are suggesting that you mat your work with a white or black matt board that is in good shape. The mat may be hung with pins creating holes in the corners of the artwork. The inclusion of acetate will prevent your artwork from being photographed and possible publication! 5. Artwork must include an artist statement or learning statement written by the student, limited to the space provided on the label. 6. Three required labels (provided below) must be filled out and attached as instructed. AWARDS Information: Sargent Art YAM prizes *Sargent Art will provide student and teacher prizes for the winner in each of the following categories: Elementary, Middle Level and High School in the form of art supplies and a certificate for the student. Sargent will provide ONE overall state winner; his/her (one parent) and the art teacher will be awarded an expenses paid trip to New York to visit Art Museums. *** Only active KAEA members and their students are eligible for Sargents prize offerings. Art work will be judged on the following: Creativity Craftsmanship Artistic merit Presentation Student Artist Statement

Educators may choose one of the following methods to make sure that their students artwork arrives in Topeka for the State Capitol Art Exhibit: 4

1. Art work delivered to YAM committee member by March 30 for sorting, photographing and labeling at a
hotel (location to be announced) or call Shawny 316-641-7334 or Linda Morgan. 620-694-0981 and we will be happy to let you know our location.

2. Educators may contact the YAM Volunteers (see list of volunteers below) nearest to their school to make
delivery arrangements for delivery. 3. Educators may mail artwork to the YAM Volunteers nearest to their school. If mailing - mail all artwork from your school in one box if possible. Package the artwork carefully to prevent damage. If mailing, include return postage (and or stamps) and school address label for quick return (No metered mail) All artwork being mailed must be postmarked on or by February 20, 2013.

Return of Artwork Educators may choose one of the following methods to make sure that their students artwork is returned to their school: 1. Educators may pick up artwork from the State Capitol on the YAM takedown day March 2, 2013 directly
following the reception. 2. Educators may make arrangements with their YAM Volunteers for the return of the artwork. 3. Educators that wish to have artwork returned by mail should include return postage (and or stamps) and school address label for quick return (No metered mail). 4. The YAM Volunteer located in the area nearest to the educators school that received the artwork will return the artwork. 5. If no return arrangements have been made (i.e. Postage, delivery or pick-up) the artwork will become property of The Kansas Art Education Association.

YAM Volunteers: (Formerly known as YAM area reps.)

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If you would like to volunteer, please give your name and contact information to Shawny Montgomery Russell Cindy Balthazor Ruppenthal Middle School 400 Elm Russell, KS 67665 School # 785-483-3174 Cell # 785-483-1162 balthazor@yahoo.com cbalthazor@usd407.org Topeka/ Lawrence Linda Nelson-Bova Shawnee Heights High School 4201 S.E. Shawnee Heights Rd. Tecumseh, KS 66542-9795 785-379-5880 OR Linda Nelson-Bova (Home) 2106 Barker Ave. Lawrence, Ks. 66046 Home: 785-841-4283 (Lawrence) Nelsonboval@usd450.net nelsonbova@yahoo.com Cheney Shawny Montgomery Cheney High School 100 West 6th Cheney KS 67025 School: 316-542-3113 Home:316-540-9879 Cell:316-641-7334 smontgomery@cheney268.co m Derby Georgia Gregory Derby High School 920 N. Rock Rd. Derby Kansas 67037 work phone: 788-8500 ggregory@usd260.com Great Bend Alisha Frazer Great Bend Middle 1919 Harrison Great Bend, KS School: (620) 792-1510 Home: (620) 793-2917 Alisha.Frazer@usd428.net Wichita Tina Murano Visual Arts Curriculum Coach USD #259, Wichita Public Schools Dept.of Learning Services: Fine Arts Office 201 N.Water Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 973-4440 tmurano@usd259.net

Olathe/Kansas City Megan Wendleton California Trail Junior High 13775 West 133rd St. Olathe, KS 66062 Cell: 913-424-8133 Work:913-780-7220 meganwendleton@hotmail.com

