Student Art Open Class Submission

Students must be in grades K-12 and one of the following must apply:

• be currently enrolled in the Edmonds School District

• be currently enrolled in a private school within the District boundaries

• be home-schooled or a resident within the Edmonds School District boundaries

Grades K-6 may enter one piece of artwork through School Select OR Open Class, but not both.

Grades 7-12 may enter a total of TWO pieces of artwork through School Select AND/OR Open Class.

Approximately 35 Top Honor Awards will be awarded by two professional artist jurors. One piece of artwork will be selected by the Student Art Directors to be on the Student Art Poster for 2026. These honors will be awarded cash prizes.

Edmonds School District will choose approximately 40 works to be featured in district communications.

Art Mediums Accepted: acrylic, digital, mixed media, paper, pastel, chalk, pen & ink, pencil, photography, printmaking, tempera, watercolor, ceramic, glass, mosaic, fiber, wood, paper mache', metal.

Not Accepted: glitter, laminated works, modeling clay, Lego/building set creations, works considered too fragile for transport/installation, glass frames, saw tooth hangers, collaborative works by two or more students. Art with misspellings or include trademarked characters will not be considered for the ESD calendar.

Elementary

• 2-dimensional art may not exceed 18"x24", including matting.

• 3-dimensional art may not exceed 12"x12"x12".

Secondary 

• 2-dimensional art may not exceed 12"x16", including matting.

•  3-dimensional art may not exceed 12"L x 12"W x 20"H.

Photograph the artwork using a phone, camera or Chromebook camera.

Save the photo/scan as a .JPG document and rename it with the STUDENT first and last name, (NOT the parent's name).

You will be asked at the end of this registration to upload the photo. (Secondary students entering two pieces- rename photos with FIRST NAME LAST NAME TITLE)

Jurors use this photo to select entries. Be sure to take a well-lit, clear, straight picture of the artwork. Artwork photo MUST be properly labeled and included with registration to be considered for entry. Please note examples of acceptable/unacceptable photos below.

Need assistance learning to photograph and upload your photo to your computer? Watch the short instructional video here. If you are still unable to do this, please ask your art teacher or contact Laurie Piper at piperl@edmonds.wednet.edu for assistance.

Two-dimensional work:

Elementary: Mount artwork on a piece of construction paper. Do NOT frame artwork (no glass!)

Middle School/High School: Matte artwork, but do not frame it. If matting is not available, mount on a piece of construction paper. No glass frames are accepted. Stretched canvases must have wire hangers, no sawtooth hangers.

Three-dimensional work:
All grades: No additional mounting is needed.