Festival Events
Young Artist Contest Entry
Deadline for entries is October 22, 2010 - 3:00 pm.
All Memphis City School submissions should be made to Mr. Gregg Coats:
901-416-2920 coatsg@mcsk12.net
Office hours are
Mon-Friday 8:30-4:30
Print out and submit the form below:
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Cooper-Young Artist Invitational Entry
Participation to this event is restricted to artists who live or work in
Cooper-Young. To submit a Cooper Young artist please e-mail cyba@bellsouth.net.
Cooper Young Art Invitational / Kick off Party – September 16, 2010.
Location: David Perry Smith Gallery, 703 New York
A neighborhood Art Invitational kicks off the start of the Cooper Young Festival weekend on Thursday, September 16 this year. Each year, one artist from the neighborhood is chosen to design a poster that embraces the history, art and eclectic style of Cooper Young. The 2010 Art Invitational will highlight this year’s poster artist, Carol Robison.
Carol was born in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1960s. Faced directly with the race riots of the Civil Rights Movement, her family once hid her behind a safe in her grandfather’s sundries store to avoid the violence in the streets of downtown Memphis. As a teenager, she attended the Creative for Performing Arts Program at Overton High School and later the fine arts programs of Memphis State University and Memphis College of Art. While at MCA, she was a figurative, expressionist painter nurtured by painters, Veda Reed and J.D. Kelly.
Carol has always been fascinated and influenced by pop culture, particularly television, in that it captures the essence of mass media and its influence on the individual as well as representing group mentalities. Carol keeps her art topical by exploring the ideas and images presented in American society with its consumeristic presentation of average life. Her current work embodies animals within urban environments and reconnects with her core techniques and relationship with Memphis history.
Artwork Theme: Communities Coming Together. Show will be held at Peabody Elementary School located at 2086 Young Avenue on Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.
The Cooper Young Festival, in its 23rd year is again celebrating young artists with our annual Young Artist Contest. This contest is open to all children, in all Memphis communities, grades 1-12 and is sponsored by Lenny’s Sub Shop. Hosted by Peabody Elementary School, this event is held to encourage the love of art in school age children.
All work must by original and no larger in size than 12 inches by 18 inches. It may be mounted on construction paper, but should not be framed, mounted on stretch boards or overly heavy.
All entries and winners will be on exhibit for viewing at the Peabody School cafeteria during the reception on Thursday, November 4 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm with an award ceremony at 6:30 pm. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Three $500 First Place, Three $100 Second Place, Three $75 Third Place and Three $50 Honorable Mention for children in the 1st – 4th grade category, 5th – 8th grade category, and 9th – 12th grade category.
Tamara Walker
Cooper Young Business Association Director
901-276-7222
cyba@bellsouth.net