Jetmore/ Western KS Denise M. Panzner Hodgeman Cty. H.S. 500 Neideracher Jetmore, KS 67854 Or home 318 Roughton Jetmore 67854 panzners@fairpoint.net 620-385-0473 Cell Phone 620-357-8378 High School

Overland Park Alyssa Passmore 12737 Grandview Overland Park, KS 66213 Cell: 913-302-1274 alyssa.passmore@gmail.com

Winfield/ Wellington/ Ark City Lynn Felts Winfield High School 9 Starlight Ct. Winfield, KS. 67156 H 620-221-0645 Email lynnfelts@cox.net

Goddard/Wichita Linda Morgan Goddard High School 1921 West 23rd Goddard, KS 67052 School: 316-794-4100 Cell: 620-694-0981 lmorgan2@goddardusd.com

Chanute Bob Cross Chanute, KS 66720 bjcross@cableone.net bjcross@juno.com

Andover/Eastern Sedgwick Cty Ginger Steck Meadowlark Elementary 1411 N. Main Andover, KS 67002 (316) 733-5251 School (316) 209-1045 Cell STECKG@USD385.ORG

Shawnee Mission/ Kansas City Cortney L. Doughtery Shawnee Mission North Visual Arts Teacher 913-993-7198 ndoughe@smsd.org

Checklist: ____ No acetate on art work (we will photograph the work and this adds glare)
_____Artwork measured 24x30 or less including the lightweight matte. _____Artwork labels are filled out completely. _____ Student Artist / Learning statement written by student attached. _____Artwork labels are attached as instructed (keep a copy for your file). _____Release for permission to publish work has been filled out and attached. _____Artwork has been delivered to Yam Area Representative by: February 25, 2013 _____If mailing, artwork was post-marked by February 20, 2013 - including return postage and school address label. (NO METERED MAIL). _____Parent letter was sent home and student invitation copied. _____A photograph of student with artwork has been taken and has been to be submitted to local newspaper with press release.

Additional Youth Art Month Activities

Use the Mayor Proclamation enclosed to have your Mayor DeclareYouth Art Month in your community and send us a photocopy with your artwork. Send in the Press Release enclosed along with your students picture with their art work to your local newspaper and send us a copy with your artwork. (Please make sure you give Sargent Art credit for sponsoring the prizes for the event) Host an art exhibit in a public place: libraries, banks, education centers. Contact your local legislator and offer to loan them student artwork to display for the month of March. Take your class on a special art field trip. Hold a parent/child hands-on art workshop. Display a student art exhibit on the Internet! Invite the student and their parents to the OPENING RECEPTION held at the Capitol building in Topeka on March 2, 2012 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 2:30. Also, send a press release to your newspaper with the students picture. (Invitation attached below) Everyone throughout the state should take this opportunity to represent the quality art education going on throughout the state by submitting artwork and taking part in this celebration. In recent years, record numbers of teachers have submitted work. Keep any documentation of YAM activities (forms are attached below) and submit by June 10th to:
Shawny Montgomery 5324 South 375th West Cheney KS 67025

smontgomery@cheney268.com

YAM Documentation Report Form: Please keep a summary of your local Youth Art Month activities and submit them to Shawny Montgomery by June 10th or give them to a board member. All local reports will be organized into the state report (or YAM scrapbook) for the National YAM organization. Fill in the attached calendar with anything that you did during the month of March to promote YAM- it could be a display, bulletin board, announcements, art shows, anything. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3

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Participate in YAM @ the State Capital

Name:_____________________________ School:______________________________ School District______________________ Summer contact information- phone # and/ or email ___________________________
Names of other art teachers that participated with you________________________________

Proclamations by ________________________________________________________ 9

________________________________________________________________________ (mayor, school board, principal, etc- list names) Publicity paper name_______________________________(please send clippings and links if digital) TV __________________ Radio_____________________________

How much money did you spend on YAM activities? Did you get anyone to make any donations?

Does your district have plans for increased funding or positions for art? If so what are they? Did you have any other great art events? Please include displays at local libraries, banks, businesses, school board offices, etc. Take pictures and email them to me. Attach any flyers, buttons, ribbons, certificates or other special materials that were created to celebrate YAM.

