Student Art Contest 2020
Entry Forms & Instructions

Entry Forms for the Student Art Contest at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts should be submitted electronically (download the PDF form below) AND in hard copy form along with the artwork. Please read the following guidelines before submitting entry forms. ​
Important Update
4/14/20:
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation and the extended closures of school campuses, the museum has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Student Art Contest. The current situation will make it very difficult to hold a fair contest for all schools and districts in this academic year. 

We look forward to holding the contest next year in the spring of 2021. For questions or concerns, please contact Community Engagement Director Emily Guerra at emily@pearlmfa.org or 832-610-2838.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who needs to submit entry forms? 
Entry Forms must be submitted for every piece of artwork that will be delivered to the Pearl for Final Adjudication (judging). Please note that most students’ artwork will first be submitted to the school or school district for pre-adjudication, and only the resulting selections are delivered to the museum for Final Adjudication.

Art teachers – Your school district administrator may require you to use the museum’s entry forms to facilitate their pre-adjudication process, in which case forms will be submitted for entries that may not advance to the Final Adjudication stage.
  • Public Schools: 
    Each public school district may submit up to 25 entries. The district is responsible for adjudicating their students’ work (from all campuses) first in order to arrive at the maximum of 25 entries. The district may determine the number of entries per school division as long as the total number of submissions to the museum is 25 or less.
  • Private Schools and Home School Students:
    Each home school teacher and private school may submit up to 20 entries; forms should be submitted for all 20 entries. Private and Home School artwork submissions will then be pre-adjudicated by the contest judges, and up to 25 entries from the combined Private and Home School ‘District’ will go on to be judged in Final Adjudication.

When should entry forms be submitted? 
Forms must be submitted electronically before delivery of the artwork to the Pearl for Final Adjudication.  The deadline for electronic form submission is March 24, 2020.  Hard copies of the forms should also be printed by this date and given to the school or district administrator* responsible for delivering the artwork to the Pearl the following week. 

*Administrators should contact Patti Hatcher prior to March 24, 2020 to schedule an appointment for delivering artwork:  hatpat4401@gmail.com.
ENTRY FORM INSTRUCTIONS
  • Download the 4-page fillable PDF by clicking the link below, and ***OPEN the file with Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat***  (not in your internet browser).  The "Submit Form" button will not appear or function if opened in an internet browser (such as Internet Explorer or Chrome). Please ensure that you are downloading and opening forms with Adobe before you begin filling in the fields. 
               *Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free download here.

  • Fill in Page 1 completely; the fields will auto-populate the same fields on Pages 2 & 3.  
  • Enter the Artist Statement on Page 3.  
  • Page 4 is the signature page, which requires signatures from the student, parent/guardian, teacher, and principal.  This page will be blank for electronic submission. The printed page (completed with signatures) will be turned in to contest representatives during artwork submission.

  • PRINT all 4 pages. Attach Pages 1 & 3 to the artwork (follow instructions listed on Page 3). Pages 2 & 4 will be submitted to contest representatives with artwork.
  • After printing, click the Submit Form button at the top of the page. Adobe will prompt you to send the form via email.  
Note: If your firewall blocks the Submit pop-up window, please save the completed form to your computer and email the form to pearlmuseumeducator@gmail.com. 
  • All entries should receive an automated response confirming receipt of the form.​
DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM (Click link below)
Student Art Contest 2020 Entry Form
File Size: 746 kb
File Type: pdf
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For any questions or technical issues regarding the entry forms, please contact Community Engagement Director Emily Guerra at 281-376-6322  or emily@pearlmfa.org.

Student Art Contest 2020 Previous Contest Winners