Charlie's Center for the Arts - call for Student Artwork K-College

Call to Student Artists in All Artistic Disciplines

The St Charles Arts Council,
in partnership with the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation and CUSD303, introduces
the Inaugural All-City, All-Arts Event – Charlie’s Center for the Arts –
Student Artist Event. Kindergarten through College Students are invited to participate. 

The Inaugural Charlie’s
Center for the Arts – Student Artist Event will run from Friday, February 14 through Sunday,
February 16, 2014.  It will encompass multiple venues throughout St. Charles that will feature the visual
and performing art of Student Artists – Kindergarten through College.  Students are invited to participate in
the Event Audition and/or to submit visual artwork for jurying.  Performing Artists will receive a
stipend for their performance, and Visual Artists’ work will be for sale, if
they choose.

Auditions for Performing Artists – K through College – for one of three events will be held on Saturday, January
18, 2014 at Fox Valley Rep/Pheasant Run Resort from 12 to 5 p.m. in the Utrillo
Room in Gallery Hall (the freestanding building next to the tennis
courts).  Those three events are:

1. Concert
   and Master Classes with Tammy McCann and her Big Band
2. Performing
   Artist Showcase – music, dance, magic, and more
3. GrassRoots
   Literary Showcase (a spoken word performance and poetry slam)

Visual and Film Artists will show their work in a student-only neXt
gallery (the St Charles Arts Council’s
pop-up art gallery program). 


Student Artists (K through College) may submit their work for jurying electronically to ArtistLiaison@StCharlesArtsCouncil.org,
or by mail or hand delivery to the St Charles Arts Council, 2 East Main Street,
St. Charles, IL, 60174 or the Municipal Building Reception Desk.  All submitted work MUST

include the artist’s name, physical address, phone number, and school attended.  SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE TO THE SCAC BY
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014.

Any questions about this Event, the Art/Film Gallery, or the
Auditions may be directed to the St Charles Arts Council at 630.443.3794 or at ArtistLiaison@StChartsArtsCouncil.org.

More information, as the Event and its lineup of artists
unfolds, will be found on the SCAC web site - StCharlesArtsCouncil.org.  Click on the Events page or the Calendar.

The St. Charles Arts Council is a 501(c)(3), registered
not-for-profit Illinois corporation whose mission is to create an organization
that serves and promotes the arts and cultural activities in St. Charles, to
the mutual benefit of the arts and the community.  The SCAC is staffed
entirely by volunteers.

About the St. Charles
Arts Council:

The SCAC will serve all those individuals (professionals,
amateurs, and students) who produce tangible, consumable works of the
imagination and all organizations, businesses, and groups that include and
represent those people.  This would be arts and cultural activities in
their broadest sense, including graphic, plastic, and decorative arts,
architecture, crafts, literature and poetry, music, theater, and dance. 
The primary long-range goal is the transformation of St. Charles into an arts
community/an arts magnet/a nationally-known arts market.  Ultimately we
foresee a municipal arts center, more working artists and opportunities in arts
education, many privately-owned galleries, performance venues, and related arts
businesses, and a downtown architecture and streetscape conducive to both the
aesthetics and business of art. 

About The Greater St.
Charles Education Foundation:

The foundation is a group of
citizens dedicated to supporting quality education for Community Unit School
District 303 which serves more than 13,000 students (K-12) in and around St.
Charles, IL. The Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is
recognized by the District 303 Board of Education.

The Greater St. Charles Education Foundation supports
District 303 in reaching its goal of excellence in education through community
awareness, involvement and philanthropy. The Foundation secures contributions
from residents, local businesses and corporations through a variety of
fundraising activities and annually distributes these funds through program
grants to administrators and faculty of Distract 303, educational honorariums
and college scholarships.

About Community Unit
School District 303:

Community Unit School District 303 is a high-achieving, pre-K-12 system covering 57.4 square miles in the picturesque Fox River Valley, 40 miles west of Chicago. District 303 serves
about 13,800 students (August, 2009) from the City
of St. Charles and portions of West Chicago, South Elgin, Wayne, Campton Hills, Wasco, Elburn and unincorporated Kane County.

In July 2011, Family Circle Magazine named St. Charles the Best Town for Families in the United States. Among the reasons why the City of St. Charles
was given this honor is the involvement of District 303 in the community and
the fact that District 303 works closely with the City of St. Charles, the St.

Charles Park District, the St. Charles Public Library and other civic organizations

to benefit the residents of the community.

The district operates 12
elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools.

About the City of St.
Charles:

St. Charles, Illinois,
located in both DuPage and Kane County, is 35 miles west of downtown Chicago.
Over 2,100 businesses employ over 34,200 people, consisting of a balanced mix
of retailers, restaurants, and manufacturing facilities. The City of St.
Charles was recently named one of the “150 Great Places in Illinois” for the
combined architectural work of the City Municipal Center, the Main Street
Bridge, and the historic Hotel Baker.

  

The City’s recently completed
2014 Strategic Plan includes the following Action Plan: Market and promote St.
Charles as a friendly, appealing destination, characterized by activities, events, arts, and culture. 
Capitalize on artistic and cultural resources by supporting local talent
and lively venues and activities. 


Encourage collective civic endeavors to broaden the variety of
attractions and events.