Do you enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films or taking photos? Then join us and have fun unleashing your inner artist with PTA Reflections!
A student may submit an entry in any of six arts areas. Only original works of art are accepted. The six art areas are:
- Literature: works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
- Music Composition: original musical composition, with or without words.
- Photography: color or black and white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure.
- Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
- Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
- Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition.
Participation is organized by student age and grade levels. Student works are critiqued against others in the same grade division. This allows recognition and judging of artworks by appropriate developmental age and skill levels. The grade divisions are:
- Primary: Preschool - Grade 2
- Intermediate: Grades 3 - 5
- Middle School: Grades 6 - 8
- High School: Grades 9 - 12
Entries are judged on creative ability and interpretation of the theme.
Special Artist Division
The National PTA special artist division is an option for students with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA). Generally, rules and guidelines within the special artists division are intended to ensure accessibility to the National PTA Reflections® program and are modeled after the guidelines outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Complete details are included in the 21-22_WSPTA-special-artist-division-rules_reflections.pdf (wastatepta.org)
2022-2023: Washington State PTA will be judging the special artist submissions in the following divisions:
- Primary: Preschool - Grade 2
- Intermediate: Grades 3 - 5
- Middle School: Grades 6 - 8
- High School: Grades 9 - 12
This page was last updated on September 14, 2023