VAC Art Team
A Quick Overview
• VAC is a competition for high school Art students (grades 9-12)
• Eleven studio categories
• Yearly theme
• In-depth research on the 12 selected artists whose work relates to the theme
• Scores are earned both individually and as a team
• Opportunity to create artwork in response to a prompt as a “long-term” project
• Challenge to create artwork in response to a prompt as an “on-site” project
• Team participation in Quiz Bowl competition
• Team participation in Critical Thinking competition
• Teams are composed of a group of 12 students ($125.00)
• Schools may register only one team per school
• Schools may register a half team of 6 ($65.00)
• Team’s advisor/coach must be a current member of WAEA
• No more than 2 individuals from the same team may compete in a studio area
• All first places advance from Regional to State competition
• Cell phone use during competition will result in disqualification
• Friendly, non-threatening competition!
VAC will help the student to develop and expand these skills:
- Conduct research
- Work independently
- Work cooperatively as part of a team
- Stay on task
- Find exemplars in art from which to model and learn
- Work out ideas in written form and sketches until he/she arrives at a solution
- Develop ability in the medium/technique of the problem through inquiry and practice
- Critique with knowledge his/her own work, peers, as well as that of artists
- Accept constructive criticism
- Search for new answers
- Manage time while working towards deadlines
- Take risks in solving problems
- Evaluate and be able to talk about his/her artwork
- Take charge of his/her own learning
• VAC is a competition for high school Art students (grades 9-12)
• Eleven studio categories
• Yearly theme
• In-depth research on the 12 selected artists whose work relates to the theme
• Scores are earned both individually and as a team
• Opportunity to create artwork in response to a prompt as a “long-term” project
• Challenge to create artwork in response to a prompt as an “on-site” project
• Team participation in Quiz Bowl competition
• Team participation in Critical Thinking competition
• Teams are composed of a group of 12 students ($125.00)
• Schools may register only one team per school
• Schools may register a half team of 6 ($65.00)
• Team’s advisor/coach must be a current member of WAEA
• No more than 2 individuals from the same team may compete in a studio area
• All first places advance from Regional to State competition
• Cell phone use during competition will result in disqualification
• Friendly, non-threatening competition!
VAC will help the student to develop and expand these skills:
- Conduct research
- Work independently
- Work cooperatively as part of a team
- Stay on task
- Find exemplars in art from which to model and learn
- Work out ideas in written form and sketches until he/she arrives at a solution
- Develop ability in the medium/technique of the problem through inquiry and practice
- Critique with knowledge his/her own work, peers, as well as that of artists
- Accept constructive criticism
- Search for new answers
- Manage time while working towards deadlines
- Take risks in solving problems
- Evaluate and be able to talk about his/her artwork
- Take charge of his/her own learning
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