Mail information and clippings by June 10, 2013 to Shawny Montgomery 5324 South 375th West Cheney KS 67025 Or smontgomery@cheney268.com 316-641-7334 (cell)

How to request a YAM Mayoral Proclamation or School Board Resolution: 1. Write a letter. Include the suggested proclamation and/or endorsement. (see attached one) 2. Make a follow up call. One week later is suggested. 3. Your major will read the information, approve the proclamation and have it prepared for his/ her signature. After you pick it up duplicate it for distribution. 4. Include an appearance request. The mayors secretary will probably contact you regarding this matter. 5. The Board of Education will usually add the request to the agenda. Public officials are usually eager to participate in YAM, if you will just ask them.

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WHEREAS, art education contributes powerful educational benefits to all elementary and secondary students including the following: Art education develops students creative problem-solving and critical thinking abilities; Art education teaches sensitivity to beauty, order, and other expressive qualities; Art education gives students a deeper understanding of multi-cultural values and beliefs; Art education reinforces and brings to life what students learn in other subjects; Art education interrelates student learning in art production, art history, art criticism, and aesthetics, and WHEREAS our national leaders have acknowledged the necessity of including arts experiences in all students education, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that support should be given to art teachers as they attempt to strengthen art education in their schools and communities. NOW, THEREFORE, it is proclaimed that March be observed as YOUTH ART MONTH. All citizens are urged to take interest in and give full support to quality school art programs for children and youth. NOW, THEREFORE, I____________________________________ Mayor of the CITY of______________________________________, Do hereby proclaim March 2013 as YOUTH ART MONTH.

Youth Art Month Mayor Proclamation

Art Can Make A World of Difference In Kansas!

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March 2013

To the Family of____________________________________________: We are so pleased to inform you that your students artwork has been chosen to represent their school in an art exhibit at the State Capitol in Topeka, Kansas! This art exhibit celebrates Youth Art Month and features artwork from students throughout the state of Kansas. The art exhibit will have a Reception for student artists, their families, and educators Saturday, March 2, 2013from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Reception will be held in Topeka at the State Capitol Building, 900 S.W. Jackson. The student artists attending the reception will receive an honorary badge and light refreshments will be served. This event would be a wonderful opportunity for you to show support for the arts in your school/ community! Because of construction at the Capital Building, the artwork will only be on display at the reception on the 31st. We hope you will try to make it to this special event. Sincerely, ___________________________________________ Art Educator

Sponsored by:

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Sample Press Release to use for your students fill in with your contact information and details

Contact: Shawny Montgomery Cheney High School 316-542-3113 ext. 1202 smontgomery@cheney268.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCAL STUDENTS HONORED WITH ART AWARDS

Carlea Holt, junior from Cheney High School won a 2nd place art award and Allyson Hallowell, junior won a 3rd place art award for their participation in the Youth Art Month Flag Contest. The awards will be presented at a ceremony held at the state capital on March 31st. Amanda Martin, Jessica Voss, Becca Kopper, Kelsey Reida, Katie Slusser, Jaiden Ferguson, Tasha Dawson and Ariel Abbott all won honorable mentions for their entries. The Kansas Art Education Association had over three hundred entries submitted for its annual Youth Art Month flag contest. The winning flag entries will be on display at the state capital on March 31 as well as be included in a display at the National Art Education Associations conference in NYC. The KAEA flag contest if part of the national event Schools Flags Across the U.S.. Flying High organized by the Council for Art Education Inc. to promote and support quality art education for all students. This years theme for the event is Art Shapes the World the flag design was required to reflect the theme as well as be representative of the state of Kansas. A celebration will be held in Washington, DC the first week in March to honor student designers.

