Creative Minds Unleashed!

Youth Arts Month e-Showcase

Joint Project of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Arts|Learning

Come help celebrate as we unleash—and document—the creative genius of Massachusetts youth by celebrating their artistic accomplishments through an innovative e-Showcase!  The Massachusetts Cultural Council and ArtslLearning are pleased to present “Creative Minds Unleashed!”—the annual e-Showcase of high-quality youth dance, music, theatre, media arts, and visual arts from across Massachusetts.  The e-Showcase consists of links to student work through this ArtslLearning website during March to celebrate national “Youth Arts Month” in Massachusetts. If you wish to participate, see the application section at the bottom of this page.

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See Governor Deval Patrick's Proclamation of March 2013 Youth Arts Month
See the text ofGovernor Patrick's proclamation.

See the 2013 House of Representatives Resolution regarding Youth Arts Month.

Suggestions: Ask your mayor or town/city manager, city or town council, and your school committee to adopt similar proclamations or resolutions!  Get your local newspaper to publicize the wording of these documents, send them home with your students!

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Creative Minds Unleashed 2013 Showcase

Please click onto each link to view the visual and performing art works.

Avon Middle School, Virginia Mahoney, Teacher
"Mask" Lindsay Steward
"Sorely Missed" Mackenzie Keefe
"Self Portrait" Tanjyot Kaur

Chelmsford High School, Terry Karangioze, Teacher
"Mask" Kristina Gorski
"Blanket of Snow" Tanya Dimitrov
"Night Light" Laura Leuper

Walnut School for the Arts, Natick
"Honors Chamber Recital" Walnut Hill Honors Chamber Concert Performers
"Selected Works, Jan 2013" Walnut Hill Visual Art Majors
"On a Dream to a Station and Nowhere Else" William McGovern 

Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center, Dorchester
Judy Groleau, Art Teacher
"My House" Yen
"Granpa's Mango Farm" Anicia
"Heritage Galaxy" Amauna

Multi-Arts Afterschool Program, Hadley
Catalina Arrubla, Executive Director
"Snake with Legs" Sophia Schreyer
"Dog Walking" Alesandra Rojas
"Water Wizard" Madeline Wright

West Springfield High School
Rachel Lepine, Art Teacher
"Bailey's Sketch"  Nick Motyka   
"Here Comes the Sun"  Lauren Messenger       
"Tennis Jewel"    Arshi Moktader

Sage School, Foxboro, Jill Hogan, Music Teacher
"Egyptian Pyramid" Ellie Berkenblit, Noa Popko, Kacey Straub
"The Sports Player" Cole Bulger, Benjamin Seigel
"African Lake" Happy Doran, Rebecca Sheibley

The Marble Collection, Inc., Lakeview
Deanna Elliot, Executive Director
"Mesmerized in Liquid Light" Greg Barry
(Oakmont Regional High School)

Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards for 2013 - A sampling.

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Application to Participate in the e-Showcase

Want to participate for 2013?  Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis to participate in the Creative Minds Unleashed e-Showcase.  Please adhere to the following guidelines:

• Art work may be in any or all of the following domains of art:  visual art, drama, dance, music, media, and literature.  It may be in the form of digital photographs, documents, audio files, or video files—anything that can be posted on a website.
• All art work must be digitally posted on your school, district, or program web page, which will then be linked to the A|L Creative Minds Unleashed! e-Showcase website.
• Student work may be from any grade along the pre-k through grade 12 continuum, representing Massachusetts students only.
• Student work should represent exemplary achievement from your organization.  We suggest a maximum of 3 entries per school or organization (all posted on the same webpage).
• Each organization or school is requested to identify one piece that they wish to feature on the “Creative Minds Unleashed” webpage which will appear as a thumbnail icon next to your organization’s website link, which will lead to the other pieces being exhibited.
• Individuals may enter youth artwork by filling out the attached form and emailing or faxing it to Diane Daily, MCC Education Programs Manager at diane.daily@art.state.ma.us, or 617-727-0044.
• All art work posted should adhere to district, school, or organizational guidelines to ensure student safety and confidentiality.  It is assumed that written parental approval for all students under age 18 and written student approval for ages 18 and above has been obtained for all works and names to appear on your website.  The MA Cultural Council and Arts|Learning can not assume liability for websites that have not followed this protocol.
• The attached form must include the signature from your superintendent, principal, or head of organization to indicate approval to have your website linked to the Arts|Learning Creative Minds Unleashed! website to participate in the e-Showcase for March, 2013.
• All entries should be received by March 1, 2013.  Entries sent after March 1 will still be accepted pending room on the website.
• MCC and ArtslLearning reserve the right to review all postings for appropriate material and will make the final determination of which websites to post.  

Please fill out the attached form.  Please sign it and have the chief executive officer of your organization (principal, superintendent, executive director) also sign the document.  Please scan the document and to Diane Daily, MCC Education Programs Manager at diane.daily@art.state.ma.us, or FAX the document to Diane Daily at 617-727-0044.  Deadline:  March 1, 2013 (applications will be accepted on a rolling basis after this deadline).

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Resources for Youth Arts Month

• It’s March. Do You know How Strong Your Schools’ Arts Programs Are?  US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Blog from the US Department of Education.
• To learn about the National Theatre in our Schools Month, click here.
• To learn about the National Music in our Schools Month, click here.
• To learn about the National Youth Art Month, click here.
• Check out this amazing report from WBUR Radio on March 2, 2012:  Aiming to Transform Youth Through Art
  tells the heartening story of how the Department of Youth Services is
  using visual and performing art to transform the lives of incarcerated
  youth, with an exhibit at Boston's federal courthouse. 
• View the Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards on display.  Currently, all Silver and Gold Key award-winning entries are on display in the State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston. The exhibit is free, and open to the public Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4 p.m. through mid April. Check out this complete listing of award winners.