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March 2021: Virtual Art Gallery
Submit your artwork, be featured in an online gallery, and be entered in a drawing for an Amazon gift card!
The VPPL Virtual Art Gallery is a digital display of visual arts for those in grades 6 through 12. Any visual art (pencil, oil, acrylic, ink, watercolor, mixed media, oil pastels, photography) can be submitted. Limited to one entry per person, all participants will be entered into a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card. A winner will be chosen at random.
Submissions open March 3rd and end March 31st. The following rules apply:
- 1 entry per person
- Grades 6 – 12 may enter
- All entries must be original works of art
- Email a photo of your artwork as an attachment to youth@vppl.info* (you will receive a “thank you” email within 48 hours of submitting your work; if you do not receive this email, please double check that you sent your photo to the correct email address)
- Include your name, age, grade, school, and contact information (phone number or email address) with your submission
- Submit your artwork no later than March 31st
- Submission of artwork grants Villa Park Public Library permission to display your work in a virtual gallery
- A winner will be chosen April 5th
Entries which do not meet the requirements as put forth in these rules may be disqualified.
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