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Show Pageant seeks youth art for exhibit All Utah students, grades kindergarten kin-dergarten through 12, are invited to enter the 1986 statewide Youth Art Exhibit sponsored by Utah Pageant of the Arts, according to an announcement an-nouncement by Marcia Peterson, chairman of the Youth Art Exhibit. Local students are especially encouraged to enter the com-1 com-1 petition, which offers students an opportunity to participate in a total arts experience - creating, competing com-peting and exhibiting in a respected show. I Some 27,000 patrons of Utah Pageant are expected to view the exhibit during the Pageant season June 9 through July 18. ! Entries will be accepted until April 28, 1986 in any of the following mediums: Oil, water color, crayon, pencil, pastel, acrylic or equivalent, i Sculpture works will also be ac-I ac-I cepted. However, craft or stained glass works will not be eligible. All paintings must be mounted. All entries will be judged by a committee of professional artists to be selected by Utah Pageant of the Arts. There is no entry fee. Each painting must be mounted and every entry must be accompanied by an official entry form. Copies of the necessary forms, along with detailed information, have been distributed to every principal in every elementary, intermediate and secondary school in Utah this week, Peterson said. Entries will be judged by grade and a $50 U.S. Savings Bond will be presented to the Sweepstakes winner in each grade in special ceremonies on the Guild Gala Night, June 14. All participants who work is selected for hanging in the exhibit will receive a certificate designating this honor. The Youth Art Exhibit is held annually at American Fork High School, co-sponsored by Utah Pageant of the Arts, the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment En-dowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. |