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<div class="art-desc apl-internal-content"><p class="">Attention teachers and students in grades one through
eight! The Center for Conflict Management is offering a unique
opportunity for students to provide visual commentary on the current
election cycle.</p><p class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">Description</strong></span><br class="">
The Center for Conflict Management is soliciting student art in response
to one or more of the prompts below with a focus on the current
election cycle. This work will speak to the importance of citizen
engagement and democratic decision making to address the challenges and
conflicts faced by average Americans in our communities and our families
every day.</p><p class="">The Center for Conflict Management is proud to have an art gallery on
campus at The University of Akron and would like to include the
selected work as a part of its permanent collection.</p><p class="">Ten finalists will be selected by the leadership team of the Center
for Conflict Management and the winning student will receive a plaque
and a $1,000 scholarship to The University of Akron. The scholarship
will be held in their name until they enroll at UA — even if that is 10
years from today!</p><p class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">The Process</strong></span><br class="">
All students in grades K-8 are able to submit a piece. Visual mediums
accepted: ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking. (Younger
students are enthusiastically encouraged to work with their teachers on
their submission and interpreting the prompts below.)</p><p class="">Students should create a piece based on one of the following prompts:<br class="">
• Envision your world after the Presidential election. How will it have changed?<br class="">
• Why is it important for people to participate in the election by voting this year?<br class="">
• Show us the world you hope the new president will help to create.</p><p class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class="">Steps</strong></span><br class="">
Create a piece and a brief description of how it addresses one of these prompts no later than Monday, October 3, 2016.</p><p class="">Email your description, a description of the process/medium used, and photographs of your piece to Dr. Lyons at <a href="mailto:wtlyons@uakron.edu" target="_blank" class="">wtlyons@uakron.edu</a> before 5:00 p.m. Monday October 3, 2016.</p><p class="">Dr. Lyons and his staff will identify the top ten projects and invite
those artists to join the other finalists at the Center for Conflict
Management Art Gallery on Friday October 14, 2016 at 4:00. Artists who
are unable to attend are still eligible to have their piece selected.</p><p class="">The final selection will be made and announced publicly by Monday October 17, 2016.</p>
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