How to Plan a Youth Art Month Program

Do you need help starting your Youth Art Month program but don’t know where to begin?

We can help!

The theme for the 2023/2024 school year is

“Dream in Art”  

NOTE:  Links below are not updated yet for 2023/2024.  Check back soon for more info.

Flag and Banner

  • Select a student flag or banner design to represent your state.  Your state’s winning design can be selected in various ways, including by committee vote or perhaps by your state art education association board.  Use this template to design the flag.
  • Obtain a signed student release form.  The student and flag may be featured in media over the coming weeks and months.
  • Create a 3′ x 5′ flag or banner from the winning design.  Refer to our list of vendors here.  This process can take several weeks! The actual flag or banner should be submitted to CFAE by March 1, 2024, to be featured in the Youth Art Month Museum at NAEA.  Please submit entries to

NASCO

Attn: Youth Art Month/Jordan Nelson

901 Janesville Ave.

Fort Atkinson, WI 53538

Artwork and Exhibits

  • Promote exhibits and events via posters, your state art ed website, local websites, news media, social media, and word of mouth.  Send press releases to all media outlets.
  • Local schools and districts should select artwork to display at local, district, and regional exhibits.
  • Select artwork for your state Youth Art Month March exhibit.  Your state Youth Art Month Chairperson should communicate how the artwork will be selected.  Check your state art education association website for deadlines and additional information.
  • Send invitations for state and other important Youth Art Month events.
  • For the Youth Art Month Museum at NAEA, you have the option of bringing physical artwork or submitting digital artwork.  NO physical artwork needs to be mailed for your state to be represented.
    •  Send 8 digital images for your state to youthartmonthCFAE@gmail.com using our template no later than March 1, 2024.  
    • CFAE will print and matte the images to display in the Youth Art Month Museum.

 Please use this template to submit student artwork.  (not yet updated)

Slides can have one or multiple images. 

NOTE: It would be helpful to name the digital file with the art title or student name to match the tag easily. 

Attached are labels to fill out and return. They will be printed to hang with the art. 

 2024 YAM labels

Please return the digital art file and the labels as soon as possible and no later than March 1, 2024. 

Fundraising/Endorsements

  • Continue scheduling local, district, and regional fundraising events.
  • Document activities through photos, newspaper articles, web articles, videos, radio/TV, and other local publications.

For simpler tracking of Activities and Media, create an online Google Survey Form that can be distributed to local coordinators to track events, media coverage, and funding.

Marketing/Promotion

  • Begin to promote information and events using traditional media and social media.
  • Information that can be communicated includes the date/time/location of state and local exhibits, your flag winner and the winning design, images of students/schools preparing for Youth Art Month, and event ideas during Youth Art Month.

Check out the following information for easy-to-follow timelines, guidelines, and templates to help you manage your program. 

Questions?  Contact us.

(Information below will be updated by September 1, 2023.  The new 2023-2024 Flag Template and Release is available by clicking on the Flag/Banner Program link below.

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