Winning Artworks of Autumn 2013

Winners and Artworks of Art Contest for Creative Kids

Here are our winning artists of Autumn 2013!





Rachel Kim from Demarest, NJ

From her writing about her work:
I wanted to show that  there are many ways to help the earth and give back to the environment, and I realized I wanted to not only illustrate one idea or concept but four. I also wanted to show that the four concepts drawn in my artwork were not separate ideas but one whole concept: earth conservation. So I drew lines on the paper to resemble a connected puzzle and each puzzle piece showed a different  earth conservation tips: recycling, community service, turning off water when you don't need it, and saving energy.

2nd Place
Lauren Kim from Oradell, NJ

From her writing about her work:

My work is about air pollution,global warming, water pollution, and land pollution.

The girl is spraying a 'Earth- cure' spray while riding an imaginary animal. 

The girl portrays my intention to express what we need to do to conserve the Earth. 

We must take charge of our planet and keep it clean. Our planet is vital to us and all living things.

3rd Place

Annie Seong from Hillsdale, NJ

From her writing about her work:

In my artwork for the Earth Conservation contest, I have decided to divide it into three sections.    The one on the left corner,  pictures a leaking faucet. I think of it as little specks of diamonds going through a black hole. You don't know how much you're wasting over there. The picture on the right-side corner, indicates a healthy tree ,providing oxygen which I drew as hearts. Finally, the one with the leaves, also represents the trees and pollution.  The pollution is the fire burning the environment one by one.

Congratulations to the winners!

Thank you everyone for participating! Keep being creative and save the date for our next contest in spring 2014!

Winners will be contacted soon to confirm that their prizes be shipped.

Congratulations Winners and Participants of 2013!

After thorough judging of all the submitted art works, 3 works were chosen as 1st and two runner up 2nd places winners! They were judged according to the technical use of medium, visual harmony, clear message and theme, as well as the writing that explained the piece and its significance. Artistic skills come with experience and age; hence, the judges tried to acknowledge the message and the creativity a little more than the technical aspects.

Well, fabulous job, all our young artists! Your artworks were beautiful and well communicated the theme of Earth Conservation!

The winners will receive awesome prizes:
An iPad Mini for the 1st Place winner
$100 Barnes & Nobles gift cards for the two runner ups

And their works will be featured as Earth Conservation posters during the Drug Free NJ concert's art auction held in Spring 2014, as well as on this blog. The winners' works and profiles will be featured soon.

Thank you all for learning and thinking about sustaining our planet. And we hope that you earned something from this experience! Keep being creative and caring!


Our next semi-annual Art Contest for Creative Kids will be held in April 2014, with a different awareness theme, to be announced before then.

Fundraiser 2013

So, the last entry was submitted, and the artworks are ready to be reviewed tomorrow, October 18th, 2013! Well done everyone!

And just a little summary on our adventures since summer until now...

The first Art Contest for Creative Kids...The organization has been like a new born creature, needy and time-consuming. Since summer 2013, we've been planning, organizing, and advertising the ACCK. Truthfully, it is still so premature, far, far away from being able to walk on its own; but we've taken baby steps, and hope to walk on.

For a group of students (aka. big-sized kids), it wasn't easy to come even this far. And sure, the process took away much time from our tightly-packed days and carved away at our precious hours of beauty sleep, but the experience was worthwhile and fun; it allowed us to work as a group of independent and creative leaders and to spread good cause. The past few months with the ACCK may have changed something inside ourselves as well. If anything was stressful at all, it was the fundraising; we wanted to reward the artists through our competition, but agreed that we didn't want to be those creepy door-knockers who come asking for your money at night. Hence, we came up with... candies! Which led to: selling snacks to the kids at our art studio, selling Halloween candies to parents, and making custom Halloween candy bags for class hand-outs. (below are some photos of the goodie bags we've made) And we're almost there! by the end of this month, we will have all the prizes (ipad mini and two $100 BN giftcards) ready to award to the winners! 

Creativity is good

- Cppl

 

 

Exciting News for Future Winners

Yes, the winning artists will receive amazing prizes (iPad Mini, BN gift cards)...

But be even more excited! Your work will also be made into a poster to be displayed at the Shout Down Drugs NJ music competition/festival! It will also be featured on this blog!

This way, we can show off your amazing artworks and spread awareness for the Earth!

Good luck!

image source: http://engageoureco.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/earth-day-ideas-to-spread-awareness.jpg

Some Websites and Books About "Earth Conservation" and the Environment

Creative People urges creativity and thinking. Most often, artists need to learn about their topics and to observe pictures in order to form their own ideas. Or, you can learn just for fun and to find out what you can do to make a change!