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Sample Press Release to use for your students (fill in your own contact information and details)

Contact: Shawny Montgomery Cheney High School 316-542-3113 ext. 1202 smontgomery@cheney268.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCAL STUDENT TO HAVE ART DISPLAYED AT THE STATE CAPITAL

CHENEY HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ART MONTH ACTIVITIES
(Student Name),(grade) from ( ) School will have art work on display as part of the Kansas Art Education Associations Youth Art Month celebration at the state capital on March 31, 2012. Youth Art Month is celebrated every March to emphasis the importance of a great quality art education programs in schools. Art education helps promote higher level thinking skills and teach children that complex forms of problems are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity. Art education equips students to form mental images, which can be used to solve problemsan ability that chemists, engineers, and architects use to create models and inventors use to think of new ideas. Every teacher from the state of Kansas is eligible to submit one piece or art work from each school they teach at to be part of the display. Students of KAEA members art will be judged by a panel of judges and Sargent Art will be awarding prizes to the top winners in each of the three categories Elementary, Middle School and High School. Student winners and their teachers in each category will receive art supplies. The overall grand prize winner will win an all-expense paid trip to New York City, organized by Sargent Art. The student winner will get to take one parent and their art teacher on the trip with them. While in New York students will visit art museums, attractions and attend a Broadway play. The Kansas Art Education Association had over two hundred entries submitted for in last years contests. Awards will be handed out by Kansass very own Vincent YAM-Gogh at a reception that goes from 2 to 4 pm at the State Capital, light refreshments will be served and there will be additional art activities for everyone to participate in. The event is open to the public. YAM was created in 1961 by the ACMI, a non- profit association art and craft material manufacturers, in cooperation with the National Art Education Association, it is an annual observation that is celebrated nationally with a variety of activities. Cheney High School will also be having a special display of art work at the Cheney Public Library, School Board Office, and business thru out town.

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YAM ART LABEL #1 PLACE THIS LABEL IN A CLEAR PAGE PROTECTOR SECURELY TAPE THIS LABEL TO THE BACK OF YOUR ARTWORK WITH CLEAR PACKING TAPE

Educators name: ___________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________ School District Name (Ex: Olathe): _____________________________ School: _____________________________________________________ School Phone: _______________________________________________
Please indicate how this artwork will be picked up by checking one of the following: This artwork will be picked up during the YAM show and taken down in Topeka, March 2, 2013 immediately following the reception. Name: ________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________ OR This artwork will be picked up at the April KAEA Board Meeting in Salina by the YAM Area Representative Listed below: Name: ________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________
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YAM ART LABEL #2

PLACE THIS LABEL IN THE CLEAR PAGE PROTECTOR ON TOP OF LABEL #1 ON THE BACK OF YOUR ARTWORK. WE WILL BE REMOVING THIS LABEL FOR OUR RECORDS. KEEP FOR KAEA RECORDS CHECK ONE: This work is eligible for Sargent Art Prize packages (Art teacher is an active member of KAEA) KAEA membership # ___________________ expiration date _______________ I am NOT a member of KAEA and wish only to have my students artwork on display. Kansas Art Education Association Artist Release Form
I, _________________________________hereby give permission for my artwork to be reproduced for publication by the Kansas Art Education Association and Sargent Art. The artwork may be published in any of the journals, newsletters, on the KAEA web page or for advocacy materials. KAEA and Sargent Art will credit the artwork by including artists name, school, title, and media. If I wish that my artwork be withdrawn form the web page due to extenuating circumstances, I agree to submit, in writing, a statement to this affect (allowing 2-4 weeks for KAEA and Sargent Art to process this request). In case of questions or additional information, I may be reached at ____________________ (phone number will not be used in publications). KAEA and Sargent Art reserves the right to withdraw artwork from publications and/or web locations without prior notification. Every effort will be made to reproduce artwork, as close to its original form, although circumstances may arise where coloring or cropping may be slightly altered.

