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)
Artist: Jack Ellenberger School: Edina High School Description: My photo is a picture of the American businessman on the ledge above the road. I took it as a statement against his inflated ego and imagined self-importance. Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Lucy Zhang Age: 15 School: Edina High School Description: A ballerina, mixed media Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Melanie Evans Age: 16 School: Edina High School Description: Daily was shot on a London bus. orginally it was just supposed to be a shot of the chimneys, but i got this kind of haunting reflection of a woman sitting on the bus with me. She just looked so worn down and exhausted, it ended up being one of my favorite shots i took on that trip. Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Tiffany Elizabeth Robbins Age: 17 School: Insight School of MN Description: a vivid experience, defined by perception Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist; Aly Beveridge Artist: 16 School: Edina High School Description: Photograph of Azaleas at the Arboretum 2009 Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Leah Gossman Age: 17 School: Perpich Description: This piece depicts the abstract form of a feather from a dead bird. The viewer is disoriented because the feather is not shown with the body of the bird and this makes the piece abstract. Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Jessica Jost School: Anoka High School Description: Incorporation of cubistic elements to define subject matter. Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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Artist: Marianda Augeson Age: 17 Description: Elements exist is space that are unseen by us on earth and my picture attempts to show that concept. Those things include images that represent other concepts and appear to be out of context Click on image to enlarge. January Made Fresh Monthly submission.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pll-tZSafSA[/youtube] 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.
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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 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwcq86DwEio[/youtube] Skoal Kodiak at WACTAC’s March of Madness [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PhPuCyOVDc&feature=related[/youtube] STNNG [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy5LmJlNwGY[/youtube] Vampire Hands [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m68U7G_kp8[/youtube]
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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 [...]
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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.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wH_apdxhY[/youtube]
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