
Throughout the nation today, Links Chapters partner with museums, symphonies, arts councils, educational institutes and corporations in order to support art programs, especially where there is a focus on artists of color. Links are creating and supporting opportunities for educating minority youth in the arts and presenting and supporting performances by youth and accomplished professional artists in a diversity of disciplines.
The GOAL of The Arts facet is to increase and expand art activity, and elevate our programs through arts integration and effectively create an arts renaissance within our organization and programmatic efforts.
Signature Arts Program: Classics Through the Ages
The program runs annually from May 1 through April 30 of the following year. Chapters sponsor one or more artistically gifted students in a selected classical art discipline (visual arts, performing arts or humanities). Student sponsorship carries over from year to year until the student graduates from high school.
Links Chapters assign a mentor to offer guidance and assist student artists with networking as well as set up opportunities for mentoring and exposure to established, professional artists in the student’s artistic discipline. Students are further supported through the funding of advanced training, instruction, classes and workshops and the purchasing supplies and/or the updating of equipment. Internships or scholarships are awarded to expand the learning experiences of student artists. A master class, lead by a professional artist, is provided as the culminating event each year.
Student artists commit to performing or exhibiting at no less than two events each year, and to mentoring peers unfamiliar with their discipline. Chapters help coordinate these performances and exhibits for the students.
National Poster Art Contest
The contest is divided into four grade categories:
Category I: | Grades 1-3 |
Category II: | Grades 4 -6 |
Category III: | Grades 7 – 9 |
Category IV: | Grades 10 -12 |
The National Poster Art Contest runs biennially from October through June, commencing in uneven years. Chapters conduct local competitions between October and March. In April and May, chapters submit their first place winners from each grade category for the selection of area winners. A National Poster Art Contest judging event takes place in May or June and national winners are selected from the winning area entries. All area entries become part of the National Poster Art Exhibition.
2010-2012 Poster Art Contest
The 2010-2012 National Poster Art Exhibition took place at the 38th National Assembly in Orlando, FL. The Links Foundation, Incorporated awarded scholarships totaling $12,000 to 16 talented students.
Congratulations to the 2012 National Poster Art Winners:
Category I:Emily Eisengrein | Bucks County (PA) Chapter |
Category II:Naomi West | Renaissance (MI) Chapter |
Category III:Belle LaMontagne | North Broward County (FL) Chapter |
Category IV:Alexandra Davidson | Commonwealth (VA) Chapter |