Four Freedoms Reimagined Art Contest

four freedoms

reimagined

giving youth a voice

through the arts

Guidelines

artist competition

Ages12-20

Exhibition dates: January 12th - March 26, 2023

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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

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

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.

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.

partners

Board of Directors

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

Special thank you to the following organizations for your support.

Crocker Art Museum

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