blogs, links, events and art from the teens behind ▼

Made Fresh Monthly is a themed, web-based art competition for high school artists who work in any medium. Each month, the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) will provide a theme (see below) and select a winning artwork that best exemplifies the theme. All submissions will be posted on the art gallery section of teens.walkerart.org. Monthly winners will receive a $25 Best Buy gift card and will be automatically eligible for our grand prize – Freshest of Made Fresh Award, a $100 Best Buy gift card.

How do I submit my artwork?
All submissions must be sent digitally. Send digital files of artwork with the artists name, age, high school, address, title and a brief description of the piece to madefreshmonthly@gmail.com. Files must be less than 5 MB, videos must be less than 5 minutes. Limit one submission per month. All entries must be received by the last Monday of the corresponding month.

JANUARY: Abstract (Deadline – Mon., Jan. 25)
FEBRUARY: People (Mon., Feb. 22)
MARCH: Rhythm and Motion (Mon., March 29)
APRIL: Epic (Mon., April 26)
MAY: Dystopia (Mon., May 24)
JUNE: Color (Mon., June 28)

Last month WACTAC journeyed to the Art of This Gallery to meet artist/designer Emmett Ramstad and chat about his recent collaboration with the BodyCartography Project 1/2 Life. I really was looking forward to introducing the group to Emmett. Aside from designing the setting and costumes for Heaven (a Walker commissioned performance by dancer Morgan Thorson and the minimalist rock group Low), Emmett was a member of the first WACTAC in 1996.

The lively discussion ranged from his artistic inspirations like the plastic island being formed by our trash in the North Pacific Gyre to the many career titles (hairdresser, food server, art handler) that he has had while maintaining a life as an artist. We also touched upon his collaboration with dancers, which led us to our most recent “Top 5″ (see the video below).

If you like video, check out our other “Top 5s” at http://www.youtube.com/wactacers

These are some really dope local MC’s. Don’t sleep on them!

Don’t Miss this All Ages Show!

Saturday, January 23rd at the Cedar Cultural Center
The Plastic Constellations
Skoal Kodiak
Vampire Hands
STNNNG
and more!
All Ages, doors at 4:30PM – $10

Plastic Constellations

Skoal Kodiak at WACTAC’s March of Madness

STNNG

Vampire Hands

Snow and ice getting you down?.. Looking for a pick me up before New Years Eve? Quick while you can grab your tickets to the British Television Ad awards and prepare yourself to not stop laughing. A Walker Art Center tradition since before any of us where born it is worth the $10 bucks. All of the ads are original and captivating.. The humor of the Brit’s is hilarious and on point. “The program this year includes dancing marionettes, monkeys, and nudists as well as American celebrities Snoop Dogg, Rob Lowe, and Anjelica Huston hawking products to UK audiences.” Not to be missed, fun every year.

WACTAC voted “Mysterious dreams” by Tiffany Elizabeth Robbins as the winner of Januarys Made Fresh Monthly Competition. We are sending Tiffany her $25 gift card to best buy and she is entered into the freshest of the year competition which will be decided in May.

Februarys theme is People. Send us your work!

One & Other was a public art project done by Antony Gormley that went for 100 days from 9am July 6th to the 14th of October of 2009. People signed up to perform on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, each for an hour. There were about 2,400 performers total.

A couple weeks ago WACTAC visited David Bartley, Senior Registration Technician. As a part of our on going series of interviews with staff and artists, we asked David to show us his “Top 5 Artworks that Need to be Identified as Art.”