February: Visual Arts Achievement Program & Young at Art

The Mobile Arts Council is pleased to host the 2025 District 1 Visual Arts Achievement Program and Young at Art! Those eligible for District 1 include public and private schools Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington counties. Every student who receives a District Award will be recognized in the State Awards from the Alabama State Council on the Arts online. Entry categories include craft, drawing, painting, photography, new media, printmaking, mixed media, and sculpture.

The Visual Arts Achievement Program provides opportunities for students in grades 6 through 12 to be recognized for their contributions to the visual arts at the local and state levels. Only one entry per individual student will be eligible. Teachers may submit up to 7 entries total. View the statewide schedule, including scholarship opportunities for students on ASCA’s website here. The District 1 juried exhibition will hang from February 4th to February 23rd.

Concurrently, Young at Art is for 5th grade students and below, and not included in the juried competition. Teachers working at one location/school may submit no more than 5 entries total, and teachers working at more than one location/school may submit up to 7 entries total. These entries must be equipped to hang (with a wire, sawtooth hanger, contact strips, or some other way that does not stick out of the top of the artwork). Unlike VAAP, this show is also open to private lesson teachers.

Due to Mardi Gras parades, the gallery will closed at 4:00 p.m on February 14th, 20th, and 21st.

Join us for a special awards reception where we will honor all participants, and announce the State winners on Sunday, February 23rd, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the MAC Gallery @ Room 1927.

Please email Sydney Cramer with any questions at scramer@mobilearts.org.