Dailey Schenck "from East to West Let Freedom Ring"
Charlotte Christian High School
Maya McAllister - "For My Family"
South Mecklenburg High School
Caroline Parnsh - "Future Sam"
Charlotte Christian High School
Pearce McBee "The Greatest Gift" Gaston Christian High School
Kaya Shropshire "The 5 Pillars of Freedom" Charlotte Christian High School
Sumitra Nair "A Soldier's Hope" South Mecklenburg High School
Hannah Glandon "Choice to Serve" Gaston Christian High School
Further Exhibition Details Forthcoming
Carolinas Freedom Foundation sponsors an annual Patriotic Art Competition and Exhibition offering a unique opportunity for visual arts students of Charlotte Area High Schools to apply creative skills and patriotic passions to produce artwork depicting what the "PATRIOTIC ART PROMPT" means to them.
Art Creation: January 30 - April 24, 2023
Entries accepted April 24-28 only; no late entries.
Thank you for entering the Patriotic Art Competition and Exhibition (PACE)!
Please drop off entries to: American Red Cross - Attn: Lauren Bolen
2425 Park Road, Charlotte NC 28203
This week on Monday April 24th through Thursday April 28th, please plan to leave all PACE entries with the Red Cross front desk attendant between 8am and 5pm. Tuesday is the most ideal day to drop off as I will be at Park Road all day.
The Red Cross is proud to partner with Carolinas Freedom Foundation and You!
Gratefully, Lauren Bolen SAF & IS Regional Program Director
American Red Cross, Greater Carolinas Region
Cell 704.214.7234 Lauren.Bolen@redcross.org
Submit PACE entries to:
American Red Cross, Attn: Lauren Bolen, 2425 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28203 between 8am-5pm on April 24-28, 2023 ONLY. No late entries. Required: attach entry form to back of each entry.
The patriotic theme for The Spring 2023 competition is:
Responsibility is the price of freedom
highlighting the value of responsibility.
Each year the theme highlights one of the values of Carolinas Freedom Foundation: Honor / Courage / Commitment / Industry / Responsibility / Respect / Humility. Elbert Hubbard, a 19th century American writer, likely had no concept of how profound his statement "Responsibility is the price of freedom" would prove to be in the 21st century.
Entry Rules
SPECIFICATIONS:
Entries must interpret the theme from a patriotic perspective, be two dimensional and no larger than 18" x 24" and may include water color, pastel, oil, acrylic, charcoal, pen and ink, pencil, collage, and ORIGINAL photography or digital painting*. Submit the art in the best format to protect it for exhibition -- i.e. single board mounting or matting; photography/digital painting can also be submitted in a protective sleeve. No framed artwork or rolled artwork entries, only simple flat submissions ready for exhibition.
*Due to an overwhelming interest in submitting digital artwork for the scholarship program, we have decided to allow submissions of this type to be entered as long as they are accompanied with verification of originality from a teacher or guidance counselor. A high quality printed copy must be included for your submission. Please note that any plagiarized submissions will be immediately removed from consideration and entrants banned from future submissions. In the future, we will continue to explore how this medium can be part of the competition so that we can be inclusive of all forms of art.
AWARDS:
High School:
1st Place $1,000 scholarship,
2nd Place $500 scholarship,
3rd Place $500 scholarship,
5 Honorable Mentions (Bronze Medals)
CONTACT:
Brittany Clark, CFF Vice Chair
and INSPIRE Scholarships Chair
vice_chair@carolinasfreedom.org
