All High
Exhibition
Exhibit your artwork at Daemen University’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual and Performing Arts and you could receive thousands in annual scholarships.
Exhibit your artwork at Daemen University’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual and Performing Arts and you could receive thousands in annual scholarships.
Exhibit your artwork at Daemen University’s Tower Gallery and join us at our opening event, where $26,000 in annual scholarships and other honors will be awarded. This juried exhibition welcomes submissions from all high school junior and senior students.
Time: Saturday, 02/08/25 from 2:30PM-4:00PM
Location: Daemen’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing Arts
Join us for the exhibition’s opening ceremony where Daemen Visual & Performing Arts faculty award the Art Exhibition Scholarship Awards to our junior and senior winners.
1st place: $1,000
2nd place: $750
3rd place: $500
Best in Show: $3,000
Best Animation: $2,000
Best Graphic Design: $2,000
Best Illustration: $2,000
Best Painting: $2,000
Best Photography: $2,000
Best Print: $2,000
Best 3D Work: $2,000
Honorable Mentions (9): $1,000
Review the “Artwork Guidelines” section below to see what work can be submitted.
Work with your art teacher to select your submission.
Students that are homeschooled or attend a school that doesn’t participate in the All High Weekends, can have their work submitted by a parent.
Prepare your submission in accordance the “Artwork Guidelines.”
All physical submissions must have a gallery tag fastened to the front of each entry. Print your gallery tag here.
Submit your work:
Physical Submissions: Art teachers will drop off their students’ submissions to Daemen’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing Arts on either 01/23/25 or 01/24/25 from 2:00-5:00PM. A representative from the Visual Arts Department will be present to collect your pieces and confirm that all artwork is correctly labeled and meets all submission guidelines.
Digital Submissions: Art teachers can submit here by 1/24/25 @ 11:59PM
Attend the exhibition opening ceremony:
Time: Saturday, 02/08/25 from 2:30PM-4:00PM
Scholarship winners must be in attendance at the opening ceremony to receive their award.
This exhibition closes on 02/28/2024
Location: Daemen’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing Arts
Pick up your work:
Teachers can pick up their student’s submissions 02/27/25 and 02/28/25 from 2:00-5:00PM at Daemen’s Tower Gallery in the Nancy Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing Arts.
Physical Submission: All students who are local must submit work in-person.
Digital Submission: Animations and non-local entrants may submit work digitally.
Work that can be submitted: Animation, graphic design (branding, packaging, user interface, posters, etc.), illustration, painting, photography, print (woodcut, engraving, etching, lithograph, screenprint), 3D work (sculpture, pottery, carving).
2D work is limited to the maximum size of 4' x 4'.
3D work should be no larger than 5’ in dimension: height, width, or depth.
All work on paper, including photographs, must be matted securely with backing material.
All 2D work, including paintings on canvas or panel must be framed and/or have wire attached for hanging.
Each work must include a completed gallery tag fastened to the front of each entry.
Digital submissions may be uploaded here at any time before the submission deadline on 1/19/24 @ 11:59PM
Digital file guidelines:
Name all files with the following naming convention: “LastName-FirstName-Title”
Image files accepted: JPG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, or PNG
Image files should have a resolution above 72 pixels per inch (72ppi)
Video files accepted: MP4, AVI, or MOV
Maximum file size is 25MB
Collect all submission files and compress them into a single “zip file” (How to zip: Mac, Window)
Each 3D submission can include 1-3 of different angles to help the viewer understand the piece
Scanning 2D work at a high resolution provides to most faithful digital version of your piece.
When photographing 2D work make sure the piece is clear and in focus, the piece is straight on and not at an angle, and the piece is well lit.
When photographing your submission, place the work in natural light instead of fluorescent or LED lighting for the best results.
Only junior and senior high school and homeschool student work may be submitted.
All entries must be submitted by art teachers.
Parents may submit work if the student is homeschooled.
Parents may submit work if the student’s school is not participating in the All High Exhibition.
Entries are limited to one per student. Art teachers may submit 3 pieces, one per student.
Submissions not complying with guidelines will not be exhibited.
Due to the scope of the show and the difficulty in placing a monetary value on the work, Daemen University will not accept responsibility for insuring works against loss or damage.
Only senior students are eligible for scholarship awards.
Scholarship winners must submit their Daemen University application by April 1st to receive their scholarship.
Scholarship awards may only be used towards art majors.
Scholarships are renewed annually provided the recipient maintains a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Unless there are extenuating circumstances, scholarship winners are required to be in attendance at the exhibition opening to receive their award.
*Exhibition entrants are required to sign a release form when submitting work either in-person or online.
The terms and conditions of that release form are stated below:
I hereby give DAEMEN UNIVERSITY the absolute and irrevocable right and permission, with respect to the video and/or photographs of my artwork which I have submitted:
a) To copyright the same in the University’s own name or any other name that the University may use.
b) To use, re-use, publish and re-publish the same in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other video and/or photographs, in any medium and for any purpose whatsoever, including (but not by way of limitation) illustration, promotion and advertising and trade.
c) To use my name in connection therewith if the University so chooses.
I herby release and discharge DAEMEN UNIVERSITY from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the use of the video and/or photographs, that includes my artwork, including any and all claims for libel.
This authorization and release shall also ensure the benefit of the legal representatives, licenses and assigns of DAEMEN UNIVERSITY, as well as the person(s) for whom the video and/or photographs were taken.
I have read the foregoing and fully understand the contents thereof.
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