four freedoms



reimagined

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giving youth a voice

through the arts

Video

artist competition

Ages12-20

Exhibition dates: January 12th - March 26, 2023


Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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The 2023 Four Freedoms Reimagined ​Artists Competition is closed and no longer ​accepting submissions. Thank you to all of ​the young artists for participating!

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The Four Freedoms Reimagined


Giving Youth a Voice through the Arts ​Competition


The Crocker Art Museum and the VITA Academy are hosting a competition for students ages 12-​20 to share their artistic visions of The Four Freedoms, outlined by President Franklin Delano ​Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress on January 6, 1941. The Four Freedoms call for:

Freedom of Speech

Freedom from Want

Freedom of Worship

Freedom from Fear


Coordinators: Deborah Pittman, Stephanie Sugano, Latrice Madkins, and Laurie Friedman-Adler ​are celebrating a broad re-imaging that will reflect greater cultural, religious, ethnic and gender ​diversity. Deriving inspiration from the Four Freedoms, please choose one freedom to express ​your thoughts and ideas through your art form.


The competition is open to students in Northern California and includes students who are ​enrolled in public schools, private schools and home schooled. All submissions must be an ​original work by the student. Collaborative pieces (limited to two participants) may be submitted ​as long as both participants are 12 through 20 year old students. All creative work is limited to ​one entry per student. Please submit artwork that is age appropriate and free of profanity. ​There will be $100-250 monetary awards for the winners. Winning submissions will be displayed ​at the Crocker Art Museum or performed at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts in 2023.


Deadline October 29, 2022


Questions? Contact us at fourfreedomsreimagined@gmail.com


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categories


2D Visual Art

(including: painting, drawing, collage, fiber-art, photography)


All entries need to be display-ready. All two-dimensional work needs to be framed, ​including the framing hardware; matting is optional.


  • Visual Artwork must be submitted as a high resolution (e.g. minimum of 2,400 ​pixels by 2,400 pixels) image of the student’s original artwork.
  • Each file must be under 5 Megabytes in size.
  • Artwork must be submitted in .jpg or .png format.


3D Visual Art

(including: sculpture: ceramic, wood, paper, mixed media)


All entries need to be display-ready. All three-dimensional work needs to be stable ​and weigh less than 25 pounds and be no more than 3 feet in any direction.


  • Visual Artwork must be submitted as a high resolution (e.g. minimum of 2,400 ​pixels by 2,400 pixels) image of the student’s original artwork.
  • Each file must be under 5 Megabytes in size.
  • Artwork must be submitted in .jpg or .png format.



Digital Art

(created using software on a computer, i.e. multimedia work, drawings using ​digital software, animation, 3D printers using a computer program)


Digital Art must be submitted as a digital, high resolution (e.g. minimum of 2,400 pixels by ​2,400 pixels) image of the student’s original artwork.

  • Each file must be under 5 Megabytes in size.
  • Artwork must be submitted in .jpg or .png format.

OR

  • Artwork may be submitted on an unlisted YouTube video and a link for viewing provided ​in your application.





Music Composition and Performance

The symbiotic relationship between composing and performing creates a life-long ​collaboration. Therefore, students willing to reimagine FDR’s Four Freedom Speech ​through composing and or performing music, can participate by reading the following ​information:



Music Composition

  • The length of this new composition will be no more than three minutes of music.
  • All submitted compositions must be in western musical notation or if improvised, a ​chart must be clearly defined.
  • Using either acoustical instruments or a digital keyboard.
  • A digital recording of your musical composition must be on an unlisted YouTube video ​and a link for viewing provided in your application.



Music Performance



  • Large or Small Ensemble Performance (Solo, Chamber Ensemble, Choir, Orchestra, ​Band, Jazz Band, etc.).
  • Using acoustical instruments, voices, or digital keyboard.
  • A digital recording of your musical performance must be on an unlisted YouTube video ​and link for viewing provided in your application.
  • Your piece of music does not have to be an original composition, but must be submitted ​under one of the Four Freedoms: Speech, Worship, Fear, or Want. Please explain.
  • School music programs may submit performances that were performed in the past ​year.
  • Each performance should be no longer than five minutes.
  • All compositions should be written and sent on manuscript paper or submitted digitally.



Theatre Composition


Each student will create and perform an original work in one of the following formats:

  • Scene: tells a small piece of the overall story. A scene is a dramatic part of a story, at a ​specific time and place, between specific characters.
  • Monologue: a speech given by a single character in a story. Any speech of some ​duration, addressed by a character to a second person.
  • Duologue: a dramatic performance or piece in the form of a dialogue limited to two ​speakers.
  • A digital recording of your original theatrical piece must be on an unlisted YouTube ​video and a link provided in your application.



Dance Composition


Each student will create and perform an original dance/movement work in one of the ​following dance genres:

  • Tap, jazz, acrobatic, ballet, Hip-Hop, contemporary.
  • The length of this new dance composition will be no more than three minutes.
  • A digital recording of your original dance piece must be on an unlisted YouTube video ​and a link provided in your application.





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partners

Board of Directors

Deborah Pittman, Stephanie Sugano, Laurie Friedman-Adler, Latrice Madkins

Special thank you to the following organizations for your support.

Important Dates


Zoom Workshops for Students with Master Teachers



Visual Arts 2D/3/D SATURDAY 9/24 12-1pm (Pacific Time)

Master Teacher- Ray Gonzales

Teaching Artist: Gabriel Gonzales


Visual Arts Digital 9/25 4:00pm (Pacific Time)

Master Teacher- Bill Delzell

Teaching Artist: Samuel Vasquez


Music 10/2 1:00pm PST

Master Teacher- Jeff Adler

Teaching Artist- Carlos Fuentes


Dance 10/2 5:00pm PST

Master Teacher- Bernard Brown

Teaching Artist- Laila Shabazz


Theatre TBA

Master Teacher: TBA


Preliminary Application Deadline: October 29, 2022

Final Notification: November 14, 2022


Exhibition Dates:

January 12, 2023 – March 26, 2023

Crocker Student/Community Gallery


virtual artist workshops

Visual Arts 2D/3/D SATURDAY 9/24 12-1pm (Pacific Time)

Master Teacher- Ray Gonzales

Teaching Artist: Gabriel Gonzales

Link to Workshop Video


Visual Arts Digital 9/25 4:00pm (Pacific Time)

Master Teacher- Bill Delzell

Teaching Artist: Samuel Vasquez


Music 10/2 1:00pm PST

Master Teacher- Jeff Adler

Teaching Artist- Carlos Fuentes

Workshop Video


Dance 10/2 5:00pm PST

Master Teacher- Bernard Brown

Teaching Artist- Laila Shabazz

Link to Workshop Video


Theatre TBA

Master Teacher: TBA


Be inspired by our Master Artists!

Ask questions, meet other contestants, and learn from professional artists in your field.