I have highlighted this in posts the last two yeasr; but wanted to remind everyone again. The artist's statements on the student entry forms (use this form) are very important. A great art piece with a weak statement will likely lose if up against an almost as good art piece with a great artist's statement. Often the artists statement will be what tips one entry over another if the judge is having a hard time selecting a winner.
What does it take to be a strong statement? Does that mean that it has to be long? Eloquent? No, it doesn't have to be either of those. What it does need to do is really show why this entry relates to the theme. I have seen some amazing statements that were only a couple of sentences long. The kids don't need to stress about it; but they need to make sure that they explain why they feel that their entry relates to this year's theme. I do recommend having the kids write the statement on a rough draft so that parents can check for and help with punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