Prize Awarded _________________________

Artists Name: ___________________________________________ Grade Level ________________ School District Name (Ex: Olathe) and School: _______________________________________________________ School Address: _________________________________________________________________________________ Title of Artwork: _____________________________________________ Medium: ____________________________________________________ Art Instructor: _______________________________________________ Artists Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature (If artist is under 18 years of age):

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YAM ART LABEL #3

Kansas Youth Art Month Celebration LABEL FOR DISPLAY at the capital, Please keep your artist statement brief and stay within the form. Artist Statement/Learning Statement Suggestions: The impact of your written statement can be nearly as important as the work itself. Please give some thought to the expressive qualities that you have explored in the work. You can also mention the formal qualities, media and technique. Mentioning expressive ideas such as appreciation of the beauty, symbolism in the work the social issue addressed in the genre painting, or the personal feelings portrayed in the self-portrait, etc. are what your audience will relate to. Remember that advocacy is essential in our exhibit!

Attach to bottom right hand side of art work (flip up tag for judging) Label will show for display.

Student Name______________________________________ Grade __________________________________________ School ____________________________________________ Teachers Name_____________________________________ YAM ART LABEL #3
FOR VIEWING.

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Artist Learning Statement Attach to the bottom left hand side of artwork
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Shawny Montgomery, KS YAM chair Cheney High School, art department 100 West 6th Cheney, KS 67025
smontgomery@cheney268.com

Dear KAEA member, Your students are invited to join Kansas students from all across the state to participate in the annual Youth ART Month flag design contest. Youth Art Month is a nationally observed celebration of the visual arts and is celebrated each year during the month of March. Its goal is to emphasize the value of visual art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. This year we are expanding the Kansas YAM flag contest. Flag entries will be divided into three different grade levels Elementary K-5, Middle level 6-8 and High School 9-12. A winner will be chosen for each level. The Student flag designer and their teacher will receive a prize courtesy of Molly Hawkins Wholesale Art Supplies. From these three winners, we will select one overall Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize winners design will be made into the Kansas YAM flag which will represent Kansas at the National Art Education Conference in New York City. In March, a National flag event will be held in Washington DC and the Grand Prize flag designer be recognized in a ceremony. Space permitting we hope to display all flag entries at the state capital during our Youth Art Month Celebration on Saturday, March 31st, 2012. Sincerely,
Shawny Montgomery KAEA YAM Chair Johnna Smith KAEA YAM Flag Chair

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Mail Entries To: Youth ART Month Flag Contest c/o Johnna Smith- Youth Art Month Flag Chair Derby Middle School
Seventh/Eighth Grade Art
801 East Madison Avenue Derby, KS 67037-2298

josmith@usd260.com (316)788-8580
Kansas YAM Flag Contest 2012: Who Can Participate: Students of current Kansas Art Education Association Members (membership has its perks) The flag theme for 2012 is Art Shapes the World students need to design a colorful flag that incorporates the theme and also represents the state of KS. Copyrighted material (such as comic strip characters or team logos) cannot be published Your design should include the Youth Art Month Logo

Media: Any two dimensional Media such as markers, watercolors, acrylic, tempera, pastels, crayon, chalk, pencils, collage or computer graphics. NO photography please. ARTWORK: Submit all artwork on 8.5 x 11 inch unlined white paper. It is important not to fold the artwork for mailing and the entry forms below must be completed and taped to the art work. The label in the bottom right hand corner and the release form taped to the back.

Attach to bottom right hand side of art work (flip up tag for judging) Label will show for display.

Special Thanks to KS YAM Flag

Student Sponsor Name______________________________________ Grade __________________________________________ Tape to the back of YAM flag entry please Parent School Release and Participation form MUST BE SIGNED by parent or guardian if the student is less than 18 yrs of age. Student Name_________________________________ ____________________________________________ Teacher Name The Company For _______________________________ Teachers Art Teachers! School Address _______________________________ School Phone Name_____________________________________ The GREAT #________________________________ AMERICAN Wholesaler! Teacher Email _________________________________

Molly Hawkins Wholesale

I the legal parent or guardian of _____________________________________hereby give permission to publish or reproduce this YAM submission to the Kansas Art Education Association, NAEA, Molly Hawkins Art, Council for Art Education and Sargent Art. The artwork may be published in any journals, newsletters, on the KAEA web page for advocacy materials. KAEA, Council for Art Education, Molly Hawkins Art, and Sargent Art will credit the art work by including artists name, school title, and media. 19 Parent signature Date