Here are some useful websites and books you can check out:

Websites

Earth/Environmental Facts

http://conservetheearth.org/factsEN/  (go to Global Warming Facts)

http://www.planetpals.com/fastfacts.html

Earth Conservation ideas:

http://conservetheearth.org/factsEN/  (go to Earth Saving Tips)

How Much Water Do We Use? - Game!

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_matching.html

Great NASA Environment site for kids with facts and games

http://climatekids.nasa.gov/

Energy for kids

http://www.eia.gov/kids/

A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/students/

Recycling for Kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/recycling.html

Great NASA pictures and videos of climate change

http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_reel



Books


Why are the Ice Caps Melting?
by Anne Rockwell

What are Global Warming and Climate Change?: Answers for Young Readers
by Chuck McCutcheon

Oil Spill!
by Melvin Berger

Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids
by Gail Gibbons

I Can Save the Earth!
by Alison Inches

Have fun! Remember that you can make change by learning, thinking, acting, and creating art!

Just a little about us

Creative People.

Is a student-organized and driven organization that supports creativity and thinking in our local young artists. We are made up of several enthusiastic, creative high-school art students in Bergen County and New York. After observing the local children's individuality and potential in creative thinking and art, we decided to give them the chance to perform their abilities and to acknowledge few outstanding young artists. Hence, in 2013, Creative People organized the Art Contest for Creative Kids.

Through the Art Contest for Creative Kids, we ask the creative children in our local communities to develop their own ideas and opinions on the given topic and to transform their thinking into art. Through this artistic thinking process, the children are challenged with the position of having limitless possibilities and approaches to delivering their message. This may be an unfamiliar approach to art; however, with the challenge and practice of self-thinking, we want the young artists to realize that thinking, imagination, and art are connected, and that art offers infinite ways of telling a story.

This year's theme, "Earth Conservation", will motivate students to learn about the Earth and to spread awareness through art. The children will independently form ideas on the environment, sustainability, and our role in protecting the planet. They may also begin developing their own solutions to this worldly issue and decide to make small and big changes through raising awareness or simple everyday actions. This competition and its student-made artworks may seem like minor step towards benefiting the issues of Earth Conservation", but the truth is that not only do these artworks spread awareness on their viewers and communities, but also have a lasting impact on our future generation of artists, who, through the process of creative thinking and work, will develop a consciousness or compassion for the Earth.

This art competition will not only examine the artistic skills of students, but also look at the message and ideas portrayed by the artwork, which is why we ask each artist to write about his or her work and its significant or connection to the topic. Creative People is committed to promoting uniqueness and individuality; therefore, we will judge without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, or gender. The artworks will be presented to our judges without information of the artists to prevent any biased or distorted judgment.

Although this is only the first year of the Art Contest for Creative Kids, we are working hard to organize, fund, and promote our competition, and hope that a successful competition this year will help to both mature the competition and ourselves in the following years to come. Through these careful yet bold steps, Creative People will progress towards achieving its primary goal: to benefit our future artists and communities with the spur of creativity and awareness.


Thank you student artists and parents for participating in our contest.


Creative People - R.K.

Judging and Result Date Information

For those of you who have already submitted your wonderful artworks, please expect the results 1 to 2 weeks after the deadline, October 14th. Our artist judges will judge the submitted works, email out the results, and award the winners!

Creative People is committed to promoting awareness, art, and creative thinking in young local artists and will judge without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, or gender.

The artworks will be presented to our judges without information of the artists to prevent any biased or distorted judgment.

Thank you, and good luck!

Art Competition Information and Submission Procedures

Art Competition for Creative Kids 2013

Unleash your creativity and win amazing prizes!

Hello and welcome to the Art Competition for Creative Kids 2013!

All children in grades 3-6 are eligible to enter!
The theme of this competition is "Earth Conservation", and all entries must be related to this topic.
The deadline is October 14th, 2013
Submissions must be emailed to creativepeople110@gmail.com before the due date in order to qualify. The email must also include this form and have a good picture of the artwork attached as a .JPG. Any form of art is accepted, be it a drawing, painting, sculpture, etc. 

Entry Form (must include in your submission email):

Full Name: 

Age:

Town of Residence:

*Artwork Explanation:

Home Address:

Phone Number:

**Email:

* Each entry must have at least one paragraph (4 sentences minimum) explaining the piece and how it relates to our topic of Earth Conservation.

**Please include an email address that is checked frequently in case we need to inform you of a submission error or the judging results.


The top three winning entries will be featured on this blog, as well as receive the following prizes:

Winner: iPad mini

Runner-Up: $100 Barnes and Nobles gift card

Runner-Up: $100 Barnes and Nobles gift card

Please have fun, and good luck!

Art Contest Poster

If you have seen this poster and visited our blog for more information, you are at the right place!