Banners Flying High

Bill Reid Banners

Gordon Smith Banners

Artists for Kids director, Yolande Martinello, caught some of the AfK banners flying in the sunshine.

Our Banners are Flying

Take a drive along Lonsdale Ave. and look up. Student designed banners are paired with the Artists for Kids founding patrons' works that inspired them.

Last of the Banner Contest Entries...

Thank you to all the young artists who participated in the Banner Contest, and to the teachers who challenged their students to create a memorable piece of art.  The results were amazing, and much more than expected!  When we hear from the City of North Vancouver how many different banners we will be able to print, we will post the winning entries here on the blog...check back soon!

More and More Banner Entries..

More Banner Entries..

Banner Contest Entries

This will be the first of a number of posts showing the entries for the Banner Contest...check back often  to look for YOUR entry!!

And the Winners Are...

Congratulations to all of those who entered the AFK Banner contest. We accepted 321 banner submissions from across the district and from every grade level. The quality of the work was outstanding and made the task of determining which pieces to finally use as banners very difficult. We hope you all spend some time visiting our blog to look at many of the submissions.

The 3 winners of the random draw are Arvin Madhi, Braemar, Amy Kim, Carson Graham, and Claudia Castonguay, Ross Road. They are the lucky winners of a framed Gordon Smith print. Congratulations!

40 pieces were short listed and 34 of these will be displayed at the LMCC during Education Week

The final 6 were chosen to submit to the city of North Vancouver for final selection. A decision is yet to be made as to whether the city will fly three or six student pieces. We hope that all six pieces will find their place along Lonsdale.

Sarah's digital image was one of the selected pieces.

AfK Banner Contest

Artists for Kids is currently looking for submissions to our public art project. Students in grades K to 12 are creating one-of-a-kind designs to celebrate the coming of the new AfK Gallery on Lonsdale Avenue, scheduled to be complete in Spring 2012. The selected banner designs will be professionally produced and hung beside the corresponding work of one of three AfK patrons: Bill Reid, Gordon Smith, and Jack Shadbolt. The banners will line both sides of Lonsdale from the waterfront to the highway, for two years.

Julie Pappajohn's sample interpretive responses to the Bill Reid "Haida Grizzly" from the AfK Permanent Collection, for the Banner Contest.

The deadline for submitting artwork for the Banner Contest is February 4th...if your teacher hasn't started this project in your classroom, you should ask them to contact the AfK for a lesson plan and package!! Good Luck to all entrants!!

Julie Pappajohn with interpretive responses to the Jack Shadbolt's piece, "Winter Garden," from the AfK Permanent Collection, also for the Banner Contest.

All pieces meeting the criteria will be posted on our blog for everyone to enjoy, and will be entered into a draw to win one of three framed Gordon Smith prints.