B.L.A.K.E. 2002

Best Literature and Art Kids’ Exhibition

 

First annual art and literary fair for home-schooled students

in grade levels K through 12

 

[email protected]

http://www.geocities.com/artandliteraryfair/

 

 

 

Instruction Booklet

 

 

When and Where

Saturday, September 28, 2002

Toledo Museum of Art, Community Gallery

2445 Monroe Street at Scottwood Avenue

Toledo, Ohio 43620

419-255-8000, 800-644-6862

 

Schedule

Thursday, September 26

 

Friday, September 27

 

Saturday, September 28

 

Tuesday, October 1

 

Registration Deadline and Entry Fees

Your completed family entry form, with a check for the total amount due, must be received no later than Saturday, August 31, 2002.  If more than three students are entering the fair, use an additional copy of the form.  The museum requires that all students entering the fair must sign the family entry form.  If all students have not signed, your family will not be registered, and the form(s) will be returned.  The non-refundable entry fee is $6.00 for one student, $11.00 for two students, or $15.00 for your entire family.

Mail your family entry form with the total amount due to:

            B.L.A.K.E. Registration

            7658 Salter Court

            Temperance, MI 48182

 

Questions

If you have any questions or comments regarding B.L.A.K.E. 2002, including the information in this instruction booklet, please contact Bill Werner, Art and Literary Fair Director, by e-mail at [email protected]  or by phone at 734-847-3446.  If you would like to help publicize the fair, send an e-mail requesting the promotional flyer (in Microsoft Word format).

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS  FOR PARENTS

 

Objectives

The objectives of B.L.A.K.E. 2002 are (1) to encourage your children to experiment with art and writing and (2) to provide an opportunity for them to showcase their best artistic and literary work and to learn from what other artists and writers have done.  While you’re are at the museum, be sure to visit some of the numerous galleries.  For a preview of what the museum has to offer, visit its website at http://www.toledomuseum.org/home.html.

 

The acronym for the art and literary fair (B.L.A.K.E.) refers to William Blake (1757-1827), the English Romantic poet, painter, engraver, and printer.  There are numerous websites dedicated to his work, including “The William Blake Archive” at  http://www.blakearchive.org/main.html.  The fair’s tiger logo, which incorporates the poet’s name, is suggested by his poem “The Tyger,” which begins:

Tyger Tyger. burning bright,

In the forests of the night:

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

 

Procedure

Note that you have three time periods during which you can set up your exhibits and two time periods during which you can remove them.  Please arrive at the museum in time to complete your setup and removal during the designated time.

 

You will be responsible for setting up your own  exhibits under the direction of the museum staff.

 

No entries will be insured against loss or damage while in the museum.

 

There will be no judging of exhibits.

 

Works of art consisting of perishable materials, living organisms, untreated wood, or liquid in breakable containers will not be accepted.  Ceramics must be fired, and textiles must be ready to hang.  Only original artwork will be accepted; no kits or pre-made, manufactured items may be submitted.

 

All work should be recent, preferably having been completed since September, 2001.  The maximum number of entries each student may exhibit is twelve.  If the number of lines on the family entry form is not enough to list all your children’s entries, please list the additional entries on the back of the form or on another copy of the form.

 

Since all artwork on paper, such as paintings and drawings, will be hung, you should bring it to the museum ready to hang.  Ideally, it should be mounted, matted, and framed.  Pieces that are mounted but not framed will be attached to the wall using L nails rather than propped.  Pieces that are neither framed nor mounted will be stapled to the display wall.

 

Non-hanging works, such as literary works and sculpture, will be displayed on pedestals or tables with transparent lids.  Students may request that the lids be removed if and when they are at their exhibits during all or part of the public viewing period.

 

When you arrive at the museum to register, your family will be given any commemorative tote bags that you may have ordered on the family entry form.  You will also be given an envelope containing identifying labels that are to be placed with your children’s entries.  These labels will have been prepared from information that you provided on the family entry form—the student’s name, grade level, title of entry, and type of entry.  Use the following code numbers to complete the “Type of Entry” column:

1.                Picture book

2.                Poetry – illustrated

3.                Poetry – not illustrated

4.                Short story – illustrated

5.                Short story – not illustrated

6.                Calligraphy

7.                Ceramics

8.                Cut paper

9.                Drawing – charcoal

10.             Drawing – colored pencil

11.             Drawing – crayon

12.             Drawing – pastels

13.             Drawing – pen and ink

14.             Mixed media

15.             Painting – acrylic

16.             Painting – oil

17.             Painting – watercolor

18.             Photography

19.             Sculpture

20.             Textiles

 

Where appropriate, use the following code letters behind the code number:

a)     Canvas

b)     Canvas board

c)     Glass

d)     Metal

e)     Paper

f)       Plastic

g)     Wood

 

For example, the code for an oil painting on canvas is 16a.  The code for a sculpture made of metal and wood is 19dg.  If none of the above codes apply, describe the artwork in the “Type of Entry” column.

 

Commemorative Tote Bag

A commemorative, natural-color canvas tote bag (10½” x 14” x 5”) with an 8” x 8” design, for carrying such items as books and art supplies, may be ordered on the family entry form for $9.00.  If at least 18 tote bags are ordered, the design will be silk screened in one color.  If at least 48 tote bags are ordered, the design will be silk screened in full color (four colors).

 

Driving Directions

The museum is just west of Toledo’s downtown business district, directly off Interstate 75.

 

Northbound on I-75: Take exit 203B (Detroit Avenue); turn left onto Detroit. Take Detroit a short distance to Monroe Street; turn left onto Monroe. Take Monroe Street to Glenwood Avenue; turn right onto Glenwood to go to the museum parking lot.

 

Southbound on I-75: Take exit 202B (Collingwood  Boulevard).  Turn left onto Collingwood Blvd.  Turn left at Monroe Street.  The  Toledo Museum of Art is on the left as you drive past it. Turn left at Glenwood Avenue to get behind the museum and into the parking lot.

 

Parking

Parking is available in well-lit, guarded lots on Grove Place behind the museum or next to the Center for Visual Arts at a cost of $2.00.

 

Museum Entrance

Enter the museum through the Plough School Tour entrance, which is to the left of the Grove Place entrance.  Entrance to the museum is free.  Note that the museum is closed on Mondays.

 

Map of Toledo Area Showing Location of Museum                Map of Museum Grounds and Nearby Streets


 

 

 

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