December 15, 2024

Good evening Visual Arts students, parents and supporters! We're nearly there! Just a few reminders for the last week of first semester ...

Monday, December 16

• BTW Student Council is hosting an ugly holiday sweater contest and the students in the Vocal department will be performing holiday music in the MAT lobby from 12-1:30 p.m.
• Also on Monday, we'll meet at school at 2 p.m. to help load our Booker T Angel gifts for transport to H.I. Holland. We currently do not have any volunteers signed up to help at H.I. Holland at 4 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. If you have any time on Monday evening, please check the sign up for details and consider volunteering. Thank you to everyone who purchased gifts from the wishlists.

Tuesday, December 17 - Friday, December 20

• Tuesday-Friday are early release days. Students will be dismissed at 2:25 p.m. (Please note, that is a change from the previous dismissal of 1:25 p.m.)

Friday, December 19

• We hope all students will participate in our second annual 5x7 Art Sale by submitting a 5x7 piece in their favorite medium for the sale on January 16. The deadline to submit is Friday, December 19.

Student Opportunities

• Young American Talent is now open. Visit yat2025.artcall.org to register and submit up to three entries before March 2025. The finalists will exhibit in the Hudson Gallery in May 2025.
• The DART Student Artwork Contest is open through February 13. The theme is "Fantastic journeys start on DART." Get the details and submit your entry on the DART website.

When we return in 2025 ...

• Students return on Tuesday, January 7. 
• Our January Visual Arts Guild meeting is Tuesday, January 14 following the PTSA at 6 p.m.
• Thursday, January 16 is the 5x7 Art Sale. It is free to attend and open to the public. There will be complimentary light bites, drinks for purchase, and music from Booker T's WIMEC (Women in Music Empowerment Coalition). Invite your family, friends and neighbors and support this amazing event benefiting the faculty and students in the Visual Arts Conservatory.
• There is no school Monday, January 20 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
• Senior Show #1 will be on display through January. The reception is from 5-7 p.m. in the Hudson Gallery on Thursday, January 23. Volunteers and snack donations are appreciated.
• Saturday, January 25 is the first day of auditions. The guild typically mans a refreshments table for auditioning students and provides lunch for the Booker T faculty and guest judges. Check out the sign up to donate snacks, volunteer at the hospitality table, or volunteer to deliver lunch.

Congratulations to our newest National Art Honor Society members: Caroline Blankenship, Katy Cusick, Isabel Escolar, Cori Johnson, Jackson King, Roree Marshall, Ronin Mendoza, Tuli Rice, Maeve Smith, Amelia Thomas, and Eva Tu.

Visual Arts Guild at BTWHSPVA

2501 Flora St.

Dallas TX 75201